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 * Copyright 2007 - 2018 ETH Zuerich, CISD and SIS.
 *
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package ch.systemsx.cisd.base.image;

import java.io.Serializable;

import ch.systemsx.cisd.base.annotation.JsonObject;

/**
 * Factory creating an {@link IImageTransformer}. The parameters of the transformer should be
 * stored as serializable attributes of concrete implementations of this interface.
 *
 * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
 */
@JsonObject(value="IImageTransformerFactory")
public interface IImageTransformerFactory extends Serializable
{
    /**
     * Creates a transformer object based on the attributes of the factory.
     */
    public IImageTransformer createTransformer();
}