private Map<RenderingHints.Key, Object> retrieveRenderingHints() { if (!renderingHints.isEmpty() && (imageProcessing.equals(ImageProcessing.NONE) || verifyNull(imageProcessing))) { return renderingHints; } else if (verifyNotNull(imageProcessing) && !imageProcessing.equals(ImageUtils.ImageProcessing.NONE)) { return generateRenderingHintsBasedOnProperties(this.imageProcessing); } return Collections.emptyMap(); }