Initial Contribution
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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+/**
+ * @author Rustem V. Rafikov
+ * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
+ */
+package javax.imageio;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+
+/**
+ * The IIOParam abstract class is superclass for     
+ * ImageReadParam and ImageWriteParam classes and provides 
+ * methods and variables which they share.
+ */
+public abstract class IIOParam {
+    
+    /** The source region. */
+    protected Rectangle sourceRegion;
+    
+    /** The source x subsampling. */
+    protected int sourceXSubsampling = 1;
+    
+    /** The source y subsampling. */
+    protected int sourceYSubsampling = 1;
+    
+    /** The subsampling x offset. */
+    protected int subsamplingXOffset;
+    
+    /** The subsampling y offset. */
+    protected int subsamplingYOffset;
+    
+    /** The source bands. */
+    protected int[] sourceBands;
+    
+    /** The destination type. */
+    protected ImageTypeSpecifier destinationType;
+    
+    /** The destination offset. */
+    protected Point destinationOffset = new Point(0, 0);
+    
+    /** The default controller. */
+    protected IIOParamController defaultController;
+    
+    /** The controller. */
+    protected IIOParamController controller;
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new IIOParam.
+     */
+    protected IIOParam() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the source region as a Rectangle object.
+     * 
+     * @param sourceRegion the Rectangle which specifies the source region.
+     */
+    public void setSourceRegion(Rectangle sourceRegion) {
+        if (sourceRegion != null) {
+            if (sourceRegion.x < 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("x < 0");
+            }
+            if (sourceRegion.y < 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("y < 0");
+            }
+            if (sourceRegion.width <= 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("width <= 0");
+            }
+            if (sourceRegion.height <= 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("height <= 0");
+            }
+
+            if (sourceRegion.width <= subsamplingXOffset) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("width <= subsamplingXOffset");
+            }
+
+            if (sourceRegion.height <= subsamplingYOffset) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("height <= subsamplingXOffset");
+            }
+            //-- clone it to avoid unexpected modifications
+            this.sourceRegion = (Rectangle) sourceRegion.clone();
+        } else {
+            this.sourceRegion = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the source region.
+     * 
+     * @return the source region as Rectangle.
+     */
+    public Rectangle getSourceRegion() {
+        if (sourceRegion == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        //-- clone it to avoid unexpected modifications
+        return (Rectangle) sourceRegion.clone();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the source subsampling. The sourceXSubsampling and 
+     * sourceYSubsampling parameters specify the number of rows 
+     * and columns to advance after every source pixel.
+     * 
+     * @param sourceXSubsampling the source X subsampling.
+     * @param sourceYSubsampling the source Y subsampling.
+     * @param subsamplingXOffset the subsampling X offset.
+     * @param subsamplingYOffset the subsampling Y offset.
+     */
+    public void setSourceSubsampling(int sourceXSubsampling,
+                                 int sourceYSubsampling,
+                                 int subsamplingXOffset,
+                                 int subsamplingYOffset) {
+
+        if (sourceXSubsampling <= 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("sourceXSubsampling <= 0");
+        }
+        if (sourceYSubsampling <= 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("sourceYSubsampling <= 0");
+        }
+
+        if (subsamplingXOffset <= 0 || subsamplingXOffset >= sourceXSubsampling) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("subsamplingXOffset is wrong");
+        }
+
+        if (subsamplingYOffset <= 0 || subsamplingYOffset >= sourceYSubsampling) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("subsamplingYOffset is wrong");
+        }
+
+        //-- does region contain pixels
+        if (sourceRegion != null) {
+            if (sourceRegion.width <= subsamplingXOffset ||
+                    sourceRegion.height <= subsamplingYOffset) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("there are no pixels in region");
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.sourceXSubsampling = sourceXSubsampling;
+        this.sourceYSubsampling = sourceYSubsampling;
+        this.subsamplingXOffset = subsamplingXOffset;
+        this.subsamplingYOffset = subsamplingYOffset;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the source X subsampling - the number of source 
+     * columns to advance for each pixel.
+     * 
+     * @return the source X subsampling.
+     */
+    public int getSourceXSubsampling() {
+        return sourceXSubsampling;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the source Y subsampling - the number of source 
+     * rows to advance for each pixel.
+     * 
+     * @return the source Y subsampling.
+     */
+    public int getSourceYSubsampling() {
+        return sourceYSubsampling;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the horizontal offset of the subsampling grid.
+     * 
+     * @return the horizontal offset of the subsampling grid.
+     */
+    public int getSubsamplingXOffset() {
+        return subsamplingXOffset;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the vertical offset of the subsampling grid.
+     * 
+     * @return the vertical offset of the subsampling grid.
+     */
+    public int getSubsamplingYOffset() {
+        return subsamplingYOffset;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the indices of the source bands.
+     * 
+     * @param sourceBands the indices of the source bands.
+     */
+    public void setSourceBands(int[] sourceBands) {
+        // TODO implement
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented yet");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the array of source bands.
+     * 
+     * @return the array of source bands.
+     */
+    public int[] getSourceBands() {
+        // TODO implement
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented yet");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the specified ImageTypeSpecifier for the destination image.
+     * 
+     * @param destinationType the ImageTypeSpecifier.
+     */
+    public void setDestinationType(ImageTypeSpecifier destinationType) {
+        // TODO implement
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented yet");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the type of the destination image as an ImageTypeSpecifier. .
+     *  
+     * @return the ImageTypeSpecifier.
+     */
+    public ImageTypeSpecifier getDestinationType() {
+        // TODO implement
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented yet");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the offset in the destination image where 
+     * the decoded pixels are placed as a result of reading, 
+     * or specified an area to be written while writing operation.
+     * 
+     * @param destinationOffset the destination offset.
+     */
+    public void setDestinationOffset(Point destinationOffset) {
+        if (destinationOffset == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("destinationOffset == null!");
+        }
+        
+        this.destinationOffset = (Point) destinationOffset.clone();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the offset in the destination image for placing pixels.
+     * 
+     * @return the offset in the destination image.
+     */
+    public Point getDestinationOffset() {
+        return (Point) destinationOffset.clone();        
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the IIOParamController to this IIOParam object for
+     * providing settings to this IIOParam.
+     * 
+     * @param controller the new IIOParamController.
+     */
+    public void setController(IIOParamController controller) {
+        // TODO implement
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented yet");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the current IIOParamController controller 
+     * for this IIOParam.
+     * 
+     * @return the current IIOParamController controller 
+     * for this IIOParam.
+     */
+    public IIOParamController getController() {
+        // TODO implement
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented yet");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the default IIOParamController controller 
+     * for this IIOParam.
+     * 
+     * @return the default IIOParamController controller 
+     * for this IIOParam, or null.
+     */
+    public IIOParamController getDefaultController() {
+        // TODO implement
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented yet");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if IIOParamController is installed for 
+     * this IIOParam. 
+     * 
+     * @return true if IIOParamController is installed for 
+     * this IIOParam, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean hasController() {
+        // TODO implement
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented yet");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Activates the controller.
+     * 
+     * @return true, if successful, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean activateController() {
+        // TODO implement
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented yet");
+    }
+}