font.h

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#ifndef _uifont_h
#define _uifont_h

#include "datatypes.h"

namespace Mezzanine
{
    namespace UI
    {
        class Glyph;
        class TextureAtlas;
        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        /// @brief This class represents a collection of Glyphs in a common visual style.
        /// @details
        ///////////////////////////////////////
        class MEZZ_LIB FontData
        {
        public:
            //typedef std::vector<Glyph*>              GlyphContainer;
            typedef std::map<UInt32,Glyph*>          GlyphContainer;
            typedef GlyphContainer::iterator         GlyphIterator;
            typedef GlyphContainer::const_iterator   ConstGlyphIterator;
        protected:
            /// @internal
            /// @brief Container storing all the Glyphs contained in this font.
            GlyphContainer Glyphs;
            /// @internal
            /// @brief The name of this font.
            String FontName;
            /// @internal
            /// @brief The Atlas that this GlyphData belongs to.
            TextureAtlas* Atlas;
            /// @internal
            /// @brief The width in pixels of a space in this font.
            Real SpaceLength;
            /// @internal
            /// @brief The height of a line of text in this font.
            Real LineHeight;
            /// @internal
            /// @brief The height of the largest glyph in this font.
            Real BaseLine;
            /// @internal
            /// @brief I don't know.
            Real LetterSpacing;

            /// @brief Sets the dummy coordinates for a generated whitespace glyph.
            void SetWhitespaceAtlasCoords(Glyph* Whitespace);
            /// @brief Generates Whitespace Glyphs from this font's data for this font.
            void GenerateWhitespaceGlyphs();
        public:
            /// @brief Class constructor.
            /// @param ParentAtlas The TextureAtlas this font data belongs to.
            FontData(TextureAtlas* ParentAtlas);
            /// @brief Class destructor.
            ~FontData();

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            // Utility Methods

            /// @brief Gets the length of a space in this font.
            /// @return Returns a Real containing the length of a space in pixels.
            Real GetSpaceLength() const;
            /// @brief Gets the height of a line of text in this font.
            /// @return Returns a Real containing the height of a line in this font in pixels.
            Real GetLineHeight() const;
            /// @brief Gets the height of the largest glyph in this font.
            /// @return Returns a Real containing the height of the largest glyph in this font in pixels.
            Real GetBaseLine() const;
            /// @brief Gets the spacing to apply between letters in this font.
            /// @return Returns a Real containing the amount of pixels to adjust the advance of every glyph in this font.
            Real GetLetterSpacing() const;
            /// @brief Gets the name of this font.
            /// @return Returns a const String reference containing the name of this font.
            const String& GetName() const;
            /// @brief Gets the TextureAtlas this font belongs to.
            /// @return Returns a pointer to the TextureAtlas this font belongs to.
            TextureAtlas* GetAtlas() const;
            /// @brief Gets the name of the TextureAtlas this font belongs to.
            /// @return Returns a const String reference containing the name of the TextureAtlas this font belongs to.
            const String& GetAtlasName() const;
            /// @brief Gets the glyph corresponding to the provided characters UTF-8 code.
            /// @param GlyphID The UTF-8 code for the glyph desired.
            /// @return Returns a pointer to the requested Glyph, or NULL if it doesn't exist.
            Glyph* GetGlyph(const UInt32& GlyphID) const;

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            // Internal Methods

            /// @internal
            /// @brief Sets the length of a space for this font.
            /// @param SL The length of a space in pixels.
            void _SetSpaceLength(const Real SL);
            /// @internal
            /// @brief Sets the height of a single line of text in this font.
            /// @param LH The height of a line of text in this font in pixels.
            void _SetLineHeight(const Real LH);
            /// @internal
            /// @brief Sets the height of the largest glyph in this font.
            /// @param BL The maximum height of a glyph in this font in pixels.
            void _SetBaseLine(const Real BL);
            /// @internal
            /// @brief Sets the LetterSpacing of this font.
            /// @param LS The value to be set for this fonts LetterSpacing.
            void _SetLetterSpacing(const Real LS);
            /// @internal
            /// @brief Sets the name of this font.
            /// @param Name The name to be given to this font.
            void _SetName(const String& Name);
            /// @internal
            /// @brief Adds a new glyph to this Font.
            /// @exception An exception will be thrown if a glyph with the same ID is already taken.
            /// @param
            void _AddGlyph(Glyph* NewGlyph);
        };//FontData
    }//UI
}//Mezzanine

#endif