ImageProducer

Name

Description

ImageProducer is an interface that provides the methods necessary for the production of images and the communication with classes that implement the ImageConsumer interface.

Interface Definition

public abstract interface java.awt.image.ImageProducer {
 // Interface Methods public abstract void addConsumer (ImageConsumer ic);
public abstract boolean isConsumer (ImageConsumer ic);
public abstract void removeConsumer (ImageConsumer ic);
public abstract void requestTopDownLeftRightResend (ImageConsumer ic);
public abstract void startProduction (ImageConsumer ic);
}

Interface Methods

addConsumer

public abstract void addConsumer (ImageConsumer ic)

• Parameters
• • ic
  • An ImageConsumer that wants to receive image data.
• Description
• Registers an ImageConsumer as interested in image information.

isConsumer

public abstract boolean isConsumer (ImageConsumer ic)

• Parameters
• • ic
  • ImageConsumer to check.
• Returns
• true if ImageConsumer has registered with the ImageProducer, false otherwise.

removeConsumer

public abstract void removeConsumer (ImageConsumer ic)

• Parameters
• • ic
  • ImageConsumer to remove.
• Description
• Removes an ImageConsumer from registered consumers for this ImageProducer.

requestTopDownLeftRightResend

public abstract void requestTopDownLeftRightResend (ImageConsumer ic)

• Parameters
• • ic
  • ImageConsumer to communicate with.
• Description
• Requests the retransmission of the image data in top-down, left-to-right order.

startProduction

public abstract void startProduction (ImageConsumer ic)

• Parameters
• • ic
  • ImageConsumer to communicate with.
• Description
• Registers ImageConsumer as interested in image information and tells ImageProducer to start sending the image data immediately.

See Also

FilteredImageSource, Image, ImageConsumer, ImageFilter, MemoryImageSource, Object