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J. Duke319a3b92007-12-01 00:00:00 +00001/*
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25
26package java.awt;
27
28/**
29 * The <code>Transparency</code> interface defines the common transparency
30 * modes for implementing classes.
31 */
32public interface Transparency {
33
34 /**
35 * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be completely opaque,
36 * meaning that all pixels have an alpha value of 1.0.
37 */
38 public final static int OPAQUE = 1;
39
40 /**
41 * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be either completely
42 * opaque, with an alpha value of 1.0, or completely transparent,
43 * with an alpha value of 0.0.
44 */
45 public final static int BITMASK = 2;
46
47 /**
48 * Represents image data that contains or might contain arbitrary
49 * alpha values between and including 0.0 and 1.0.
50 */
51 public final static int TRANSLUCENT = 3;
52
53 /**
54 * Returns the type of this <code>Transparency</code>.
55 * @return the field type of this <code>Transparency</code>, which is
56 * either OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT.
57 */
58 public int getTransparency();
59}