org.jhotdraw.color
Interface ColorSystem

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractColorSystem, CMYKICCColorSystem, CMYKNominalColorSystem, HSLRGBColorSystem, HSLRYBColorSystem, HSVRGBColorSystem, HSVRYBColorSystem, RGBColorSystem

public interface ColorSystem

A ColorSystem defines a system to describe colors using a number of components. Each component has a normalized value between 0 and 1.

Author:

Werner Randelshofer @version $Id: ColorSystem.java 527 2009-06-07 14:28:19Z rawcoder $

Method Summary

int	getComponentCount() Returns the number of color components used by the color system.
float[]	toComponents(int rgb, float[] components) Converts the specified color components to RGB.
int	toRGB(float... components) Converts the specified color components to RGB.

Method Detail

getComponentCount

int getComponentCount()

Returns the number of color components used by the color system.

Returns:

component count.

toRGB

int toRGB(float... components)

Converts the specified color components to RGB.

Parameters:

components - The color components.

Returns:

rgb value.

toComponents

float[] toComponents(int rgb,
                     float[] components)

Converts the specified color components to RGB.

Parameters:

rgb - value.

components - A component array for reuse.

Returns:

color components for the rgb value.