ImageSource

Type Parameters:

T - The source class from which the source image is retrieved or read.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractImageSource, BufferedImageSource, FileImageSource, FileImageSource.UninitializedImageSource, InputStreamImageSource, URLImageSource
```
public interface ImageSource<T>
```
An interface to be implemented by classes which read or retrieve images from which a thumbnail should be produced.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getInputFormatName()`	Returns the name of the image format.
`T`	`getSource()`	Returns the source from which the image is read or retrieved.
`java.awt.image.BufferedImage`	`read()`	Retrieves the image from the source.
`void`	`setThumbnailParameter(ThumbnailParameter param)`	Sets the `ThumbnailParameter` from which to retrieve parameters to use when retrieving the image.

- Method Detail
  - read
```
java.awt.image.BufferedImage read()
                           throws java.io.IOException
```
    Retrieves the image from the source.
    
    Returns:
    
    The image.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - When a problem occurs while reading or obtaining the image.
  - getInputFormatName
```
java.lang.String getInputFormatName()
```
    Returns the name of the image format.
    
    Returns:
    
    The image format name. If there is no image format information, then null will be returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException - If the source image has not been read yet.
  - setThumbnailParameter
```
void setThumbnailParameter(ThumbnailParameter param)
```
    Sets the ThumbnailParameter from which to retrieve parameters to use when retrieving the image.
    
    Parameters:
    
    param - The ThumbnailParameter with image reading parameters.
  - getSource
```
T getSource()
```
    Returns the source from which the image is read or retrieved.
    
    Returns:
    
    The source of the image.