Interface Type<T extends Type<T>>

Type Parameters:

T - the specialized version

All Superinterfaces:

ValueEquals<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

BasePairType<T>, BooleanType<T>, ComplexType<T>, IntegerType<T>, NativeType<T>, NumericType<T>, RealType<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractARGBDoubleType, AbstractBit64Type, AbstractBitType, AbstractComplexType, AbstractIntegerBitType, AbstractIntegerType, AbstractNativeType, AbstractNumericComposite, AbstractRealType, AbstractVolatileNativeNumericType, AbstractVolatileNativeRealType, AbstractVolatileNumericType, AbstractVolatileRealType, ARGBDoubleType, ARGBType, BasePairBitType, BasePairCharType, BitType, BoolType, ByteType, ComplexDoubleType, ComplexFloatType, DoubleType, FloatType, GenericByteType, GenericIntType, GenericLongType, GenericShortType, IntType, LongType, NativeARGBDoubleType, NativeBoolType, NumericComposite, RealComposite, ShortType, Unsigned128BitType, Unsigned12BitType, Unsigned2BitType, Unsigned4BitType, UnsignedByteType, UnsignedIntType, UnsignedLongType, UnsignedShortType, UnsignedVariableBitLengthType, VolatileARGBType, VolatileARGBType.WrappedARGBType, VolatileByteType, VolatileByteType.WrappedByteType, VolatileDoubleType, VolatileDoubleType.WrappedDoubleType, VolatileFloatType, VolatileFloatType.WrappedFloatType, VolatileIntType, VolatileIntType.WrappedIntType, VolatileLongType, VolatileLongType.WrappedLongType, VolatileNumericType, VolatileRealType, VolatileShortType, VolatileShortType.WrappedShortType, VolatileUnsignedByteType, VolatileUnsignedByteType.WrappedUnsignedByteType, VolatileUnsignedIntType, VolatileUnsignedIntType.WrappedUnsignedIntType, VolatileUnsignedLongType, VolatileUnsignedLongType.WrappedUnsignedLongType, VolatileUnsignedShortType, VolatileUnsignedShortType.WrappedUnsignedShortType

public interface Type<T extends Type<T>>
extends ValueEquals<T>

The Type interface is responsible for accessing and manipulating (pixel) values. It can be realized as an object instance holding a single value or as a proxy (NativeType) mapping values into a Java primitive type array.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	copy()	Creates a new Type variable that has the value of this Type
T	createVariable()	Creates a new Type variable which can only store one value.
void	set(T c)	Sets the value of another Type.

Methods inherited from interface ValueEquals

valueEquals

Method Details

createVariable

T createVariable()

Creates a new Type variable which can only store one value.

Returns:

a new Type variable

copy

T copy()

Creates a new Type variable that has the value of this Type

Returns:

a new Type variable

set

void set(T c)

Sets the value of another Type.

Parameters:

c - the new value