INTERFACE Images;

IMPORT Pixmap, Thread;

EXCEPTION Error;

PROCEDURE FromJPEG (bits: TEXT): Pixmap.T
  RAISES {Error, Thread.Alerted};

PROCEDURE FromGIF (bits: TEXT): Pixmap.T
  RAISES {Error, Thread.Alerted};

PROCEDURE FromXBM (bits: TEXT): Pixmap.T
  RAISES {Error, Thread.Alerted};

PROCEDURE ToCache (url: TEXT; pm: Pixmap.T);

Stores pm into a cache under the key url, replacing any pixmap already stored under url.

PROCEDURE FromCache (url: TEXT; VAR pm: Pixmap.T): BOOLEAN;

Looks for url in the cache, and returns the assciated pixmap pm and a flag indicating if it found the url.

END Images.