/* * Copyright (c) 2000, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ package javax.imageio.spi; import javax.imageio.ImageTranscoder; /** * The service provider interface (SPI) for <code>ImageTranscoder</code>s. * For more information on service provider classes, see the class comment * for the <code>IIORegistry</code> class. * * @see IIORegistry * @see javax.imageio.ImageTranscoder * */public abstract class ImageTranscoderSpi extends IIOServiceProvider {     /**     * Constructs a blank <code>ImageTranscoderSpi</code>.  It is up     * to the subclass to initialize instance variables and/or     * override method implementations in order to provide working     * versions of all methods.     */    protected ImageTranscoderSpi() {    }     /**     * Constructs an <code>ImageTranscoderSpi</code> with a given set     * of values.     *     * @param vendorName the vendor name.     * @param version a version identifier.     */    public ImageTranscoderSpi(String vendorName,                              String version) {        super(vendorName, version);    }     /**     * Returns the fully qualified class name of an     * <code>ImageReaderSpi</code> class that generates     * <code>IIOMetadata</code> objects that may be used as input to     * this transcoder.     *     * @return a <code>String</code> containing the fully-qualified     * class name of the <code>ImageReaderSpi</code> implementation class.     *     * @see ImageReaderSpi     */    public abstract String getReaderServiceProviderName();     /**     * Returns the fully qualified class name of an     * <code>ImageWriterSpi</code> class that generates     * <code>IIOMetadata</code> objects that may be used as input to     * this transcoder.     *     * @return a <code>String</code> containing the fully-qualified     * class name of the <code>ImageWriterSpi</code> implementation class.     *     * @see ImageWriterSpi     */    public abstract String getWriterServiceProviderName();     /**     * Returns an instance of the <code>ImageTranscoder</code>     * implementation associated with this service provider.     *     * @return an <code>ImageTranscoder</code> instance.     */    public abstract ImageTranscoder createTranscoderInstance();}