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package java.awt;

/** 
 * The Transparency interface defines the common transparency
 * modes for implementing classes.
 * @version 1.19, 01/23/03
 */
public interface Transparency
{
    /** 
     * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be completely opaque,
     * meaning that all pixels have an alpha value of 1.0.
     */
    public static final int OPAQUE = 1;

    /** 
     * Represents image data that is guaranteed to 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;

    /** 
     * Represents image data that contains or might contain arbitrary
     * alpha values between and including 0.0 and 1.0.
     */
    public static final int TRANSLUCENT = 3;

    /** 
     * Returns the type of this Transparency.
     * @return the field type of this Transparency, which is
     *		either OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT. 
     */
    public int getTransparency();
}