/**
 * 
 */
package image.create;

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

import util.Defaults;

/**
 * <p>Description: The abstract method for creating images
 * to be analyzed by the FrontEnd model
 * </p>
 * @author John H. Krantz, Ph.D.
 * @version 0.1
 */
public abstract class CreateImage extends JPanel {
	static final long serialVersionUID = 0;

	protected int width = Defaults.IMAGE_SIZE;
	protected int height = Defaults.IMAGE_SIZE;
	
	// set methods
	/**
	 * Sets the height of the image
	 * @param w the width in pixels
	 * @param h the height in pixels
	 */
	public void setMethods(int w, int h){
		width = w;
		height = h;
		this.setSize(new Dimension(w,h));
		this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(w,h));
	}
	
	// get methods
	/**
	 * This is the key method.  It is this image
	 * that is processed by the model
	 * @return the Image to be processed.
	 */
	public abstract Image getImage();
	/**
	 * Returns the name of the image so it can be known
	 * in the program
	 * @return the image name.
	 */
	public abstract String getName();
	public abstract JPanel getControlPanel();
	/**
	 * Get the size of the image
	 * @return the image size
	 */
	public Dimension getSize(){
		return new Dimension(width,height);
	}
}