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--           RAPID - RAPID ADA PORTABLE INTERFACE DESIGNER         
--           MCC GUI PACKAGE LIBRARY                               
--           Copyright (C) 1999 Martin C. Carlisle.                
--                                                                 
-- RAPID is free software;  you can  redistribute it  and/or modify
-- it under terms of the  GNU General Public License as published  
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-- it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;  without even the 
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-- You should have  received  a copy of the GNU General Public License
-- distributed with RAPID; see file COPYING.  If not, write to the 
-- Free Software Foundation,  59 Temple Place - Suite 330,  Boston, 
-- MA 02111-1307, USA.                                                 
--                                                                     
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-- License.  This exception does not apply to executables which
-- are GUI design tools, or that could act as a replacement
-- for RAPID.
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package Mcc.Gui.Image is
   ------------------------------------------------
   -- Image is an abstract type so that internal
   -- image types can be defined.  Mcc.Gui also
   -- defines an External_Image type that loads
   -- an image from a file at runtime.
   ------------------------------------------------
   type Image is abstract new Object with null record;
   type Image_Pointer is access all Image'Class;

   ------------------------------------------------
   -- procedure Create
   --
   -- create an image 
   ------------------------------------------------
   procedure Create(Obj : out Image; Name : in String) is abstract;
   
   ------------------------------------------------
   -- use External Image to load an image from a file
   -- at runtime
   ------------------------------------------------
   type External_Image is new Image with null record;

   ------------------------------------------------
   -- procedure Create
   --
   -- create an external_image from the file of
   -- the given name
   ------------------------------------------------
   procedure Create(Obj : out External_Image; Name : in String);
   

end Mcc.Gui.Image;