SubmosaicProducer.java

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 * GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
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package org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.granulecollector;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.GranuleDescriptor;
import org.geotools.gce.imagemosaic.MosaicElement;

/**
 * Responsible for creating subsets of the whole imagemosaic. Since there are frequently parts of a mosaic that need to be handled differently, a
 * submosaic producer is responsible for handling those parts separately before they're added to the whole mosaic. For example a single dimension can
 * be handled on its own before being
 */
public interface SubmosaicProducer {
    boolean accept(GranuleDescriptor granuleDescriptor);

    List<MosaicElement> createMosaic() throws IOException;

    boolean doInputTransparency();

    boolean hasAlpha();

    double[][] getSourceThreshold();
}