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032    package org.opengis.style;
033    
034    import org.opengis.annotation.Extension;
035    import org.opengis.filter.expression.Expression;
036    import org.opengis.annotation.XmlElement;
037    
038    
039    /**
040     * A Halo is a type of Fill that is applied to the backgrounds of font glyphs. The use of
041     * halos greatly improves the readability of text labels.
042     *
043     * @version <A HREF="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/symbol">Symbology Encoding Implementation Specification 1.1.0</A>
044     * @author Open Geospatial Consortium
045     * @author Johann Sorel (Geomatys)
046     * @author Chris Dillard (SYS Technologies)
047     * @since GeoAPI 2.2
048     */
049    @XmlElement("Halo")
050    public interface Halo {
051    
052        /**
053         * Returns the object that indicates how the halo area around the text
054         * should be filled.
055         *
056         * The default halo fill is solid white (Color
057         * “#FFFFFF”). The glyph’s fill is plotted on top of the halo. The default font fill is solid
058         * black (Color “#000000”).
059         *
060         * @return Fill or null
061         */
062        @XmlElement("Fill")
063        Fill getFill();
064    
065        /**
066         * Returns the expression that will be evaluated to get the pixel radius of
067         * the halo around the text.
068         *
069         * The Radius element gives the absolute size of a halo radius in pixels encoded as a
070         * floating-point number. The radius is taken from the outside edge of a font glyph to extend
071         * the area of coverage of the glyph (and the inside edge of “holes” in the glyphs). The halo
072         * of a text label is considered to be a single shape. The default radius is one pixel.
073         * Negative values are not allowed.
074         *
075         * @return Expression or null
076         */
077        @XmlElement("Radius")
078        Expression getRadius();
079    
080        /**
081         * calls the visit method of a StyleVisitor
082         *
083         * @param visitor the style visitor
084         */
085        @Extension
086        Object accept(StyleVisitor visitor, Object extraData);
087        
088    }