src/main/java/org/apache/commons/imaging/palette/Palette.java

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package org.apache.commons.imaging.palette;

import org.apache.commons.imaging.ImageWriteException;

/**
 * Color palette.
 */
public abstract class Palette {

    /**
     * Looks up the palette index for a given color.
     * @param rgb the color to look up
     * @return the palette index
     * @throws ImageWriteException
     */
    public abstract int getPaletteIndex(int rgb) throws ImageWriteException;

    /**
     * Looks up the color for a given palette index.
     * @param index the palette index to look up
     * @return the color in ARGB format
     */
    public abstract int getEntry(int index);

    /**
     * The number of entries in the palette.
     * @return the number of palette entries
     */
    public abstract int length();

    public void dump() {
    }

}