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 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * 
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/* $Id$ */
 
package org.apache.fop.pdf;

/**
 * Base class for PDF painting operations.
 *
 */
public abstract class PDFPathPaint extends PDFObject {

    /**
     * The color space for this paint
     */
    protected PDFColorSpace colorSpace;

    /**
     * Get the PDF string for setting the path paint.
     *
     * @param fillNotStroke if true fill otherwise stroke
     * @return the PDF instruction string
     */
    public String getColorSpaceOut(boolean fillNotStroke) {
        return ("");
    }

    /**
     * Set the color space for this paint.
     *
     * @param theColorSpace the color space value
     */
    public void setColorSpace(int theColorSpace) {
        this.colorSpace.setColorSpace(theColorSpace);
    }

    /**
     * Get the current color space value for this paint.
     *
     * @return the color space value
     */
    public int getColorSpace() {
        return this.colorSpace.getColorSpace();
    }

}