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17/**
18 * @author Pavel Dolgov
19 * @version $Revision$
20 */
21
22package java.awt;
23
24/**
25 * The Transparency interface defines transparency's general modes.
26 *
27 * @since Android 1.0
28 */
29public interface Transparency {
30
31    /**
32     * The Constant OPAQUE represents completely opaque data, all pixels have an
33     * alpha value of 1.0.
34     */
35    public static final int OPAQUE = 1;
36
37    /**
38     * The Constant BITMASK represents data which can be either completely
39     * opaque, with an alpha value of 1.0, or completely transparent, with an
40     * alpha value of 0.0.
41     */
42    public static final int BITMASK = 2;
43
44    /**
45     * The Constant TRANSLUCENT represents data which alpha value can vary
46     * between and including 0.0 and 1.0.
47     */
48    public static final int TRANSLUCENT = 3;
49
50    /**
51     * Gets the transparency mode.
52     *
53     * @return the transparency mode: OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT.
54     */
55    public int getTransparency();
56
57}
58