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/**
 * @author Pavel Dolgov
 * @version $Revision$
 */

package java.awt;

/**
 * The Transparency interface defines transparency's general modes.
 *
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public interface Transparency {

    /**
     * The Constant OPAQUE represents completely opaque data, all pixels have an
     * alpha value of 1.0.
     */
    public static final int OPAQUE = 1;

    /**
     * The Constant BITMASK represents data which can be either completely
     * opaque, with an alpha value of 1.0, or completely transparent, with an
     * alpha value of 0.0.
     */
    public static final int BITMASK = 2;

    /**
     * The Constant TRANSLUCENT represents data which alpha value can vary
     * between and including 0.0 and 1.0.
     */
    public static final int TRANSLUCENT = 3;

    /**
     * Gets the transparency mode.
     *
     * @return the transparency mode: OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT.
     */
    public int getTransparency();

}