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package org.apache.axis.components.image;

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * This interface defines a ImageIO modules functionality
 * @author <a href="mailto:dims@yahoo.com">Davanum Srinivas</a>
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface ImageIO {
    /**
     * Save an image.
     * @param id the mime-type of the format to save the image
     * @param image the image to save
     * @param os the output stream to write to
     * @exception Exception if an error prevents image encoding
     */

    public void saveImage(String id, Image image, OutputStream os)
            throws Exception;

    /**
     * Load an Image.
     * @param in the stream to load the image
     * @return the Image
     */
    public Image loadImage(InputStream in)
            throws Exception;
}