/*
 *    GeoTools - OpenSource mapping toolkit
 *    http://geotools.org
 *    (C) 2005-2006, Geotools Project Managment Committee (PMC)
 *    (C) 2005, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
 *
 *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 */
package org.geotools.coverage.grid;

// Dependencies
import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;
import javax.media.jai.PropertySource;
import org.opengis.coverage.grid.GridCoverage;


/**
 * A grid coverage backed by a {@linkplain RenderedImage rendered image}.
 *
 * @source $URL: http://svn.geotools.org/geotools/tags/2.4.1/modules/library/coverage/src/main/java/org/geotools/coverage/grid/RenderedCoverage.java $
 * @version $Id: RenderedCoverage.java 20970 2006-08-11 07:53:22Z jgarnett $
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux
 *
 * @since 2.1
 */
public interface RenderedCoverage extends GridCoverage, PropertySource {
    /**
     * Returns grid data as a rendered image.
     */
    RenderedImage getRenderedImage();
}
