/*
* Copyright (C) 2015 Patryk Strach
*
* This file is part of Virtual Slide Viewer.
*
* Virtual Slide Viewer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
* the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
* either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* Virtual Slide Viewer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
* without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
* See the GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Virtual Slide Viewer.
* If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package virtualslideviewer.imageviewing;
import virtualslideviewer.core.BufferedVirtualSlideImage;
import virtualslideviewer.core.Tile;
/**
* A generator for temporary tile data to use while the tile has not been loaded yet.
*/
public interface LoadingTilePlaceholderGenerator
{
/**
* Generates a tile placeholder and saves it to specified buffer.
*
* @param dst Destination buffer.
* @param tileSource Image for which the tile should be generated.
* @param tile The tile for which the placeholder should be generated.
*/
void getTilePlaceholder(byte[] dst, BufferedVirtualSlideImage tileSource, Tile tile);
}