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/* $Id: ImageLoader.java 924666 2010-03-18 08:26:30Z jeremias $ */

package org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.spi;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.Image;
import org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.ImageException;
import org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.ImageFlavor;
import org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.ImageInfo;
import org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.ImageSessionContext;

This interface is implemented by classes which load images from a source. Normally, such a
source will be an InputStream but can also be something else.
/**
 * This interface is implemented by classes which load images from a source. Normally, such a
 * source will be an InputStream but can also be something else.
 */
public interface ImageLoader {

    
Used if the loading penalty is negligible (image doesn't need to be decoded). /** Used if the loading penalty is negligible (image doesn't need to be decoded). */
    int NO_LOADING_PENALTY = 0;
    
Default/Medium conversion penalty (if there's some effort to load the image format) /** Default/Medium conversion penalty (if there's some effort to load the image format) */
    int MEDIUM_LOADING_PENALTY = 10;

    
Loads and returns an image.
Params:
info – the image info object indicating the image
hints – a Map of hints that can be used by implementations to customize the loading
                 process (may be null).
session – the session context
Throws:
ImageException – if an error occurs while loading the image
IOException – if an I/O error occurs while loading the image
Returns:
the fully loaded image/**
     * Loads and returns an image.
     * @param info the image info object indicating the image
     * @param hints a Map of hints that can be used by implementations to customize the loading
     *                  process (may be null).
     * @param session the session context
     * @return the fully loaded image
     * @throws ImageException if an error occurs while loading the image
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs while loading the image
     */
    Image loadImage(ImageInfo info, Map hints, ImageSessionContext session)
            throws ImageException, IOException;

    
Loads and returns an image.
Params:
info – the image info object indicating the image
session – the session context
Throws:
ImageException – if an error occurs while loading the image
IOException – if an I/O error occurs while loading the image
Returns:
the fully loaded image/**
     * Loads and returns an image.
     * @param info the image info object indicating the image
     * @param session the session context
     * @return the fully loaded image
     * @throws ImageException if an error occurs while loading the image
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs while loading the image
     */
    Image loadImage(ImageInfo info, ImageSessionContext session)
            throws ImageException, IOException;

    
Returns the image flavor that is returned by this ImageLoader implementation.
Returns:
the target image flavor/**
     * Returns the image flavor that is returned by this ImageLoader implementation.
     * @return the target image flavor
     */
    ImageFlavor getTargetFlavor();

    
Returns the penalty assigned to using this image loader. The value is used to select the
best processing chain for images.
Returns:
the usage penalty (must be a non-negative integer)/**
     * Returns the penalty assigned to using this image loader. The value is used to select the
     * best processing chain for images.
     * @return the usage penalty (must be a non-negative integer)
     */
    int getUsagePenalty();

}