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-
- #ifndef nsIFontMetrics_h___
- #define nsIFontMetrics_h___
-
- #include "nsISupports.h"
- #include "nsCoord.h"
- #include "nsFont.h"
-
- class nsString;
- class nsIDeviceContext;
- class nsIAtom;
-
- // IID for the nsIFontMetrics interface
- #define NS_IFONT_METRICS_IID \
- { 0xc74cb770, 0xa33e, 0x11d1, \
- { 0xa8, 0x24, 0x00, 0x40, 0x95, 0x9a, 0x28, 0xc9 } }
-
- //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- /**
- * A native font handle
- */
- typedef void* nsFontHandle;
-
- /**
- * Font metrics interface
- *
- * This interface may be somewhat misnamed. A better name might be
- * nsIFontList. The style system uses the nsFont struct for various font
- * properties, one of which is font-family, which can contain a *list* of
- * font names. The nsFont struct is "realized" by asking the device context
- * to cough up an nsIFontMetrics object, which contains a list of real font
- * handles, one for each font mentioned in font-family (and for each fallback
- * when we fall off the end of that list).
- *
- * The style system needs to have access to certain metrics, such as the
- * em height (for the CSS "em" unit), and we use the first Western font's
- * metrics for that purpose. The platform-specific implementations are
- * expected to select non-Western fonts that "fit" reasonably well with the
- * Western font that is loaded at Init time.
- */
- class nsIFontMetrics : public nsISupports
- {
- public:
- NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(NS_IFONT_METRICS_IID)
-
- /**
- * Initialize the font metrics. Call this after creating the font metrics.
- * Font metrics you get from the font cache do NOT need to be initialized
- *
- * @see nsIDeviceContext#GetMetricsFor()
- */
- NS_IMETHOD Init(const nsFont& aFont, nsIAtom* aLangGroup,
- nsIDeviceContext *aContext) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Destroy this font metrics. This breaks the association between
- * the font metrics and the device context.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD Destroy() = 0;
-
- /**
- * Return the font's xheight property, scaled into app-units.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetXHeight(nscoord& aResult) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Return the font's superscript offset (the distance from the
- * baseline to where a superscript's baseline should be placed). The
- * value returned will be a positive value.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetSuperscriptOffset(nscoord& aResult) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Return the font's subscript offset (the distance from the
- * baseline to where a subscript's baseline should be placed). The
- * value returned will be a positive value.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetSubscriptOffset(nscoord& aResult) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Return the font's strikeout offset (the distance from the
- * baseline to where a strikeout should be placed) and size
- * Positive values are above the baseline, negative below.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetStrikeout(nscoord& aOffset, nscoord& aSize) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Return the font's underline offset (the distance from the
- * baseline to where a underline should be placed) and size.
- * Positive values are above the baseline, negative below.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetUnderline(nscoord& aOffset, nscoord& aSize) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns the height (in app units) of the font. This is ascent plus descent
- * plus any internal leading
- *
- * This method will be removed once the callers have been moved over to the
- * new GetEmHeight (and possibly GetMaxHeight).
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetHeight(nscoord &aHeight) = 0;
-
-
- #if defined(XP_WIN) || defined(XP_OS2)
- #define FONT_LEADING_APIS_V2 1
- #endif
-
- #ifdef FONT_LEADING_APIS_V2
- /**
- * Returns the amount of internal leading (in app units) for the font. This
- * is computed as the "height - (ascent + descent)"
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetInternalLeading(nscoord &aLeading) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns the amount of external leading (in app units) as suggested by font
- * vendor. This value is suggested by font vendor to add to normal line-height
- * beside font height.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetExternalLeading(nscoord &aLeading) = 0;
- #else
- /**
- * Returns the amount of internal leading (in app units) for the font. This
- * is computed as the "height - (ascent + descent)"
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetLeading(nscoord &aLeading) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns the normal line height (em height + leading).
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetNormalLineHeight(nscoord &aHeight) = 0;
- #endif /* FONT_LEADING_APIS_V2 */
-
- /**
- * Returns the height (in app units) of the Western font's em square. This is
- * em ascent plus em descent.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetEmHeight(nscoord &aHeight) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns, in app units, the ascent part of the Western font's em square.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetEmAscent(nscoord &aAscent) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns, in app units, the descent part of the Western font's em square.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetEmDescent(nscoord &aDescent) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns the height (in app units) of the Western font's bounding box.
- * This is max ascent plus max descent.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetMaxHeight(nscoord &aHeight) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns, in app units, the maximum distance characters in this font extend
- * above the base line.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetMaxAscent(nscoord &aAscent) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns, in app units, the maximum distance characters in this font extend
- * below the base line.
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetMaxDescent(nscoord &aDescent) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns, in app units, the maximum character advance for the font
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetMaxAdvance(nscoord &aAdvance) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns the font associated with these metrics. The return value
- * is only defined after Init() has been called.
- */
- const nsFont &Font() { return mFont; }
-
- /**
- * Returns the language group associated with these metrics
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetLangGroup(nsIAtom** aLangGroup) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns the font handle associated with these metrics
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetFontHandle(nsFontHandle &aHandle) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns the average character width
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetAveCharWidth(nscoord& aAveCharWidth) = 0;
-
- /**
- * Returns the often needed width of the space character
- */
- NS_IMETHOD GetSpaceWidth(nscoord& aSpaceCharWidth) = 0;
-
- protected:
-
- nsFont mFont; // The font for this metrics object.
- };
-
- #endif /* nsIFontMetrics_h___ */
-