Package org.apache.tools.ant.types.optional.imageio

Interface DrawOperation

All Known Implementing Classes:

Arc, BasicShape, Ellipse, Rectangle, Rotate, Scale, Text

public interface DrawOperation

Interface which represents an Operation which is "drawable", such as a Rectangle, Circle or Text. The Operation is responsible for creating its own image buffer and drawing itself into it, then wrapping and returning it as a PlanarImage. This allows multiple "drawable" objects to be nested.

See Also:

• ImageIOTask

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
BufferedImage	executeDrawOperation()	Abstract method which is intended to create an image buffer and return it so it can be drawn into another object.

Method Details

executeDrawOperation

BufferedImage executeDrawOperation()

Abstract method which is intended to create an image buffer and return it so it can be drawn into another object. Use an Alpha channel for a "transparent" background.

Returns:

a planar image