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  25 
  26 package java.awt;
  27 
  28 import java.lang.annotation.Native;
  29 
  30 /**
  31  * The <code>Transparency</code> interface defines the common transparency
  32  * modes for implementing classes.
  33  */
  34 public interface Transparency {
  35 
  36     /**
  37      * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be completely opaque,
  38      * meaning that all pixels have an alpha value of 1.0.
  39      */
  40     @Native public final static int OPAQUE            = 1;
  41 
  42     /**
  43      * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be either completely
  44      * opaque, with an alpha value of 1.0, or completely transparent,
  45      * with an alpha value of 0.0.
  46      */
  47     @Native public final static int BITMASK = 2;
  48 
  49     /**
  50      * Represents image data that contains or might contain arbitrary
  51      * alpha values between and including 0.0 and 1.0.
  52      */
  53     @Native public final static int TRANSLUCENT        = 3;
  54 
  55     /**
  56      * Returns the type of this <code>Transparency</code>.
  57      * @return the field type of this <code>Transparency</code>, which is
  58      *          either OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT.
  59      */
  60     public int getTransparency();
  61 }