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package org.apache.batik.ext.awt.image.spi;

import java.awt.Image;

import org.apache.batik.ext.awt.image.renderable.Filter;

/**
 * This interface is to be used to provide alternate ways of
 * generating a placeholder image when the ImageTagRegistry
 * fails to handle a given reference.
 *
 * @version $Id: BrokenLinkProvider.java 1372129 2012-08-12 15:31:50Z helder $
 */
public abstract class BrokenLinkProvider {

    /**
     * The image returned by getBrokenLinkImage should always
     * return some value when queried for the BROKEN_LINK_PROPERTY.
     * This allows code the determine if the image is the 'real'
     * image or the broken link image, which may be important for
     * the application of profiles etc.
     */
    public static final String BROKEN_LINK_PROPERTY =
        "org.apache.batik.BrokenLinkImage";

    /**
     * This method is responsbile for constructing an image that will
     * represent the missing image in the document.  This method
     * recives information about the reason a broken link image is
     * being requested in the <code>code</code> and <code>params</code>
     * parameters. These parameters may be used to generate nicely
     * localized messages for insertion into the broken link image, or
     * for selecting the broken link image returned.
     *
     * @param base The object to use for Message decoding.
     * @param code This is the reason the image is unavailable should
     *             be taken from ErrorConstants.
     * @param params This is more detailed information about
     *        the circumstances of the failure.
     */
    public abstract Filter getBrokenLinkImage(Object base,
                                              String code, Object[] params);

    public static boolean hasBrokenLinkProperty(Filter f) {
        Object o = f.getProperty(BROKEN_LINK_PROPERTY);
        if (o == null) return false;
        if (o == Image.UndefinedProperty) return false;
        return true;
    }

}
