CEGUI::Dimension Class Reference

Class representing some kind of dimension. More...

Public Member Functions
	Dimension ()
	Constructor.
	~Dimension ()
	Destructor.
	Dimension (const BaseDim &dim, DimensionType type)
	Constructor. More...
	Dimension (const Dimension &other)
	Copy constructor.
Dimension &	operator= (const Dimension &other)
	Assignment operator.
const BaseDim &	getBaseDimension () const
	return the BaseDim object currently used as the value for this Dimension. More...
void	setBaseDimension (const BaseDim &dim)
	set the current value for this Dimension. More...
DimensionType	getDimensionType () const
	Return a DimensionType value indicating what this Dimension represents. More...
void	setDimensionType (DimensionType type)
	Sets what this Dimension represents. More...
void	writeXMLToStream (XMLSerializer &xml_stream) const
	Writes an xml representation of this Dimension to out_stream. More...

Detailed Description

Class representing some kind of dimension.

The key thing to understand about Dimension is that it contains not just a dimensional value, but also a record of what the dimension value is supposed to represent. (e.g. a co-ordinate on the x axis, or the height of something).

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CEGUI::Dimension::Dimension	(	const BaseDim &	dim,
		DimensionType	type
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

dim	object based on subclass of BaseDim which holds the dimensional value.
type	DimensionType value indicating what dimension this object is to represent.

References CEGUI::BaseDim::clone().

Member Function Documentation

const BaseDim & CEGUI::Dimension::getBaseDimension

(

)

const

return the BaseDim object currently used as the value for this Dimension.

Returns

const reference to the BaseDim sub-class object which contains the value for this Dimension.

Referenced by CEGUI::ComponentArea::getPixelRect().

DimensionType CEGUI::Dimension::getDimensionType

(

)

const

Return a DimensionType value indicating what this Dimension represents.

Returns

one of the DimensionType enumerated values.

Referenced by CEGUI::ComponentArea::getPixelRect().

void CEGUI::Dimension::setBaseDimension

(

const BaseDim &

dim

)

set the current value for this Dimension.

Parameters

dim	object based on a subclass of BaseDim which holds the dimensional value.

Returns

Nothing.

References CEGUI::BaseDim::clone().

void CEGUI::Dimension::setDimensionType

(

DimensionType

type

)

Sets what this Dimension represents.

Parameters

type	one of the DimensionType enumerated values.

Returns

Nothing.

void CEGUI::Dimension::writeXMLToStream

(

XMLSerializer &

xml_stream

)

const

Writes an xml representation of this Dimension to out_stream.

Parameters

xml_stream

Stream where xml data should be output.

Returns

Nothing.

References CEGUI::XMLSerializer::attribute(), CEGUI::XMLSerializer::closeTag(), CEGUI::XMLSerializer::openTag(), and CEGUI::BaseDim::writeXMLToStream().

Referenced by CEGUI::ComponentArea::writeXMLToStream().