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/**
 * @author Igor V. Stolyarov
 * @version $Revision$
 */

package java.awt;

import java.awt.image.ColorModel;

/**
 * The Composite interface allows the methods to compose a draw primitive on the
 * graphics area. The classes implementing this interface provides the rules and
 * a method to create the context for a particular operation.
 * 
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public interface Composite {

    /**
     * Creates a CompositeContext which defines the encapsulated and optimized
     * environment for a compositing operation. Several contexts can exist for a
     * single Composite object.
     * 
     * @param srcColorModel
     *            the source's ColorModel.
     * @param dstColorModel
     *            the destination's ColorModel.
     * @param hints
     *            the RenderingHints.
     * @return the CompositeContext object.
     */
    public CompositeContext createContext(ColorModel srcColorModel, ColorModel dstColorModel,
            RenderingHints hints);

}