001    /*
002     * Apache License
003     * Version 2.0, January 2004
004     * http://www.apache.org/licenses/
005     *
006     * Copyright 2009 by chenillekit.org
007     *
008     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
009     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
010     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
011     *
012     * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
013     */
014    
015    package org.chenillekit.image.services;
016    
017    import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
018    
019    /**
020     * captcha producer.
021     *
022     * @version $Id: CaptchaProducer.java 594 2009-12-05 15:17:26Z mlusetti $
023     */
024    public interface CaptchaProducer
025    {
026            /**
027             * create the captch from given string.
028             */
029            BufferedImage createImage(String captchaString);
030    
031            /**
032             * create a random String.
033             */
034            String createText();
035    }