# ImageType.java

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    package org.apache.pdfbox.rendering;

    import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

    /**
     * Image type for rendering.
     */
    public enum ImageType
    {
        /** Black or white. */
        BINARY
        {
            @Override
            int toBufferedImageType()
            {
                return BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_BINARY;
            }
        },

        /** Shades of gray */
        GRAY
        {
            @Override
            int toBufferedImageType()
            {
                return BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY;
            }
        },

        /** Red, Green, Blue */
        RGB
        {
            @Override
            int toBufferedImageType()
            {
                return BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB;
            }
        },

        /** Alpha, Red, Green, Blue */
        ARGB
        {
            @Override
            int toBufferedImageType()
            {
                return BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB;
            }
        },

        /** Blue, Green, Red */
        BGR
        {
            @Override
            int toBufferedImageType()
            {
                return BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR;
            }
        };

        abstract int toBufferedImageType();
    }