#ifndef AA_FRAME_H
#define AA_FRAME_H

#include <tqstring.h>
#include <tqvaluevector.h>
#include <tqpixmap.h>
#include "screen.h"

/**
 * Represents a single frame of a sprite's animation.
 *
 * @see Sprite
 */
class Frame
{
    /**
     * Two-dimensional array of Pixels, which represent the appearance of this
     * frame.  This is used to create m_pixmap and m_erasePixmap when they are
     * needed.
     *
     * @see Pixel
     */
    TQValueVector<TQValueVector<Screen::Pixel> > m_data;

    /// Masked pixmap of the animation frame.  Created by convertDataToPixmap().
    TQPixmap                                    m_pixmap;

    /// Masked pixmap used to clear frame.  Created by convertDataToPixmap().
    TQPixmap                                    m_erasePixmap;

    /// Height of this frame of animation in logical coordinates.
    int                                        m_height;

    /// Width of this frame of animation in logical coordinates.
    int                                        m_width;

    /// Character to be used as a special 'transparent' character.  Normally is
    /// the '?' character.
    TQChar                                      m_transparentChar;

public:

    /**
     * Constructs an empty animation Frame.  Do not insert this into a Sprite.
     */
    Frame() : m_height(0), m_width(0)
    {
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an animation frame.
     *
     * @param text Newline-separated text used to construct the Pixel arrays.
     *             The lines do not have to be equal length, any extra needed
     *             characters will automatically be filled with transparency.
     *             Any whitespace at the beginning of a line is converted to
     *             transparency as well.
     *
     * @param mask Newline-separated text used to mask \p text's colors.  This
     *             can be empty or null in which case no masking is performed.
     *             However, if present, there should be the same number of
     *             lines in \p mask as in \p text, although individual lines
     *             can be shorter or empty as convienient.  You can use letters
     *             to stand for colors, e.g. 'r' will make the letter in \p
     *             text at the same position dark red.
     *
     * @param defaultColor The default color to apply to characters.  This
     *                     color is used for all characters in \p text that are
     *                     not altered by \p mask.
     *
     * @param transparent  The character to use to represent transparent areas
     *                     in \p text.  This can be useful when the
     *                     auto-transparency feature can't detect transparent
     *                     areas.
     */
    Frame(TQString text, TQString mask, TQRgb defaultColor, TQChar transparent = '?');
    
    /**
     * Paints this Frame into the given screen.
     *
     * @param scr The Screen to draw into.
     * @param x The logical x coordinate of the left edge of the update region.
     * @param y The logical y coordinate of the top edge of the update region.
     */
    void paint(Screen* scr, int x, int y);

    /**
     * Erases this Frame from the given screen.
     *
     * @param scr The Screen to draw into.
     * @param x The logical x coordinate of the left edge of the update region.
     * @param y The logical y coordinate of the top edge of the update region.
     */
    void erase(Screen* scr, int x, int y);
    
    /// Returns the logical width of this frame.
    int width() const
    {
        return m_width;
    }
    
    /// Returns the logical height of this frame.
    int height() const
    {
        return m_height;
    }

protected:

    /**
     * This function converts the Pixel data in m_data to setup m_pixmap
     * and m_erasePixmap, which are not setup until this function is called.
     *
     * m_data is not valid after this call is performed to save memory.
     *
     * @param screen The Screen we will be drawing into later.
     */
    void convertDataToPixmap(const Screen *screen);
};

#endif