Crazy Eddies GUI System  0.7.2
CEGUIInterpolator.h
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2  filename: CEGUIInterpolator.h
3  created: 7/8/2010
4  author: Martin Preisler
5 
6  purpose: Defines the interface for the abstract Interpolator class
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30 #ifndef _CEGUIInterpolator_h_
31 #define _CEGUIInterpolator_h_
32 
33 #include "CEGUIBase.h"
34 
35 
36 // Start of CEGUI namespace section
37 namespace CEGUI
38 {
39 
54 class CEGUIEXPORT Interpolator
55 {
56 public:
58  virtual ~Interpolator(void) {};
59 
61  virtual const String& getType() const = 0;
62 
63  // interpolate methods aren't const, because the interpolator could provide
64  // some sort of caching mechanism if converting properties is too expensive
65  // that it is worth it
66 
70  virtual String interpolateAbsolute(const String& value1,
71  const String& value2,
72  float position) = 0;
73 
77  virtual String interpolateRelative(const String& base,
78  const String& value1,
79  const String& value2,
80  float position) = 0;
81 
85  virtual String interpolateRelativeMultiply(const String& base,
86  const String& value1,
87  const String& value2,
88  float position) = 0;
89 
90 };
91 
92 } // End of CEGUI namespace section
93 
94 #endif // end of guard _CEGUIInterpolator_h_
95