/*
 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
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 * This file is part of Jalview.
 * 
 * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
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 */
package jalview.renderer;

import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.image.ImageObserver;

/**
 * semi-insulated interface for rendering a faded image whilst a calculation is
 * in progress on annotation panel. Will need to remove java.awt dependencies
 * for Android/etc
 * 
 * @author jprocter
 *
 */
public interface AwtRenderPanelI extends ImageObserver
{
  /**
   * old image used when data is currently being calculated and cannot be
   * rendered
   */
  Image getFadedImage();

  /**
   * FontMetrics to use for rendering into Panel
   * 
   * @return
   */
  FontMetrics getFontMetrics();

  /**
   * width of image to render in panel
   */
  int getFadedImageWidth();

  /**
   * height of visible area on to the image - used to draw only what is visible.
   * 
   * @return [start, end of visible region]
   */
  int[] getVisibleVRange();

}