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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.draw2d;

import org.eclipse.draw2d.geometry.Rectangle;

/**
 * Provides a {@link org.eclipse.draw2d.Graphics} object for painting.
 */
public interface GraphicsSource {

	/**
	 * Returns a Graphics for the rectangular region requested. May return
	 * <code>null</code>.
	 * 
	 * @param region
	 *            The rectangular region
	 * @return A new Graphics object for the given region
	 */
	Graphics getGraphics(Rectangle region);

	/**
	 * Tells the GraphicsSource that you have finished using that region.
	 * 
	 * @param region
	 *            The rectangular region that that no longer needs the Graphics
	 */
	void flushGraphics(Rectangle region);

}