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	package java.awt.image.renderable;
	import java.util.Vector;
	import java.awt.RenderingHints;
	import java.awt.image.*;

	/**
	* A RenderableImage is a common interface for rendering-independent
	* images (a notion which subsumes resolution independence). That is,
	* images which are described and have operations applied to them
	* independent of any specific rendering of the image. For example, a
	* RenderableImage can be rotated and cropped in
	* resolution-independent terms. Then, it can be rendered for various
	* specific contexts, such as a draft preview, a high-quality screen
	* display, or a printer, each in an optimal fashion.
	*
	* <p> A RenderedImage is returned from a RenderableImage via the
	* createRendering() method, which takes a RenderContext. The
	* RenderContext specifies how the RenderedImage should be
	* constructed. Note that it is not possible to extract pixels
	* directly from a RenderableImage.
	*
	* <p> The createDefaultRendering() and createScaledRendering() methods are
	* convenience methods that construct an appropriate RenderContext
	* internally. All of the rendering methods may return a reference to a
	* previously produced rendering.
	*/
	public interface RenderableImage {

	/**
	* String constant that can be used to identify a property on
	* a RenderedImage obtained via the createRendering or
	* createScaledRendering methods. If such a property exists,
	* the value of the property will be a RenderingHints object
	* specifying which hints were observed in creating the rendering.
	*/
	static final String HINTS_OBSERVED = "HINTS_OBSERVED";

	/**
	* Returns a vector of RenderableImages that are the sources of
	* image data for this RenderableImage. Note that this method may
	* return an empty vector, to indicate that the image has no sources,
	* or null, to indicate that no information is available.
	*
	* @return a (possibly empty) Vector of RenderableImages, or null.
	*/
	Vector<RenderableImage> getSources();

	/**
	* Gets a property from the property set of this image.
	* If the property name is not recognized, java.awt.Image.UndefinedProperty
	* will be returned.
	*
	* @param name the name of the property to get, as a String.
	* @return a reference to the property Object, or the value
	* java.awt.Image.UndefinedProperty.
	*/
	Object getProperty(String name);

	/**
	* Returns a list of names recognized by getProperty.
	* @return a list of property names.
	*/
	String[] getPropertyNames();

	/**
	* Returns true if successive renderings (that is, calls to
	* createRendering() or createScaledRendering()) with the same arguments
	* may produce different results. This method may be used to
	* determine whether an existing rendering may be cached and
	* reused. It is always safe to return true.
	* @return <code>true</code> if successive renderings with the
	* same arguments might produce different results;
	* <code>false</code> otherwise.
	*/
	boolean isDynamic();

	/**
	* Gets the width in user coordinate space. By convention, the
	* usual width of a RenderableImage is equal to the image's aspect
	* ratio (width divided by height).
	*
	* @return the width of the image in user coordinates.
	*/
	float getWidth();

	/**
	* Gets the height in user coordinate space. By convention, the
	* usual height of a RenderedImage is equal to 1.0F.
	*
	* @return the height of the image in user coordinates.
	*/
	float getHeight();

	/**
	* Gets the minimum X coordinate of the rendering-independent image data.
	* @return the minimum X coordinate of the rendering-independent image
	* data.
	*/
	float getMinX();

	/**
	* Gets the minimum Y coordinate of the rendering-independent image data.
	* @return the minimum Y coordinate of the rendering-independent image
	* data.
	*/
	float getMinY();

	/**
	* Creates a RenderedImage instance of this image with width w, and
	* height h in pixels. The RenderContext is built automatically
	* with an appropriate usr2dev transform and an area of interest
	* of the full image. All the rendering hints come from hints
	* passed in.
	*
	* <p> If w == 0, it will be taken to equal
	* Math.round(h*(getWidth()/getHeight())).
	* Similarly, if h == 0, it will be taken to equal
	* Math.round(w*(getHeight()/getWidth())). One of
	* w or h must be non-zero or else an IllegalArgumentException
	* will be thrown.
	*
	* <p> The created RenderedImage may have a property identified
	* by the String HINTS_OBSERVED to indicate which RenderingHints
	* were used to create the image. In addition any RenderedImages
	* that are obtained via the getSources() method on the created
	* RenderedImage may have such a property.
	*
	* @param w the width of rendered image in pixels, or 0.
	* @param h the height of rendered image in pixels, or 0.
	* @param hints a RenderingHints object containing hints.
	* @return a RenderedImage containing the rendered data.
	*/
	RenderedImage createScaledRendering(int w, int h, RenderingHints hints);

	/**
	* Returnd a RenderedImage instance of this image with a default
	* width and height in pixels. The RenderContext is built
	* automatically with an appropriate usr2dev transform and an area
	* of interest of the full image. The rendering hints are
	* empty. createDefaultRendering may make use of a stored
	* rendering for speed.
	*
	* @return a RenderedImage containing the rendered data.
	*/
	RenderedImage createDefaultRendering();

	/**
	* Creates a RenderedImage that represented a rendering of this image
	* using a given RenderContext. This is the most general way to obtain a
	* rendering of a RenderableImage.
	*
	* <p> The created RenderedImage may have a property identified
	* by the String HINTS_OBSERVED to indicate which RenderingHints
	* (from the RenderContext) were used to create the image.
	* In addition any RenderedImages
	* that are obtained via the getSources() method on the created
	* RenderedImage may have such a property.
	*
	* @param renderContext the RenderContext to use to produce the rendering.
	* @return a RenderedImage containing the rendered data.
	*/
	RenderedImage createRendering(RenderContext renderContext);
	}

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