/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2015, 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.tile;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* The ImageLoader is a delegate used by a tile to load the image. Its purpose
* is to provide a tile image cache opportunity to speed up image loading and
* prevent tile to be repeatedly loaded off the network.
*
* @author Ugo Taddei
* @since 12
* @source $URL:
* http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/trunk/modules/unsupported/tile-client
* /src/main/java/org/geotools/tile/ImageLoader.java $
*/
public interface ImageLoader {
/**
* Loads an image for the given tile.
*
* @param tile
* @return an image
* @throws IOException
*/
BufferedImage loadImageTileImage(Tile tile) throws IOException;
}