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package java.awt;

import java.awt.image.AreaAveragingScaleFilter;
import java.awt.image.ImageObserver;
import java.awt.image.ImageProducer;
import java.awt.image.ReplicateScaleFilter;

/**
 * This is the abstract superclass of all image objects in Java.
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
 * @since 1.0
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public abstract class Image
{
  /**
   * This variable is returned whenever a property that is not defined
   * is requested.
   */
  // For debug purposes, this might as well be a unique string.
  public static final Object UndefinedProperty
    = new String("undefined property");

  /**
   * Constant indicating that the default scaling algorithm should be used.
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final int SCALE_DEFAULT = 1;

  /**
   * Constant indicating that a fast scaling algorithm should be used.
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final int SCALE_FAST = 2;

  /**
   * Constant indicating that a smooth scaling algorithm should be used.
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final int SCALE_SMOOTH = 4;

  /**
   * Constant indicating that the <code>ReplicateScaleFilter</code> class
   * algorithm should be used for scaling.
   *
   * @see ReplicateScaleFilter
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final int SCALE_REPLICATE = 8;

  /**
   * Constant indicating that the area averaging scaling algorithm should be
   * used.
   *
   * @see AreaAveragingScaleFilter
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final int SCALE_AREA_AVERAGING = 16;

  /**
   * A default constructor for subclasses.
   */
  public Image()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Returns the width of the image, or -1 if it is unknown.  If the
   * image width is unknown, the observer object will be notified when
   * the value is known.
   *
   * @param observer the image observer for this object
   * @return the width in pixels
   * @see #getHeight(ImageObserver)
   */
  public abstract int getWidth(ImageObserver observer);

  /**
   * Returns the height of the image, or -1 if it is unknown.  If the
   * image height is unknown, the observer object will be notified when
   * the value is known.
   *
   * @param observer the image observer for this object
   * @return the height in pixels
   * @see #getWidth(ImageObserver)
   */
  public abstract int getHeight(ImageObserver observer);

  /**
   * Returns the image producer object for this object. The producer is the
   * object which generates pixels for this image.
   *
   * @return the image producer for this object
   */
  public abstract ImageProducer getSource();

  /**
   * Returns a graphics context object for drawing an off-screen object.
   * This method is only valid for off-screen objects.
   *
   * @return a graphics context object for an off-screen object
   * @see Graphics#createImage(int, int)
   */
  public abstract Graphics getGraphics();

  /**
   * This method requests a named property for an object.  The value of the
   * property is returned. The value <code>UndefinedProperty</code> is
   * returned if there is no property with the specified name.  The value
   * <code>null</code> is returned if the properties for the object are
   * not yet known.  In this case, the specified image observer is notified
   * when the properties are known.
   *
   * @param name the requested property name
   * @param observer the image observer for this object
   * @return the named property, if available
   * @see #UndefinedProperty
   */
  public abstract Object getProperty(String name, ImageObserver observer);

  /**
   * Scales the image to the requested dimension. A new Image with asynchronous
   * loading will be produced according to the hints of the algorithm
   * requested. If either the width or height is non-positive, it is adjusted
   * to preserve the original aspect ratio.
   *
   * @param width the width of the scaled image
   * @param height the height of the scaled image
   * @param flags a value indicating the algorithm to use
   * @return the scaled <code>Image</code> object
   * @see #SCALE_DEFAULT
   * @see #SCALE_FAST
   * @see #SCALE_SMOOTH
   * @see #SCALE_REPLICATE
   * @see #SCALE_AREA_AVERAGING
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public Image getScaledInstance(int width, int height, int flags)
  {
    throw new Error("not implemented");
  }

  /**
   * Flushes (that is, destroys) any resources used for this image.  This
   * includes the actual image data.
   */
  public abstract void flush();
} // class Image