/*
    File        : displayfield_b.h
    Date        : 19-Sep-02
    Description : Base class to represent a display field toolbox gadget.

    Copyright  1995-2002 Alexander Thoukydides

    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
*/

// Only include header file once
#ifndef displayfield_b_h
#define displayfield_b_h

// Include oslib header files
#include "oslib/displayfield.h"

// Include alexlib header files
#ifndef gadget_b_h
#include "gadget_b.h"
#endif
#ifndef gadget_w_justification_h
#include "gadget_w_justification.h"
#endif
#ifndef gadget_w_string_h
#include "gadget_w_string.h"
#endif

// A base class to represent a display field gadget
class displayfield_b : public virtual gadget_b,
                       public gadget_w_justification,
                       public gadget_w_string
{
public:

    /*
        Parameters  : value             - The text string to set.
        Returns     : displayfield_b    - This object.
        Description : Set the value of this gadget. To reduce flicker the value
                      is not updated unless it has changed.
    */
    displayfield_b &operator=(const char *value);

    /*
        Parameters  : value             - The text string to set.
        Returns     : displayfield_b    - This object.
        Description : Set the value of this gadget. To reduce flicker the value
                      is not updated unless it has changed.
    */
    displayfield_b &operator=(const string &value);

protected:

    /*
        Parameters  : position  - The field justification.
        Returns     : void
        Description : Gadget specific function to set the justification.
    */
    virtual void _set_justification(justification position);

    /*
        Parameters  : void
        Returns     : bool  - The field justification.
        Description : Gadget specific function to Get the justification.
    */
    virtual justification _get_justification() const;
};

#endif
