AccessibleStream.java

/*
 *    ImageI/O-Ext - OpenSource Java Image translation Library
 *    http://www.geo-solutions.it/
 *    http://java.net/projects/imageio-ext/
 *    (C) 2007 - 2009, GeoSolutions
 *
 *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *    License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *    either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *    This library 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
 *    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 */
package it.geosolutions.imageio.stream;

import javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream;
import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;

/**
 * Simple interface to expose the underlying target for an {@link ImageInputStream}or {@link ImageOutputStream}.
 * 
 * @author Simone Giannecchini, GeoSolutions
 *
 * @param <T>
 */
public interface AccessibleStream<T> {
    
    /**
     * Retrieves the target object on which we work.
     * 
     * @return the target object on which we work.
     */
    public T getTarget();
    
    /**
     * Retrieve the class for the target object.
     * @return the class for the target object.
     */
    public Class<T> getBinding();

}