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package org.eclipse.jface.resource;

import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Device;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.RGB;

/**
 * Lightweight descriptor for an SWT color. Each ColorDescriptor will create a particular SWT
 * Color on demand. This object will be compared so hashCode(...) and equals(...) must
 * return meaningful values.
 *
 * @since 3.1
 */
public abstract class ColorDescriptor extends DeviceResourceDescriptor {

    /**
     * Creates a ColorDescriptor from an existing Color, given the Device associated
     * with the original Color. This is the usual way to convert a Color into
     * a ColorDescriptor. Note that the returned ColorDescriptor depends on the
     * original Color, and disposing the Color will invalidate the ColorDescriptor.
     *
     * @deprecated use {@link ColorDescriptor#createFrom(Color)}
     *
     * @since 3.1
     *
     * @param toCreate Color to convert into a ColorDescriptor.
     * @param originalDevice this must be the same Device that was passed into the
     * original Color's constructor.
     * @return a newly created ColorDescriptor that describes the given Color.
     */
    @Deprecated
	public static ColorDescriptor createFrom(Color toCreate, Device originalDevice) {
        return new RGBColorDescriptor(toCreate);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a ColorDescriptor from an existing color.
     *
     * The returned ColorDescriptor depends on the original Color. Disposing
     * the original colour while the color descriptor is still in use may cause
     * SWT to throw a graphic disposed exception.
     *
     * @since 3.1
     *
     * @param toCreate Color to generate a ColorDescriptor from
     * @return a newly created ColorDescriptor
     */
    public static ColorDescriptor createFrom(Color toCreate) {
        return new RGBColorDescriptor(toCreate);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a color descriptor for the given RGB values
     * @since 3.1
     *
     * @param toCreate RGB values to create
     * @return a new ColorDescriptor
     */
    public static ColorDescriptor createFrom(RGB toCreate) {
        return new RGBColorDescriptor(toCreate);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Color described by this descriptor.
     *
     * @param device SWT device on which to allocate the Color
     * @return a newly allocated SWT Color object (never null)
     * @throws DeviceResourceException if unable to allocate the Color
     */
    public abstract Color createColor(Device device) throws DeviceResourceException;

    /**
     * Undoes whatever was done by createColor.
     *
     * @since 3.1
     *
     * @param toDestroy a Color that was previously allocated by an equal ColorDescriptor
     */
    public abstract void destroyColor(Color toDestroy);

    @Override
	public final Object createResource(Device device) throws DeviceResourceException {
        return createColor(device);
    }

    @Override
	public final void destroyResource(Object previouslyCreatedObject) {
        destroyColor((Color)previouslyCreatedObject);
    }
}