Source for javax.imageio.IIOParamController

   1: /* IIOParamController.java --
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  39: package javax.imageio;
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * An interface to set image parameters.  An IIOParamController may be
  43:  * a GUI component, a database reader, command-line parser or any
  44:  * other means of getting parameter settings.  For exampe, a dialog
  45:  * box could implement IIOParamController to allow a user to adjust
  46:  * JPEG compression levels.
  47:  *
  48:  * The activate method should always behave modally; it should only
  49:  * return when the action has been either cancelled or completed.
  50:  *
  51:  * @author Michael Koch (konqueror@gmx.de)
  52:  */
  53: public interface IIOParamController
  54: {
  55:   /**
  56:    * Activates the controller.  A return value of false should mean
  57:    * that no changes were made to param.  A return value of true
  58:    * should mean that the image is ready to be read or written.
  59:    *
  60:    * @param param the <code>IIOParam</code> to be modified
  61:    *
  62:    * @return true if the <code>IIOParam</code> has been modified,
  63:    * false otherwise
  64:    * 
  65:    * @exception IllegalArgumentException if param is null or is not an instance
  66:    * of the correct class
  67:    */
  68:   boolean activate(IIOParam param);
  69: }