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This class is the superclass of all classes that are meant to filter the data delivered from an ImageProducer (II-§2.12) to an ImageConsumer (II-§2.10).
This class and its subclasses are meant to be used in conjunction with a FilteredImageSource (II-§2.4) object to produce filtered versions of existing images.
The image filter implemented by this class is the "null filter" which has no effect on the data passing through. Filters should subclass this class and override the methods in order to modify the data as necessary.
The image consumer (II-§2.10) of the particular image data stream for which this image filter is filtering data.
The field is not initialized by the constructor, but by the call to the getFilterInstance method (II-§2.5.4), when the FilteredImageSource (II-§2.4) is creating a unique instance of this object for a particular image data stream.
The default constructor for this method.
clone in class Object (I-§1.12.2).
Creates an image filter which filters the image for the specified image consumer.
The getFilterInstance method of ImageFilter clones the object. and sets its consumer field to the image consumer argument. Subclasses can override this method, if they require more setup than this..
a unique instance of an image filter object which actually performs the filtering for the specified image consumer (II-§2.10).
The image producer calls the imageComplete method when it has completed an image or it has encountered an error in producing or loading the image. For more information on this method and its status argument, see §2.10.10 on page 304.
The imageComplete method of ImageFilter calls the imageComplete method (II-§2.10.10) of the image consumer with the identical argument.
An image consumer calls the resendTopDownLeftRight of its producer to request that the pixel data be resent in that order. For more information on this method see §2.12.4 on page 314.
The filter can forward this request to the image producer (II-§2.12.4) using itself as the requesting image consumer. This is the default behavior provided by the resendTopDownLeftRight method of ImageFilter.
The filter can resend the pixels in the right order on its own (presumably because the generated pixels have been saved in some sort of buffer).
The filter can ignore this request.
ip - the image producer that is feeding this instance of the filter.
The image producer calls the setColorModel method to specify the color model for the majority of the subsequent setPixels method calls. For more information on this method and its model argument, see §2.10.11 on page 305.
The setColorModel method of ImageFilter calls the setColorModel method (II-§2.10.11) of the image consumer with the identical argument.
The image producer calls the setDimensions of the image consumer to tell it the width and height of the image.
The setDimensions method of ImageFilter calls the setDimensions method (II-§2.10.12) of its image consumer with the identical arguments.
The image producer calls the setHints method of the image consumer to indicate the order in which the bits are to be delivered. For more information on the hints passed to the image consumer, see §2.10.13 on page 306.
The setHints method of ImageFilter calls the setHints method (II-§2.10.13) of its image consumer with the identical argument.
The image producer calls the setPixels method of the image consumer one or more times to deliver the pixels of the image. For more information on this method and its arguments, see §2.10.14 on page 307.
The setPixels method of ImageFilter calls the setPixels method (II-§2.10.14) of its image consumer with the identical arguments.
The image producer calls the setPixels method of the image consumer one or more times to deliver the pixels of the image. For more information on this method and its arguments, see §2.10.15 on page 308.
The setPixels method of ImageFilter calls the setPixels method (II-§2.10.15) of its image consumer with the identical arguments.
The image producer calls the setProperties method of the image consumer to let it know of additional properties of the image. For more information on this method and its arguments, see §2.10.16 on page 308.
If the hashtable already has no key "filters", a string representation of the current filter is added to the hashtable under the key "filter".
If such a key is already in the hashtable, a string representation of the current filter is appended to the property (which must be a String) already stored under that key, and stores this value back in the hashtable.

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