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// Nenya library - tools for developing networked games
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// http://www.threerings.net/code/nenya/
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package com.threerings.media.tile;

import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

import com.threerings.media.image.ClientImageManager;
import com.threerings.media.image.Colorization;
import com.threerings.media.image.Mirage;

/**
 * Provides a generic interface via which tileset images may be loaded. In most cases, a running
 * application will want to obtain images via the {@link ClientImageManager}, but in some circumstances a
 * simpler image provider may be desirable to avoid the overhead of the image manager
 * infrastructure when simple image loading is all that is desired.
 */
public interface ImageProvider
{
    /**
     * Returns the raw tileset image with the specified path.
     *
     * @param path the path that identifies the desired image (corresponds to the image path from
     * the tileset).
     * @param zations if non-null, colorizations to apply to the source image before returning it.
     */
    public BufferedImage getTileSetImage (String path, Colorization[] zations);

    /**
     * Obtains the tile image with the specified path in the form of a {@link Mirage}. It should be
     * cropped from the tileset image identified by the supplied path.
     *
     * @param path the path that identifies the desired image (corresponds to the image path from
     * the tileset).
     * @param bounds if non-null, the region of the image to be returned as a mirage. If null, the
     * entire image should be returned.
     * @param zations if non-null, colorizations to apply to the image before converting it into a
     * mirage.
     */
    public Mirage getTileImage (String path, Rectangle bounds, Colorization[] zations);
}
