/*
* Copyright (C) 2010 Brockmann Consult GmbH (info@brockmann-consult.de)
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
* Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
* any later version.
* This program 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 General Public License for
* more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
* with this program; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
*/
package com.bc.ceres.glevel;
import com.bc.ceres.grender.Rendering;
/**
* An {@code MultiLevelRenderer} is used to render images provided
* by a {@link MultiLevelSource}s at a certain resolution level.
*/
public interface MultiLevelRenderer {
/**
* Renders the image provided by the given {@link MultiLevelSource} at
* the specified resolution level onto
* a {@link com.bc.ceres.grender.Rendering Rendering}.
*
* @param rendering The rendering.
* @param multiLevelSource The multi-resolution image source.
* @param level The resolution level.
*/
void renderImage(Rendering rendering, MultiLevelSource multiLevelSource, int level);
/**
* Releases any allocated resources hold by this {@code MultiLevelRenderer},
* e.g. releases images or image tiles cached over multiple calls to {@link #renderImage}.
*/
void reset();
}