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package java.awt;
/**
* The <code>Transparency</code> interface defines the common transparency
* modes for implementing classes.
*/
public interface Transparency {
/**
* Represents image data that is guaranteed to be completely opaque,
* meaning that all pixels have an alpha value of 1.0.
*/
public final static int OPAQUE = 1;
/**
* Represents image data that is guaranteed to be either completely
* opaque, with an alpha value of 1.0, or completely transparent,
* with an alpha value of 0.0.
*/
public final static int BITMASK = 2;
/**
* Represents image data that contains or might contain arbitrary
* alpha values between and including 0.0 and 1.0.
*/
public final static int TRANSLUCENT = 3;
/**
* Returns the type of this <code>Transparency</code>.
* @return the field type of this <code>Transparency</code>, which is
* either OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT.
*/
public int getTransparency();
}