/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2007-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*/
package org.geotools.renderer3d.provider.texture;
import org.geotools.renderer3d.utils.BoundingRectangle;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
/**
* An interface for something that can render a specified rectangular area of the map to a BufferedImage.
* <p/>
* Can block until ready (as normal), the calling code will be executed in a separate worker thread so that there
* are no delays or freezes in the UI even if it takes time to fetch map rasters from a disk or similar.
*
* @author Hans H�ggstr�m
*/
public interface TextureRenderer
{
/**
* Renders a texture on the specified buffered image that depicts the specified world area.
*
* @param area the world area to create the texture for. TODO: What units are the coordinates given in?
* @param target the image to render the texture to.
*/
void renderArea( BoundingRectangle area, BufferedImage target );
}