001/*
002 * $RCSfile: DequantizerParams.java,v $
003 * $Revision: 1.1 $
004 * $Date: 2005/02/11 05:02:19 $
005 * $State: Exp $
006 *
007 * Class:                   DequantizerParams
008 *
009 * Description:             Generic class to hold dequantizer
010 *                          parameters.
011 *
012 *
013 *
014 * COPYRIGHT:
015 *
016 * This software module was originally developed by Raphaël Grosbois and
017 * Diego Santa Cruz (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL); Joel
018 * Askelöf (Ericsson Radio Systems AB); and Bertrand Berthelot, David
019 * Bouchard, Félix Henry, Gerard Mozelle and Patrice Onno (Canon Research
020 * Centre France S.A) in the course of development of the JPEG2000
021 * standard as specified by ISO/IEC 15444 (JPEG 2000 Standard). This
022 * software module is an implementation of a part of the JPEG 2000
023 * Standard. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL, Ericsson Radio
024 * Systems AB and Canon Research Centre France S.A (collectively JJ2000
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044 */
045
046
047package jj2000.j2k.quantization.dequantizer;
048
049import jj2000.j2k.entropy.decoder.*;
050import jj2000.j2k.util.*;
051
052/**
053 * This is the generic ineterface for dequantization parameters. Generally,
054 * for each type of dequantizer, there should be a corresponding class to
055 * store its parameters. The parameters are those that come from the bit
056 * stream header, that concern dequantization.
057 * */
058public abstract class DequantizerParams {
059
060    /**
061     * Returns the type of the dequantizer for which the parameters are. The
062     * types are defined in the Dequantizer class.
063     *
064     * @return The type of the dequantizer for which the parameters
065     * are.
066     *
067     * @see Dequantizer
068     * */
069    public abstract int getDequantizerType();
070
071}
072