Application: gvSIG desktop

/* gvSIG. Sistema de Informaci?n Geogr?fica de la Generalitat Valenciana

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2005 IVER T.I. and Generalitat Valenciana.

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,USA.

 *

 * For more information, contact:

 *

 *  Generalitat Valenciana

 *   Conselleria d'Infraestructures i Transport

 *   Av. Blasco Ib??ez, 50

 *   46010 VALENCIA

 *   SPAIN

 *

 *      +34 963862235

 *   gvsig@gva.es

 *      www.gvsig.gva.es

 *

 *    or

 *

 *   IVER T.I. S.A

 *   Salamanca 50

 *   46005 Valencia

 *   Spain

 *

 *   +34 963163400

 *   dac@iver.es

 */

/* CVS MESSAGES:

*

* $Id: ILabelStyle.java 11051 2007-04-04 15:41:05Z jaume $

* $Log$

* Revision 1.5  2007-04-04 15:41:05  jaume

* *** empty log message ***

*

* Revision 1.4  2007/04/02 16:34:56  jaume

* Styled labeling (start commiting)

*

* Revision 1.3  2007/03/29 16:02:01  jaume

* *** empty log message ***

*

* Revision 1.2  2007/03/09 11:20:56  jaume

* Advanced symbology (start committing)

*

* Revision 1.1.2.1  2007/02/15 16:23:44  jaume

* *** empty log message ***

*

* Revision 1.1.2.1  2007/02/09 07:47:05  jaume

* Isymbol moved

*

*

*/

package com.iver.cit.gvsig.fmap.core.styles;

import java.awt.Dimension;

import java.awt.Rectangle;

import java.awt.geom.Point2D;

/**

 * Defines the style that a Label symbol can contain which typically define

 * a background of the label as an Image, the texts that the label holds

 * and their position within the label in rendering time.

 *

 * @author jaume dominguez faus - jaume.dominguez@iver.es

 *

 */

public interface ILabelStyle extends IStyle {

        /**

         * @return int, the amount of fields this style allows

         */

        public int getFieldCount();

        /**

         * Sets the texts that will appear in the label.

         * @param texts

         */

        public void setTextFields(String[] texts);

        /**

         * Returns the text at the i-th field.

         * @param int i.

         * @return String

         */

        public String getTextAt(int i);

        /**

         * Return an array of rectangles defining the text boxes where text is

         * placed.

         * @return

         */

        public Rectangle[] getTextBounds();

        /**

         * The complete bounds of this ILabelStyle

         * @return

         */

        public Rectangle getBounds();

        /**

         * Returns the position of the point labeled by this label in percent units relative

         * to the label bounds. It determines the offset to be applied to the label to be

         * placed and allows the user to use custom styles.

         */

        public Point2D getMarkerPoint();

        /**

         * Sets the position of the point labeled by this in percent units relative to the

         * label bounds

         * @param p

         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the point coordinates are >0.0 or <1.0

         */

        public void setMarkerPoint(Point2D p) throws IllegalArgumentException;

        public Dimension getPreferredSize();

}