pageprovider.h

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#ifndef _uipageprovider_h
#define _uipageprovider_h

#include "UI/widget.h"

namespace Mezzanine
{
    namespace UI
    {
        class PagedContainer;
        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        /// @brief This is the base class for interpretting widget values to page positions.
        /// @details
        ///////////////////////////////////////
        class MEZZ_LIB PageProvider : public Widget
        {
        protected:
            /// @internal
            /// @brief A pointer to the PagedContainer this scrollbar is providing page data for.
            PagedContainer* Container;

            /// @copydoc Renderable::ProtoSerializeImpl(XML::Node&) const
            virtual void ProtoSerializeImpl(XML::Node& SelfRoot) const;
            /// @copydoc Renderable::ProtoDeSerializeImpl(const XML::Node&)
            virtual void ProtoDeSerializeImpl(const XML::Node& SelfRoot);
        //public:
            /// @brief Blank constructor.
            /// @param Parent The parent Screen that created this PageProvider.
            PageProvider(Screen* Parent);
            /// @brief Standard initialization constructor.
            /// @param RendName The name to be given to this PageProvider.
            /// @param Parent The parent Screen that created this PageProvider.
            PageProvider(const String& RendName, Screen* Parent);
            /// @brief Rect constructor.
            /// @param RendName The name to be given to this PageProvider.
            /// @param RendRect The rect describing this PageProvider's transform relative to it's parent.
            /// @param Parent The parent screen that created this PageProvider.
            PageProvider(const String& RendName, const UnifiedRect& RendRect, Screen* Parent);
            /// @brief Standard destructor.
            virtual ~PageProvider();
        public:

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            // Utility

            /// @brief Gets the maximum number of pages supported on the X axis.
            /// @return Returns the number of pages on the X axis supported with the given work area size.
            virtual Real GetMaxXPages() const = 0;
            /// @brief Gets the maximum number of pages supported on the Y axis.
            /// @return Returns the number of pages on the Y axis supported with the given work area size.
            virtual Real GetMaxYPages() const = 0;

            /// @brief Gets the current page position on the X axis.
            /// @return Returns a Real representing the page position on the X axis.
            virtual Real GetCurrentXPage() const = 0;
            /// @brief Gets the current page position on the Y axis.
            /// @return Returns a Real representing the page position on the Y axis.
            virtual Real GetCurrentYPage() const = 0;

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            // Serialization

            /// @brief Convert the PageProvider data of this class to an XML::Node ready for serialization.
            /// @param SelfRoot The root node containing all the serialized data for this instance.
            virtual void ProtoSerializePageData(XML::Node& SelfRoot) const;
            /// @brief Take the data stored in an XML Node and overwrite the PageProvider data of this object with it.
            /// @param SelfRoo tAn XML::Node containing the data to populate this class with.
            virtual void ProtoDeSerializePageData(const XML::Node& SelfRoot);

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

            /// @internal
            /// @brief Sets the container that is using this provider to update which renderables are visible.
            /// @param ToUpdate A pointer to the container that will be updated via this provider.
            virtual void _SetContainer(PagedContainer* ToUpdate);
            /// @internal
            /// @brief Notifies this provider that the container it is providing page data to has been updated.
            virtual void _NotifyContainerUpdated() = 0;
        };//PageProvider
    }//UI
}//Mezzanine

#endif