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/* $Id$ */
 
package org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.spi;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.xml.transform.Source;

import org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.ImageContext;
import org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.ImageException;
import org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.ImageInfo;

/**
 * This interface provides two functions: determining whether an image format is supported and if
 * that's the case, some minimal information (mostly the image's intrinsic size) is extracted
 * and returned.
 */
public interface ImagePreloader {

    /** Default priority for preloaders */
    int DEFAULT_PRIORITY = 1000;
    
    /**
     * "Preloads" an image, i.e. indentifies whether the source image is supported by this
     * implementation and determines the image's intrinsic size and possibly some additional
     * information. The image is usually not fully loaded at this time to conserve memory.
     * @param originalURI the original (unresolved) URI of the image 
     * @param src a image source the image is loaded from
     * @param context the context object that provides configuration information
     * @return an image info object with the basic information about an image
     * @throws ImageException if an error occurs while preloading the image
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs while preloading the image
     */
    ImageInfo preloadImage(String originalURI, 
            Source src, ImageContext context) throws ImageException, IOException;

    /**
     * Returns the priority of the preloader. The lower the value, the higher the preloader's
     * priority.
     * @return an integer (default is 1000)
     */
    int getPriority();
}