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package org.mapeditor.util;

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

/**
 * A generic interface to a class that implements tile cutting behaviour.
 *
 * @author Thorbjørn Lindeijer
 * @author Adam Turk
 * @author Mike Thomas
 * @version 1.0.2
 */
public interface TileCutter {

    /**
     * Sets the image that this cutter should cut in tile images.
     *
     * @param image the image that this cutter should cut
     */
    void setImage(BufferedImage image);

    /**
     * Retrieves the next tile image.
     *
     * @return the next tile image, or <code>null</code> when no more tile
     * images are available
     */
    BufferedImage getNextTile();

    /**
     * Resets the tile cutter so that the next call to <code>getNextTile</code>
     * will return the first tile.
     */
    void reset();

    /**
     * Returns the default tile width of tiles cut by this cutter.
     *
     * @return the default tile width of tiles cut by this cutter.
     */
    int getTileWidth();

    /**
     * Returns the default tile height of tiles cut by this cutter.
     *
     * @return the default tile height of tiles cut by this cutter.
     */
    int getTileHeight();

    /**
     * Returns the name of this tile cutter.
     *
     * @return the name of this tile cutter
     */
    String getName();
}
