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package org.eclipse.swt.graphics;
/**
* Implementers of Drawable can have a graphics context (GC)
* created for them, and then they can be drawn on by sending messages to
* their associated GC. SWT images, and device objects such as the Display
* device and the Printer device, are drawables.
*
* IMPORTANT: This interface is not part of the SWT
* public API. It is marked public only so that it can be shared
* within the packages provided by SWT. It should never be
* referenced from application code.
*
*
* @see Device
* @see Image
* @see GC
*/
public interface Drawable {
/**
* Invokes platform specific functionality to allocate a new GC handle.
*
* IMPORTANT: This method is not part of the public
* API for Drawable. It is marked public only so that it
* can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not
* available on all platforms, and should never be called from
* application code.
*
*
* @param data the platform specific GC data
* @return the platform specific GC handle
*
* @noreference This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.
*/
long internal_new_GC (GCData data);
/**
* Invokes platform specific functionality to dispose a GC handle.
*
* IMPORTANT: This method is not part of the public
* API for Drawable. It is marked public only so that it
* can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not
* available on all platforms, and should never be called from
* application code.
*
*
* @param handle the platform specific GC handle
* @param data the platform specific GC data
*
* @noreference This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.
*/
void internal_dispose_GC (long handle, GCData data);
/**
* Returns true iff coordinates can be auto-scaled on this
* drawable and false if not. E.g. a {@link GC} method should not
* auto-scale the bounds of a figure drawn on a Printer device, but it may have
* to auto-scale when drawing on a high-DPI Display monitor.
*
* @return true if auto-scaling is enabled for this drawable
*
* @noreference This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.
*/
default boolean isAutoScalable () {
return true;
}
}