javax.media.jai
Interface CachedTile

public interface CachedTile

Public interface for cached tiles used to retrieve information about the tile.

Since:

JAI 1.1

Method Summary

int	getAction() Returns information about which method triggered a notification event.
RenderedImage	getOwner() Returns the image operation to which this cached tile belongs.
Raster	getTile() Returns the cached tile.
Object	getTileCacheMetric() Returns a cost metric associated with the tile.
long	getTileSize() Returns the memory size of the cached tile
long	getTileTimeStamp() Returns the time stamp of the cached tile.

Method Detail

getOwner

public RenderedImage getOwner()

Returns the image operation to which this cached tile belongs. In Sun Microsystems implementation, this is a RenderedImage.

getTile

public Raster getTile()

Returns the cached tile. In Sun Microsystems implementation, this object is a Raster.

getTileCacheMetric

public Object getTileCacheMetric()

Returns a cost metric associated with the tile. This value is used to determine which tiles get removed from the cache.

getTileTimeStamp

public long getTileTimeStamp()

Returns the time stamp of the cached tile.

getTileSize

public long getTileSize()

Returns the memory size of the cached tile

getAction

public int getAction()

Returns information about which method triggered a notification event. In the Sun Microsystems implementation, events include add, remove and update tile information.