001/*******************************************************************************
002 * This software is provided as a supplement to the authors' textbooks on digital
003 * image processing published by Springer-Verlag in various languages and editions.
004 * Permission to use and distribute this software is granted under the BSD 2-Clause
005 * "Simplified" License (see http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause).
006 * Copyright (c) 2006-2023 Wilhelm Burger, Mark J. Burge. All rights reserved.
007 * Visit https://imagingbook.com for additional details.
008 ******************************************************************************/
009
010package imagingbook.common.edges;
011
012import ij.process.FloatProcessor;
013
014/**
015 * This is the common interface for all color edge detectors.
016 * 
017 * @author WB
018 * @version 2022/09/04
019 */
020public interface EdgeDetector {
021
022        /**
023         * Returns the calculated edge magnitude for each pixel as a {@link FloatProcessor}.
024         *
025         * @return the edge magnitude map
026         */
027        public FloatProcessor getEdgeMagnitude();
028
029        /**
030         * Returns the calculated edge orientation for each pixel as a {@link FloatProcessor}.
031         *
032         * @return the edge orientation map
033         */
034        public FloatProcessor getEdgeOrientation();
035        
036}