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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIDOMSVGRect;

/**
 * \addtogroup renderer_interfaces Rendering Engine Interfaces
 * @{
 */

/**
 * One of a number of interfaces (all starting with nsISVGRenderer*)
 * to be implemented by an SVG rendering engine. See nsISVGRenderer
 * for more details.
 *
 * The SVG rendering backend uses this interface to communicate to the
 * rendering engine-native glyph metrics objects.
 *
 * A glyph metrics object is instantiated by the backend for a given
 * nsISVGGlyphMetricsSource object with a call to
 * nsISVGRenderer::createGlyphMetrics(). The glyph metrics object is
 * assumed to store a reference to its associated source object and
 * provide metrics information about the (composite) glyph described
 * by nsISVGGlyphMetricsSource::characterData,
 * nsISVGGlyphMetricsSource::font, nsISVGGlyphMetricsSource::CTM, and
 * other relevant style such as nsISVGGlyphMetricsSource::strokeWidth.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(8665f6e9-6ed6-4ff8-b511-46c8068b3960)]
interface nsISVGRendererGlyphMetrics : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Untransformed width of the composite glyph in pixels.
   */
  readonly attribute float advance;

  /**
   * Untransformed bounding box of the composite glyph in pixel
   * coordinates.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDOMSVGRect boundingBox;

  /**
   * Get the untransformed bounding box of an individual glyph.
   *
   * @param charnum The index of the character in
   * nsISVGGlyphMetricsSource::characterData whose glyph bounding box
   * is to be determined
   * @return The untransformed bounding box in pixel coordinates
   */
  nsIDOMSVGRect getExtentOfChar(in unsigned long charnum);

  /**
   * @name Baseline offset constants for getBaselineOffset()
   * @{
   */
  const unsigned short BASELINE_ALPHABETIC       = 0;
  const unsigned short BASELINE_HANGING          = 1;
  const unsigned short BASELINE_IDEOGRAPHC       = 2;
  const unsigned short BASELINE_MATHEMATICAL     = 3;
  const unsigned short BASELINE_CENTRAL          = 4;
  const unsigned short BASELINE_MIDDLE           = 5;
  const unsigned short BASELINE_TEXT_BEFORE_EDGE = 6;
  const unsigned short BASELINE_TEXT_AFTER_EDGE  = 7;
  /** @} */
  
  /**
   * Retrieve the (y-axis) offset of the given baseline.
   * 
   * @param baselineIdentifier One of the BASELINE_* constants defined
   * in this interface.
   * @return Y-axis offset in pixels relative to top of bounding box.
   */
  float getBaselineOffset(in unsigned short baselineIdentifier);

  /**
   * Called by this object's corresponding nsISVGGlyphMetricsSource as
   * a notification that some of the source's data (identified by
   * paramter 'updatemask') has changed.
   *
   * @param updatemask An OR-ed combination of the UPDATEMASK_*
   * constants defined in nsISVGGlyphMetricsSource.
   * @return PR_TRUE if the metrics have changed as a result of the
   * source update, PR_FALSE otherwise.
   */
  boolean update(in unsigned long updatemask); 

};

/** @} */
