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package java.awt.image.renderable;
import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
/**
* The RenderedImageFactory interface (often abbreviated RIF) is
* intended to be implemented by classes that wish to act as factories
* to produce different renderings, for example by executing a series
* of BufferedImageOps on a set of sources, depending on a specific
* set of parameters, properties, and rendering hints.
*/
public interface RenderedImageFactory {
/**
* Creates a RenderedImage representing the results of an imaging
* operation (or chain of operations) for a given ParameterBlock and
* RenderingHints. The RIF may also query any source images
* referenced by the ParameterBlock for their dimensions,
* SampleModels, properties, etc., as necessary.
*
* <p> The create() method can return null if the
* RenderedImageFactory is not capable of producing output for the
* given set of source images and parameters. For example, if a
* RenderedImageFactory is only capable of performing a 3x3
* convolution on single-banded image data, and the source image has
* multiple bands or the convolution Kernel is 5x5, null should be
* returned.
*
* <p> Hints should be taken into account, but can be ignored.
* The created RenderedImage may have a property identified
* by the String HINTS_OBSERVED to indicate which RenderingHints
* were used to create the image. In addition any RenderedImages
* that are obtained via the getSources() method on the created
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