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1   package nom.tam.image.tile.operation;
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33  
34  import java.nio.Buffer;
35  import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
36  
37  import nom.tam.fits.compression.algorithm.api.ICompressOption;
38  import nom.tam.fits.compression.algorithm.api.ICompressorControl;
39  import nom.tam.util.type.ElementType;
40  
41  /**
42   * 2D image tile compression interface. FITS tiles are always 2-dimentional, but really images of any dimensions may be
43   * covered with such tiles.
44   * 
45   * @see TileArea
46   * @see nom.tam.image.ImageTiler
47   */
48  public interface ITiledImageOperation {
49      /**
50       * Returns the tile compression options to use for tile compressing or uncompressing images.
51       * 
52       * @return the tile compression options
53       */
54      ICompressOption compressOptions();
55  
56      /**
57       * Ensure that per-tile compression parameters exists, and contain reasonable data for every tile.
58       * 
59       * @since 1.23
60       */
61      void ensureColumnParameters();
62  
63      /**
64       * Returns the element type of the image (and hence tile).
65       * 
66       * @return the FITS element type used in this tile.
67       */
68      ElementType<Buffer> getBaseType();
69  
70      /**
71       * Returns a buffer containing the entire tile compressed image.
72       * 
73       * @return a buffer containing the tile compresed image in serialized form.
74       */
75      ByteBuffer getCompressedWholeArea();
76  
77      /**
78       * Returns the class that can perform the tile compression or decompression with the desired tile compression
79       * algorithm and options. Some image tiles may not be possible to compress with the chosen algorithm, and FITS then
80       * allows alternative compression of these using GZIP instead (see {@link #getGzipCompressorControl()}
81       * 
82       * @return the class that can perform the desired tile compression.
83       * 
84       * @see    #getGzipCompressorControl()
85       * @see    #compressOptions()
86       */
87      ICompressorControl getCompressorControl();
88  
89      /**
90       * Return the class that can GZIP compress tiles that cannot be compressed otherwise. GZIP compression is failsafe
91       * and is therefore a standard fallback option when compressing tiles. It may also be the desired first choice
92       * method also.
93       * 
94       * @return the class that can perform the fail-safe tile compression using GZIP.
95       * 
96       * @see    #getCompressorControl()
97       */
98      ICompressorControl getGzipCompressorControl();
99  
100     /**
101      * Returns the actual with of the image which is to be tile (de)compressed.
102      * 
103      * @return The width of the full image in pixels.
104      */
105     int getImageWidth();
106 
107     /**
108      * Returns the operation that handles the parallel processing of specific tiles. Each tile can be processed by a
109      * dedicated thread, with many tiles processing in parallel at the same time.
110      * 
111      * @param  i the sequential (flattened) index of the specific tile
112      * 
113      * @return   the operation instance that handles the parallel processing of that particular tiles.
114      */
115     ITileOperation getTileOperation(int i);
116 }