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package org.apache.batik.bridge;

import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.batik.ext.awt.image.renderable.Filter;
import org.apache.batik.gvt.GraphicsNode;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Factory class for vending <code>Filter</code> objects that represents
 * a filter primitive.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:Thierry.Kormann@sophia.inria.fr">Thierry Kormann</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface FilterPrimitiveBridge extends Bridge {

    /**
     * Creates a <code>Filter</code> primitive according to the specified
     * parameters.
     *
     * @param ctx the bridge context to use
     * @param filterElement the element that defines a filter
     * @param filteredElement the element that references the filter
     * @param filteredNode the graphics node to filter
     *
     * @param in the <code>Filter</code> that represents the current
     *        filter input if the filter chain.
     * @param filterRegion the filter area defined for the filter chain
     *        the new node will be part of.
     * @param filterMap a map where the mediator can map a name to the
     *        <code>Filter</code> it creates. Other <code>FilterBridge</code>s
     *        can then access a filter node from the filterMap if they
     *        know its name.
     */
    Filter createFilter(BridgeContext ctx,
                        Element filterElement,
                        Element filteredElement,
                        GraphicsNode filteredNode,
                        Filter in,
                        Rectangle2D filterRegion,
                        Map filterMap);

}
