001/* ======================================================================== 002 * JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform 003 * ======================================================================== 004 * 005 * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors. 006 * 007 * Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html 008 * 009 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 010 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 011 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 012 * (at your option) any later version. 013 * 014 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 015 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 016 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public 017 * License for more details. 018 * 019 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 020 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 021 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, 022 * USA. 023 * 024 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 025 * in the United States and other countries.] 026 * 027 * ----------------------------- 028 * GradientPaintTransformer.java 029 * ----------------------------- 030 * (C) Copyright 2003, 2004, by Object Refinery Limited. 031 * 032 * Original Author: David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited); 033 * Contributor(s): -; 034 * 035 * $Id: GradientPaintTransformer.java,v 1.3 2005/10/18 13:18:34 mungady Exp $ 036 * 037 * Changes 038 * ------- 039 * 28-Oct-2003 : Version 1 (DG); 040 * 041 */ 042 043package org.jfree.ui; 044 045import java.awt.GradientPaint; 046import java.awt.Shape; 047 048/** 049 * The interface for a class that can transform a <code>GradientPaint</code> in some way. 050 * 051 * @author David Gilbert 052 */ 053public interface GradientPaintTransformer { 054 055 /** 056 * Transforms a <code>GradientPaint</code> instance to "fit" some target shape. 057 * 058 * @param paint the original paint. 059 * @param target the reference area. 060 * 061 * @return A transformed paint. 062 */ 063 public GradientPaint transform(GradientPaint paint, Shape target); 064 065}