awt/java/awt/Paint.java

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/**
 * @author Alexey A. Petrenko
 * @version $Revision$
 */
package java.awt;

import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.awt.image.ColorModel;

/**
 * The Paint interface provides possibility of generating 
 * color patterns in device space for fill, draw, or stroke operations 
 * in a Graphics2D.
 */
public interface Paint extends Transparency {
    
    /**
     * Creates the PaintContext which is used to generate color 
     * patterns for rendering operations of Graphics2D.
     * 
     * @param cm the ColorModel object, or null.
     * @param deviceBounds the Rectangle represents the bounding box of
     * device space for the graphics rendering operations.
     * @param userBounds the Rectangle represents bounding box of
     * user space for the graphics rendering operations.
     * @param xform the AffineTransform for translation from user space 
     * to device space.
     * @param hints the RenderingHints preferences.
     * 
     * @return the PaintContext for generating color patterns.
     */
    PaintContext createContext(ColorModel cm, Rectangle deviceBounds,
            Rectangle2D userBounds, AffineTransform xform,
            RenderingHints hints);
}