DrawOperation (Apache Ant API)

Package org.apache.tools.ant.types.optional.imageio

## Interface DrawOperation

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    `Arc`, `BasicShape`, `Ellipse`, `Rectangle`, `Rotate`, `Scale`, `Text`

      public interface DrawOperation

  Interface which represents an Operation which is "drawable", such as a Rectangle, Circle or Text. The Operation is responsible for creating its own image buffer and drawing itself into it, then wrapping and returning it as a PlanarImage. This allows multiple "drawable" objects to be nested.
  See Also:
    `ImageIOTask`

- - ### Method Summary

    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `java.awt.image.BufferedImage` | `executeDrawOperation()` | Abstract method which is intended to create an image buffer and return it so it can be drawn into another object.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### executeDrawOperation

          java.awt.image.BufferedImage executeDrawOperation()

      Abstract method which is intended to create an image buffer and return it so it can be drawn into another object. Use an Alpha channel for a "transparent" background.
      Returns:
        a planar image