Expose libvips affine operation (#2336)

lib/utility.js

@@ -13,6 +13,26 @@ const sharp = require('../build/Release/sharp.node');
  */
 const format = sharp.format();
 
+/**
+ * An Object containing the available interpolators and their proper values
+ * @readonly
+ * @enum {string}
+ */
+const interpolators = {
+  /** [Nearest neighbour interpolation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearest-neighbor_interpolation). Suitable for image enlargement only. */
+  nearest: 'nearest',
+  /** [Bilinear interpolation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilinear_interpolation). Faster than bicubic but with less smooth results. */
+  bilinear: 'bilinear',
+  /** [Bicubic interpolation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicubic_interpolation) (the default). */
+  bicubic: 'bicubic',
+  /** [LBB interpolation](https://github.com/jcupitt/libvips/blob/master/libvips/resample/lbb.cpp#L100). Prevents some "[acutance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acutance)" but typically reduces performance by a factor of 2. */
+  locallyBoundedBicubic: 'lbb',
+  /** [Nohalo interpolation](http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/268086/). Prevents acutance but typically reduces performance by a factor of 3. */
+  nohalo: 'nohalo',
+  /** [VSQBS interpolation](https://github.com/jcupitt/libvips/blob/master/libvips/resample/vsqbs.cpp#L48). Prevents "staircasing" when enlarging. */
+  vertexSplitQuadraticBasisSpline: 'vsqbs'
+};
+
 /**
  * An Object containing the version numbers of libvips and its dependencies.
  * @member
@@ -146,6 +166,7 @@ module.exports = function (Sharp) {
     Sharp[f.name] = f;
   });
   Sharp.format = format;
+  Sharp.interpolators = interpolators;
   Sharp.versions = versions;
   Sharp.queue = queue;
 };