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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: region.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxRegionIterator
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // Licence: wxWindows licence
6 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7
8 /**
9 Types of results returned from a call to wxRegion::Contains().
10 */
11 enum wxRegionContain
12 {
13 /** The specified value is not contained within this region. */
14 wxOutRegion = 0,
15
16 /**
17 The specified value is partially contained within this region.
18
19 On Windows, this result is not supported. ::wxInRegion will be returned
20 instead.
21 */
22 wxPartRegion = 1,
23
24 /**
25 The specified value is fully contained within this region.
26
27 On Windows, this result will be returned even if only part of the specified
28 value is contained in this region.
29 */
30 wxInRegion = 2
31 };
32
33 /**
34 @class wxRegionIterator
35
36 This class is used to iterate through the rectangles in a region,
37 typically when examining the damaged regions of a window within an OnPaint call.
38
39 To use it, construct an iterator object on the stack and loop through the
40 regions, testing the object and incrementing the iterator at the end of the
41 loop.
42
43 See wxPaintEvent for an example of use.
44
45 @library{wxcore}
46 @category{gdi}
47
48 @stdobjects
49 ::wxNullRegion
50
51 @see wxPaintEvent
52 */
53 class wxRegionIterator : public wxObject
54 {
55 public:
56 /**
57 Default constructor.
58 */
59 wxRegionIterator();
60 /**
61 Creates an iterator object given a region.
62 */
63 wxRegionIterator(const wxRegion& region);
64
65 /**
66 An alias for GetHeight().
67 */
68 wxCoord GetH() const;
69
70 /**
71 Returns the height value for the current region.
72 */
73 wxCoord GetHeight() const;
74
75 /**
76 Returns the current rectangle.
77 */
78 wxRect GetRect() const;
79
80 /**
81 An alias for GetWidth().
82 */
83 wxCoord GetW() const;
84
85 /**
86 Returns the width value for the current region.
87 */
88 wxCoord GetWidth() const;
89
90 /**
91 Returns the x value for the current region.
92 */
93 wxCoord GetX() const;
94
95 /**
96 Returns the y value for the current region.
97 */
98 wxCoord GetY() const;
99
100 /**
101 Returns @true if there are still some rectangles; otherwise returns @false.
102 */
103 bool HaveRects() const;
104
105 /**
106 Resets the iterator to the beginning of the rectangles.
107 */
108 void Reset();
109
110 /**
111 Resets the iterator to the given region.
112 */
113 void Reset(const wxRegion& region);
114
115 /**
116 Increment operator. Increments the iterator to the next region.
117 */
118 wxRegionIterator& operator ++();
119
120 /**
121 Returns @true if there are still some rectangles; otherwise returns @false.
122
123 You can use this to test the iterator object as if it were of type @c bool.
124 */
125 operator bool() const;
126 };
127
128
129
130 /**
131 @class wxRegion
132
133 A wxRegion represents a simple or complex region on a device context or window.
134
135 This class uses @ref overview_refcount "reference counting and copy-on-write"
136 internally so that assignments between two instances of this class are very
137 cheap. You can therefore use actual objects instead of pointers without
138 efficiency problems. If an instance of this class is changed it will create
139 its own data internally so that other instances, which previously shared the
140 data using the reference counting, are not affected.
141
142 @stdobjects
143 - ::wxNullRegion
144
145 @library{wxcore}
146 @category{data,gdi}
147
148 @see wxRegionIterator
149 */
150 class wxRegion : public wxGDIObject
151 {
152 public:
153 /**
154 Default constructor.
155
156 This constructor creates an invalid, or null, object, i.e. calling
157 IsOk() on it returns @false and IsEmpty() returns @true.
158 */
159 wxRegion();
160 /**
161 Constructs a rectangular region with the given position and size.
162 */
163 wxRegion(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height);
164 /**
165 Constructs a rectangular region from the top left point and the bottom right
166 point.
167 */
168 wxRegion(const wxPoint& topLeft, const wxPoint& bottomRight);
169 /**
170 Constructs a rectangular region a wxRect object.
171 */
172 wxRegion(const wxRect& rect);
173 /**
174 Copy constructor, uses @ref overview_refcount.
175 */
176 wxRegion(const wxRegion& region);
177 /**
178 Constructs a region corresponding to the polygon made of @a n points
179 in the provided array.
180 @a fillStyle parameter may have values @c wxWINDING_RULE or @c wxODDEVEN_RULE.
181 */
182 wxRegion(size_t n, const wxPoint* points, wxPolygonFillMode fillStyle = wxODDEVEN_RULE);
183 /**
184 Constructs a region using a bitmap. See Union() for more details.
185 */
186 wxRegion(const wxBitmap& bmp);
187 /**
188 Constructs a region using the non-transparent pixels of a bitmap. See
189 Union() for more details.
190 */
191 wxRegion(const wxBitmap& bmp, const wxColour& transColour,
192 int tolerance = 0);
193
194 /**
195 Destructor.
196 See @ref overview_refcount_destruct "reference-counted object destruction" for
197 more info.
198 */
199 virtual ~wxRegion();
200
201 /**
202 Clears the current region.
203
204 The object becomes invalid, or null, after being cleared.
205 */
206 virtual void Clear();
207
208 /**
209 Returns a value indicating whether the given point is contained within the region.
210
211 This method always returns @c wxOutRegion for an invalid region but
212 may, nevertheless, be safely called in this case.
213
214 @return The return value is one of @c wxOutRegion and @c wxInRegion.
215 */
216 wxRegionContain Contains(wxCoord x, wxCoord y) const;
217 /**
218 Returns a value indicating whether the given point is contained within the region.
219
220 This method always returns @c wxOutRegion for an invalid region but
221 may, nevertheless, be safely called in this case.
222
223 @return The return value is one of @c wxOutRegion and @c wxInRegion.
224 */
225 wxRegionContain Contains(const wxPoint& pt) const;
226 /**
227 Returns a value indicating whether the given rectangle is contained within the
228 region.
229
230 This method always returns @c wxOutRegion for an invalid region but
231 may, nevertheless, be safely called in this case.
232
233 @return One of ::wxOutRegion, ::wxPartRegion or ::wxInRegion.
234
235 @note On Windows, only ::wxOutRegion and ::wxInRegion are returned; a value
236 ::wxInRegion then indicates that all or some part of the region is
237 contained in this region.
238 */
239 wxRegionContain Contains(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height) const;
240 /**
241 Returns a value indicating whether the given rectangle is contained within the
242 region.
243
244 This method always returns @c wxOutRegion for an invalid region but
245 may, nevertheless, be safely called in this case.
246
247 @return One of ::wxOutRegion, ::wxPartRegion or ::wxInRegion.
248
249 @note On Windows, only ::wxOutRegion and ::wxInRegion are returned; a value
250 ::wxInRegion then indicates that all or some part of the region is
251 contained in this region.
252 */
253 wxRegionContain Contains(const wxRect& rect) const;
254
255 /**
256 Convert the region to a black and white bitmap with the white pixels
257 being inside the region.
258
259 This method can't be used for invalid region.
260 */
261 wxBitmap ConvertToBitmap() const;
262
263 //@{
264 /**
265 Returns the outer bounds of the region.
266
267 This method returns 0-sized bounding box for invalid regions.
268 */
269 void GetBox(wxCoord& x, wxCoord& y, wxCoord& width,
270 wxCoord& height) const;
271 wxRect GetBox() const;
272 //@}
273
274 /**
275 Finds the intersection of this region and another, rectangular region,
276 specified using position and size.
277
278 This method always fails, i.e. returns @false, if this region is
279 invalid but may nevertheless be safely used even in this case.
280
281 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
282
283 @remarks Creates the intersection of the two regions, that is, the parts
284 which are in both regions. The result is stored in this
285 region.
286 */
287 bool Intersect(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width,
288 wxCoord height);
289 /**
290 Finds the intersection of this region and another, rectangular region.
291
292 This method always fails, i.e. returns @false, if this region is
293 invalid but may nevertheless be safely used even in this case.
294
295 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
296
297 @remarks Creates the intersection of the two regions, that is, the parts
298 which are in both regions. The result is stored in this
299 region.
300 */
301 bool Intersect(const wxRect& rect);
302 /**
303 Finds the intersection of this region and another region.
304
305 This method always fails, i.e. returns @false, if this region is
306 invalid but may nevertheless be safely used even in this case.
307
308 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
309
310 @remarks Creates the intersection of the two regions, that is, the parts
311 which are in both regions. The result is stored in this
312 region.
313 */
314 bool Intersect(const wxRegion& region);
315
316 /**
317 Returns @true if the region is empty, @false otherwise.
318
319 Always returns @true if the region is invalid.
320 */
321 virtual bool IsEmpty() const;
322
323 /**
324 Returns @true if the region is equal to, i.e.\ covers the same area as,
325 another one.
326
327 If both this region and @a region are both invalid, they are considered
328 to be equal.
329 */
330 bool IsEqual(const wxRegion& region) const;
331
332 //@{
333 /**
334 Moves the region by the specified offsets in horizontal and vertical
335 directions.
336
337 This method can't be called if the region is invalid as it doesn't make
338 sense to offset it then. Attempts to do it will result in assert
339 failure.
340
341 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise (the region is unchanged
342 then).
343 */
344 bool Offset(wxCoord x, wxCoord y);
345 bool Offset(const wxPoint& pt);
346 //@}
347
348 /**
349 Subtracts a rectangular region from this region.
350
351 This method always fails, i.e. returns @false, if this region is
352 invalid but may nevertheless be safely used even in this case.
353
354 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
355
356 @remarks This operation combines the parts of 'this' region that are not
357 part of the second region. The result is stored in this
358 region.
359 */
360 bool Subtract(const wxRect& rect);
361 /**
362 Subtracts a region from this region.
363
364 This method always fails, i.e. returns @false, if this region is
365 invalid but may nevertheless be safely used even in this case.
366
367 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
368
369 @remarks This operation combines the parts of 'this' region that are not
370 part of the second region. The result is stored in this
371 region.
372 */
373 bool Subtract(const wxRegion& region);
374
375 /**
376 Finds the union of this region and another, rectangular region, specified using
377 position and size.
378
379 This method can be used even if this region is invalid and has the
380 natural behaviour in this case, i.e. makes this region equal to the
381 given rectangle.
382
383 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
384
385 @remarks This operation creates a region that combines all of this region
386 and the second region. The result is stored in this
387 region.
388 */
389 bool Union(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height);
390 /**
391 Finds the union of this region and another, rectangular region.
392
393 This method can be used even if this region is invalid and has the
394 natural behaviour in this case, i.e. makes this region equal to the
395 given rectangle.
396
397 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
398
399 @remarks This operation creates a region that combines all of this region
400 and the second region. The result is stored in this
401 region.
402 */
403 bool Union(const wxRect& rect);
404 /**
405 Finds the union of this region and another region.
406
407 This method can be used even if this region is invalid and has the
408 natural behaviour in this case, i.e. makes this region equal to the
409 given @a region.
410
411 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
412
413 @remarks This operation creates a region that combines all of this region
414 and the second region. The result is stored in this
415 region.
416 */
417 bool Union(const wxRegion& region);
418 /**
419 Finds the union of this region and the non-transparent pixels of a
420 bitmap. The bitmap's mask is used to determine transparency. If the
421 bitmap doesn't have a mask, the bitmap's full dimensions are used.
422
423 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
424
425 @remarks This operation creates a region that combines all of this region
426 and the second region. The result is stored in this
427 region.
428 */
429 bool Union(const wxBitmap& bmp);
430 /**
431 Finds the union of this region and the non-transparent pixels of a
432 bitmap. Colour to be treated as transparent is specified in the
433 @a transColour argument, along with an optional colour tolerance value.
434
435 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
436
437 @remarks This operation creates a region that combines all of this region
438 and the second region. The result is stored in this
439 region.
440 */
441 bool Union(const wxBitmap& bmp, const wxColour& transColour,
442 int tolerance = 0);
443
444 /**
445 Finds the Xor of this region and another, rectangular region, specified using
446 position and size.
447
448 This method can be used even if this region is invalid and has the
449 natural behaviour in this case, i.e. makes this region equal to the
450 given rectangle.
451
452 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
453
454 @remarks This operation creates a region that combines all of this region
455 and the second region, except for any overlapping
456 areas. The result is stored in this region.
457 */
458 bool Xor(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height);
459 /**
460 Finds the Xor of this region and another, rectangular region.
461
462 This method can be used even if this region is invalid and has the
463 natural behaviour in this case, i.e. makes this region equal to the
464 given rectangle.
465
466 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
467
468 @remarks This operation creates a region that combines all of this region
469 and the second region, except for any overlapping
470 areas. The result is stored in this region.
471 */
472 bool Xor(const wxRect& rect);
473 /**
474 Finds the Xor of this region and another region.
475
476 This method can be used even if this region is invalid and has the
477 natural behaviour in this case, i.e. makes this region equal to the
478 given @a region.
479
480 @return @true if successful, @false otherwise.
481
482 @remarks This operation creates a region that combines all of this region
483 and the second region, except for any overlapping
484 areas. The result is stored in this region.
485 */
486 bool Xor(const wxRegion& region);
487
488 /**
489 Assignment operator, using @ref overview_refcount.
490 */
491 wxRegion& operator=(const wxRegion& region);
492 };
493
494 /**
495 An empty region.
496 */
497 wxRegion wxNullRegion;