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A multidimensional, type-agnostic image processing library.
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 * ImgLib2: a general-purpose, multidimensional image processing library.
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 * Copyright (C) 2009 - 2018 Tobias Pietzsch, Stephan Preibisch, Stephan Saalfeld,
 * John Bogovic, Albert Cardona, Barry DeZonia, Christian Dietz, Jan Funke,
 * Aivar Grislis, Jonathan Hale, Grant Harris, Stefan Helfrich, Mark Hiner,
 * Martin Horn, Steffen Jaensch, Lee Kamentsky, Larry Lindsey, Melissa Linkert,
 * Mark Longair, Brian Northan, Nick Perry, Curtis Rueden, Johannes Schindelin,
 * Jean-Yves Tinevez and Michael Zinsmaier.
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package net.imglib2.img;

import net.imglib2.IterableInterval;
import net.imglib2.RandomAccessibleInterval;

/**
 * An {@link Img} is a {@link RandomAccessibleInterval} that has its min at
 * 0ⁿ and its max positive. {@link Img}s store pixels and
 * thus are the basis for conventional image processing.
 * 
 * @author Stephan Saalfeld
 * @author Stephan Preibisch
 */
public interface Img< T >
		extends
		RandomAccessibleInterval< T >,
		IterableInterval< T >
{
	/**
	 * Get a {@link ImgFactory} that creates {@link Img}s of the same kind as
	 * this one.
	 * 
	 * This is useful to create Imgs for temporary storage in generic methods
	 * where the specific Img type is unknown. Note, that the factory can be
	 * used even if all references to this Img have been invalidated.
	 * 
	 * @return a factory for Imgs of the same kind as this one.
	 */
	public ImgFactory< T > factory();

	/**
	 * @return - A copy of the current {@link Img} instance, all pixels are
	 *         duplicated
	 */
	public Img< T > copy();
}