// -*- c++ -*-
// Generated by gtkmmproc -- DO NOT MODIFY!
#ifndef _PANGOMM_FONTMETRICS_H
#define _PANGOMM_FONTMETRICS_H

#include <glibmm.h>

/* $Id: fontmetrics.hg,v 1.10 2002/09/10 10:05:33 murrayc Exp $ */

/* fontmetrics.h
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1998-1999 The gtkmm Development Team
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library 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
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
 * Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */

#include <pango/pango-font.h>


#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
extern "C" { typedef struct _PangoFontMetrics PangoFontMetrics; }
#endif

namespace Pango
{

/** A Pango::FontMetrics holds the overall metric information for a font (possibly restricted to a script).
 */
class FontMetrics
{
  public:
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
  typedef FontMetrics CppObjectType;
  typedef PangoFontMetrics BaseObjectType;

  static GType get_type() G_GNUC_CONST;
#endif /* DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS */

  FontMetrics();

  explicit FontMetrics(PangoFontMetrics* gobject, bool make_a_copy = true);

  FontMetrics(const FontMetrics& other);
  FontMetrics& operator=(const FontMetrics& other);

  ~FontMetrics();

  void swap(FontMetrics& other);

  ///Provides access to the underlying C instance.
  PangoFontMetrics*       gobj()       { return gobject_; }

  ///Provides access to the underlying C instance.
  const PangoFontMetrics* gobj() const { return gobject_; }

  // The caller is responsible for freeing it. Use when directly setting fields in structs.
  PangoFontMetrics* gobj_copy() const;

protected:
  PangoFontMetrics* gobject_;

private:

  
public:
  
  /** Gets the ascent from a font metrics structure. The ascent is
   * the distance from the baseline to the logical top of a line
   * of text. (The logical top may be above or below the top of the
   * actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure
   * where the ink will be.)
   * @return The ascent, in pango units. (1 point == Pango::SCALE pango units.).
   */
  int get_ascent() const;
  
  /** Gets the descent from a font metrics structure. The descent is
   * the distance from the baseline to the logical bottom of a line
   * of text. (The logical bottom may be above or below the bottom of the
   * actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure
   * where the ink will be.)
   * @return The descent, in pango units. (1 point == Pango::SCALE pango units.).
   */
  int get_descent() const;
  
  /** Gets the approximate character width for a font metrics structure.
   * This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for
   * determining the initial size for a window. Actual characters in
   * text will be wider and narrower than this.
   * @return The character width, in pango units. (1 point == Pango::SCALE pango units.).
   */
  int get_approximate_char_width() const;
  
  /** Gets the approximate digit width for a font metrics structure.
   * This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for
   * determining the initial size for a window. Actual digits in
   * text can be wider and narrower than this, though this value
   * is generally somewhat more accurate than the result of
   * pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width().
   * @return The digit width, in pango units. (1 point == Pango::SCALE pango units.).
   */
  int get_approximate_digit_width() const;


};

} //namespace Pango


namespace Pango
{

/** @relates Pango::FontMetrics */
inline void swap(FontMetrics& lhs, FontMetrics& rhs)
  { lhs.swap(rhs); }

} // namespace Pango

namespace Glib
{

/** @relates Pango::FontMetrics */
Pango::FontMetrics wrap(PangoFontMetrics* object, bool take_copy = false);

#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
template <>
class Value<Pango::FontMetrics> : public Glib::Value_Boxed<Pango::FontMetrics>
{};
#endif /* DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS */

} // namespace Glib

#endif /* _PANGOMM_FONTMETRICS_H */

