package com.fr.third.JAI;
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import java.awt.image.ColorModel;
import java.awt.image.Raster;
import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * An interface describing objects that transform a BufferedImage or
 * Raster into an OutputStream.
 *
 * <p><b> This interface is not a committed part of the JAI API.  It may
 * be removed or changed in future releases of JAI.</b>
 */
public interface ImageEncoder {

    /**
     * Returns the current parameters as an instance of the
     * ImageEncodeParam interface.  Concrete implementations of this
     * interface will return corresponding concrete implementations of
     * the ImageEncodeParam interface.  For example, a JPEGImageEncoder
     * will return an instance of JPEGEncodeParam.
     */
    public ImageEncodeParam getParam();

    /**
     * Sets the current parameters to an instance of the 
     * ImageEncodeParam interface.  Concrete implementations
     * of ImageEncoder may throw a RuntimeException if the
     * params argument is not an instance of the appropriate
     * subclass or subinterface.  For example, a JPEGImageEncoder
     * will expect param to be an instance of JPEGEncodeParam.
     */
    public void setParam(ImageEncodeParam param);

    /** Returns the OutputStream associated with this ImageEncoder. */
    public OutputStream getOutputStream();
    
    /**
     * Encodes a Raster with a given ColorModel and writes the output
     * to the OutputStream associated with this ImageEncoder.
     */
    public void encode(Raster ras, ColorModel cm) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Encodes a RenderedImage and writes the output to the
     * OutputStream associated with this ImageEncoder.
     */
    public void encode(RenderedImage im) throws IOException;
}