Downsample.java

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package org.encog.util.downsample;

import java.awt.Image;

/**
 * Utility to downsample an image.
 * 
 * @author jheaton
 * 
 */
public interface Downsample {

	/**
	 * Downsample the image to the specified height and width.
	 * @param image
	 * 			The image to downsample.
	 * @param height
	 *            The height to downsample to.
	 * @param width
	 *            The width to downsample to.
	 * @return The downsampled image.
	 */
	double[] downSample(Image image, int height, int width);

	/**
	 * Find the bounds around the image to exclude whitespace.
	 */
	void findBounds();

	/**
	 * @return Get the bottom boundary of the image.
	 */
	int getDownSampleBottom();

	/**
	 * @return The left boundary of the image.
	 */
	int getDownSampleLeft();

	/**
	 * @return Get the right boundary of the image.
	 */
	int getDownSampleRight();

	/**
	 * @return Get the top boundary of the image.
	 */
	int getDownSampleTop();


	/**
	 * @return The height of the image.
	 */
	int getImageHeight();

	/**
	 * @return The width of the image.
	 */
	int getImageWidth();

	/**
	 * @return The image pixel map.
	 */
	int[] getPixelMap();

	/**
	 * @return The x-ratio of the downsample.
	 */
	double getRatioX();

	/**
	 * @return The y-ratio of the downsample.
	 */
	double getRatioY();

	/**
	 * Process the specified image.
	 * 
	 * @param image
	 *            The image to process.
	 */
	void processImage(Image image);
}