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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: pen.h
8024723d 3// Purpose: interface of wxPen* classes
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
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9/**
10 The possible styles for a wxPen.
11*/
12enum wxPenStyle
13{
14 wxPENSTYLE_SOLID,
15 /**< Solid style. */
16
17 wxPENSTYLE_DOT,
18 /**< Dotted style. */
19
20 wxPENSTYLE_LONG_DASH,
21 /**< Long dashed style. */
22
23 wxPENSTYLE_SHORT_DASH,
24 /**< Short dashed style. */
25
26 wxPENSTYLE_DOT_DASH,
27 /**< Dot and dash style. */
28
29 wxPENSTYLE_USER_DASH,
30 /**< Use the user dashes: see wxPen::SetDashes. */
31
32 wxPENSTYLE_TRANSPARENT,
33 /**< No pen is used. */
34
35 wxPENSTYLE_STIPPLE_MASK_OPAQUE,
36 /**< @todo WHAT's this? */
37
38 wxPENSTYLE_STIPPLE_MASK,
39 /**< @todo WHAT's this? */
40
41 wxPENSTYLE_STIPPLE,
42 /**< Use the stipple bitmap. */
43
44 wxPENSTYLE_BDIAGONAL_HATCH,
45 /**< Backward diagonal hatch. */
46
47 wxPENSTYLE_CROSSDIAG_HATCH,
48 /**< Cross-diagonal hatch. */
49
50 wxPENSTYLE_FDIAGONAL_HATCH,
51 /**< Forward diagonal hatch. */
52
53 wxPENSTYLE_CROSS_HATCH,
54 /**< Cross hatch. */
55
56 wxPENSTYLE_HORIZONTAL_HATCH,
57 /**< Horizontal hatch. */
58
59 wxPENSTYLE_VERTICAL_HATCH,
60 /**< Vertical hatch. */
61
62 wxPENSTYLE_FIRST_HATCH = wxPENSTYLE_BDIAGONAL_HATCH,
63 wxPENSTYLE_LAST_HATCH = wxPENSTYLE_VERTICAL_HATCH,
64 wxPENSTYLE_MAX
65};
66
67/**
68 The possible join values of a wxPen.
69
70 @todo use wxPENJOIN_ prefix
71*/
72enum wxPenJoin
73{
74 wxJOIN_INVALID = -1,
75
76 wxJOIN_BEVEL = 120,
77 wxJOIN_MITER,
78 wxJOIN_ROUND,
79};
80
81
82/**
83 The possible cap values of a wxPen.
84
85 @todo use wxPENCAP_ prefix
86*/
87enum wxPenCap
88{
89 wxCAP_INVALID = -1,
90
91 wxCAP_ROUND = 130,
92 wxCAP_PROJECTING,
93 wxCAP_BUTT
94};
95
96
97
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98/**
99 @class wxPen
100 @wxheader{pen.h}
7c913512 101
23324ae1 102 A pen is a drawing tool for drawing outlines. It is used for drawing
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103 lines and painting the outline of rectangles, ellipses, etc.
104 It has a colour, a width and a style.
105
106 On a monochrome display, wxWidgets shows all non-white pens as black.
107
108 Do not initialize objects on the stack before the program commences,
109 since other required structures may not have been set up yet.
110 Instead, define global pointers to objects and create them in wxApp::OnInit
111 or when required.
112
113 An application may wish to dynamically create pens with different characteristics,
114 and there is the consequent danger that a large number of duplicate pens will
115 be created. Therefore an application may wish to get a pointer to a pen by using
116 the global list of pens wxThePenList, and calling the member function
117 wxPenList::FindOrCreatePen().
118 See the entry for wxPenList.
119
120 This class uses reference counting and copy-on-write internally so that
121 assignments between two instances of this class are very cheap.
122 You can therefore use actual objects instead of pointers without efficiency problems.
123 If an instance of this class is changed it will create its own data internally
124 so that other instances, which previously shared the data using the reference
125 counting, are not affected.
7c913512 126
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127 @library{wxcore}
128 @category{gdi}
7c913512 129
23324ae1 130 @stdobjects
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131 ::wxNullPen, ::wxRED_PEN, ::wxCYAN_PEN, ::wxGREEN_PEN, ::wxBLACK_PEN,
132 ::wxWHITE_PEN, ::wxTRANSPARENT_PEN, ::wxBLACK_DASHED_PEN, ::wxGREY_PEN,
133 ::wxMEDIUM_GREY_PEN, ::wxLIGHT_GREY_PEN
7c913512 134
e54c96f1 135 @see wxPenList, wxDC, wxDC::SetPen
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136*/
137class wxPen : public wxGDIObject
138{
139public:
23324ae1 140 /**
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141 Default constructor. The pen will be uninitialised, and wxPen:IsOk will return @false.
142 */
143 wxPen();
144
145 /**
146 Constructs a pen from a colour object, pen width and style.
147 */
148 wxPen(const wxColour& colour, int width = 1, wxPenStyle style = wxSOLID);
149
150 /**
151 Constructs a pen from a colour name, pen width and style.
152 */
153 wxPen(const wxString& colourName, int width, wxPenStyle style);
154
155 /**
156 Constructs a stippled pen from a stipple bitmap and a width.
157 */
158 wxPen(const wxBitmap& stipple, int width);
159
160 /**
161 Copy constructor, uses @ref overview_refcount "reference counting".
162
7c913512 163 @param colour
4cc4bfaf 164 A colour object.
7c913512 165 @param colourName
4cc4bfaf 166 A colour name.
7c913512 167 @param width
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168 Pen width. Under Windows, the pen width cannot be greater than 1 if
169 the style is wxDOT, wxLONG_DASH, wxSHORT_DASH, wxDOT_DASH, or wxUSER_DASH.
7c913512 170 @param stipple
4cc4bfaf 171 A stipple bitmap.
7c913512 172 @param pen
4cc4bfaf 173 A pointer or reference to a pen to copy.
7c913512 174 @param style
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175 The style may be one of the ::wxPenStyle values.
176
23324ae1 177 @remarks Different versions of Windows and different versions of other
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178 platforms support very different subsets of the styles
179 above - there is no similarity even between Windows95
180 and Windows98 - so handle with care.
8024723d 181
4cc4bfaf 182 @see SetStyle(), SetColour(), SetWidth(), SetStipple()
23324ae1 183 */
7c913512 184 wxPen(const wxPen& pen);
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185
186 /**
187 Destructor.
188 See @ref overview_refcountdestruct "reference-counted object destruction" for
189 more info.
8024723d 190
23324ae1 191 @remarks Although all remaining pens are deleted when the application
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192 exits, the application should try to clean up all pens
193 itself. This is because wxWidgets cannot know if a
194 pointer to the pen object is stored in an application
195 data structure, and there is a risk of double deletion.
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196 */
197 ~wxPen();
198
199 /**
200 Returns the pen cap style, which may be one of @b wxCAP_ROUND, @b
201 wxCAP_PROJECTING and
202 @b wxCAP_BUTT. The default is @b wxCAP_ROUND.
8024723d 203
4cc4bfaf 204 @see SetCap()
23324ae1 205 */
8024723d 206 wxPenCap GetCap() const;
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207
208 /**
209 Returns a reference to the pen colour.
8024723d 210
4cc4bfaf 211 @see SetColour()
23324ae1 212 */
328f5751 213 wxColour GetColour() const;
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214
215 /**
216 Gets an array of dashes (defined as char in X, DWORD under Windows).
4cc4bfaf 217 @a dashes is a pointer to the internal array. Do not deallocate or store this
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218 pointer.
219 The function returns the number of dashes associated with this pen.
8024723d 220
4cc4bfaf 221 @see SetDashes()
23324ae1 222 */
328f5751 223 int GetDashes(wxDash** dashes) const;
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224
225 /**
226 Returns the pen join style, which may be one of @b wxJOIN_BEVEL, @b
227 wxJOIN_ROUND and
228 @b wxJOIN_MITER. The default is @b wxJOIN_ROUND.
8024723d 229
4cc4bfaf 230 @see SetJoin()
23324ae1 231 */
8024723d 232 wxPenJoin GetJoin() const;
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233
234 /**
235 Gets a pointer to the stipple bitmap.
8024723d 236
4cc4bfaf 237 @see SetStipple()
23324ae1 238 */
328f5751 239 wxBitmap* GetStipple() const;
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240
241 /**
242 Returns the pen style.
8024723d 243
4cc4bfaf 244 @see wxPen(), SetStyle()
23324ae1 245 */
8024723d 246 wxPenStyle GetStyle() const;
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247
248 /**
249 Returns the pen width.
8024723d 250
4cc4bfaf 251 @see SetWidth()
23324ae1 252 */
328f5751 253 int GetWidth() const;
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254
255 /**
256 Returns @true if the pen is initialised.
257 */
328f5751 258 bool IsOk() const;
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259
260 /**
261 Sets the pen cap style, which may be one of @b wxCAP_ROUND, @b wxCAP_PROJECTING
262 and
263 @b wxCAP_BUTT. The default is @b wxCAP_ROUND.
8024723d 264
4cc4bfaf 265 @see GetCap()
23324ae1 266 */
8024723d 267 void SetCap(wxPenCap capStyle);
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268
269 //@{
270 /**
271 The pen's colour is changed to the given colour.
8024723d 272
4cc4bfaf 273 @see GetColour()
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274 */
275 void SetColour(wxColour& colour);
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276 void SetColour(const wxString& colourName);
277 void SetColour(unsigned char red, unsigned char green,
278 unsigned char blue);
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279 //@}
280
281 /**
282 Associates an array of pointers to dashes (defined as char in X, DWORD under
283 Windows)
284 with the pen. The array is not deallocated by wxPen, but neither must it be
285 deallocated by the calling application until the pen is deleted or this
286 function is called with a @NULL array.
8024723d 287
4cc4bfaf 288 @see GetDashes()
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289 */
290 void SetDashes(int n, wxDash* dashes);
291
292 /**
293 Sets the pen join style, which may be one of @b wxJOIN_BEVEL, @b wxJOIN_ROUND
294 and
295 @b wxJOIN_MITER. The default is @b wxJOIN_ROUND.
8024723d 296
4cc4bfaf 297 @see GetJoin()
23324ae1 298 */
8024723d 299 void SetJoin(wxPenJoin join_style);
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300
301 /**
302 Sets the bitmap for stippling.
8024723d 303
4cc4bfaf 304 @see GetStipple()
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305 */
306 void SetStipple(wxBitmap* stipple);
307
308 /**
309 Set the pen style.
8024723d 310
4cc4bfaf 311 @see wxPen()
23324ae1 312 */
8024723d 313 void SetStyle(wxPenStyle style);
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314
315 /**
316 Sets the pen width.
8024723d 317
4cc4bfaf 318 @see GetWidth()
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319 */
320 void SetWidth(int width);
321
322 /**
323 Inequality operator.
324 See @ref overview_refcountequality "reference-counted object comparison" for
325 more info.
326 */
327 bool operator !=(const wxPen& pen);
328
329 /**
330 Assignment operator, using @ref overview_trefcount "reference counting".
331 */
332 wxPen operator =(const wxPen& pen);
333
334 /**
335 Equality operator.
336 See @ref overview_refcountequality "reference-counted object comparison" for
337 more info.
338 */
339 bool operator ==(const wxPen& pen);
340};
e54c96f1 341
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342/**
343 FIXME
344*/
345wxPen wxNullPen;
346
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347/**
348 FIXME
349*/
350wxPen wxRED_PEN;
351
352/**
353 FIXME
354*/
355wxPen wxCYAN_PEN;
356
357/**
358 FIXME
359*/
360wxPen wxGREEN_PEN;
361
362/**
363 FIXME
364*/
365wxPen wxBLACK_PEN;
366
367/**
368 FIXME
369*/
370wxPen wxWHITE_PEN;
371
372/**
373 FIXME
374*/
375wxPen wxTRANSPARENT_PEN;
376
377/**
378 FIXME
379*/
380wxPen wxBLACK_DASHED_PEN;
381
382/**
383 FIXME
384*/
385wxPen wxGREY_PEN;
386
387/**
388 FIXME
389*/
390wxPen wxMEDIUM_GREY_PEN;
391
392/**
393 FIXME
394*/
395wxPen wxLIGHT_GREY_PEN;
396
397
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398
399/**
400 @class wxPenList
401 @wxheader{gdicmn.h}
402
403 There is only one instance of this class: ::wxThePenList.
404 Use this object to search for a previously created pen of the desired
405 type and create it if not already found. In some windowing systems,
406 the pen may be a scarce resource, so it can pay to reuse old
407 resources if possible. When an application finishes, all pens will
408 be deleted and their resources freed, eliminating the possibility of
409 'memory leaks'. However, it is best not to rely on this automatic
410 cleanup because it can lead to double deletion in some circumstances.
411
412 There are two mechanisms in recent versions of wxWidgets which make the
413 pen list less useful than it once was. Under Windows, scarce resources
414 are cleaned up internally if they are not being used. Also, a referencing
415 counting mechanism applied to all GDI objects means that some sharing
416 of underlying resources is possible. You don't have to keep track of pointers,
417 working out when it is safe delete a pen, because the referencing counting does
418 it for you. For example, you can set a pen in a device context, and then
419 immediately delete the pen you passed, because the pen is 'copied'.
420
421 So you may find it easier to ignore the pen list, and instead create
422 and copy pens as you see fit. If your Windows resource meter suggests
423 your application is using too many resources, you can resort to using
424 GDI lists to share objects explicitly.
425
426 The only compelling use for the pen list is for wxWidgets to keep
427 track of pens in order to clean them up on exit. It is also kept for
428 backward compatibility with earlier versions of wxWidgets.
429
430 @library{wxcore}
431 @category{gdi}
432
433 @stdobjects
434 ::wxThePenList
435
436 @see wxPen
437*/
438class wxPenList
439{
440public:
441 /**
442 Constructor. The application should not construct its own pen list:
443 use the object pointer ::wxThePenList.
444 */
445 wxPenList();
446
447 /**
448 Finds a pen with the specified attributes and returns it, else creates a
449 new pen, adds it to the pen list, and returns it.
450
451 @param colour
452 Colour object.
453 @param width
454 Width of pen.
455 @param style
456 Pen style. See ::wxPenStyle for a list of styles.
457 */
458 wxPen* FindOrCreatePen(const wxColour& colour, int width, wxPenStyle style);
459};
460
461/**
462 The global list of wxPen objects ready to be re-used (for better performances).
463*/
464wxPenList* wxThePenList;
465