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/* $Id$ */
package org.apache.fop.render.ps;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.Image;
import org.apache.fop.render.ImageHandler;
import org.apache.fop.render.RenderingContext;
/**
* Specialized image handler interface for PostScript output. Implementations can optionally
* support creating PostScript forms. The implementation shall check the rendering context
* to see if forms functionality is enabled in the
* {@link #isCompatible(org.apache.fop.render.RenderingContext,
* org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.Image)}
* method.
*/
public interface PSImageHandler extends ImageHandler {
/**
* Generates a PostScript form for the given {@link Image} instance.
* @param context the rendering context
* @param image the image to be handled
* @param form the associated form resource
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
*/
void generateForm(RenderingContext context, Image image, PSImageFormResource form)
throws IOException;
}