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 */
package com.microcrowd.loader.java3d.max3ds;

import java.awt.Image;

/**
 * Interface specifying a lookup for images to be loaded
 * in textures.  Implementations using this loader may need
 * to use different methods to resolve images.  In these
 * cases a class should be created that implements
 * this interface. For general purpose applications
 * DefaultTextureImageLoader should be used.
 */
public interface TextureImageLoader
{

    /**
     * Gets the image to be loaded as a texture.
     * @param imageName the name of the image with which it will be
     * looked up.
     */
    public Image getTextureImage(String imageaName) throws Exception;
}