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1/*
2 * Copyright 2011 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
3 * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
4 *
5 * Authors:
6 *		Adrien Destugues, pulkomandy@pulkomandy.ath.cx
7 *
8 * Corresponds to:
9 *		headers/os/interface/IconUtils.h	rev 42600
10 *		src/kits/interface/IconUtils.cpp	rev 42600
11 */
12
13
14/*!
15	\file IconUtils.h
16	\ingroup interface
17	\ingroup libbe
18	\brief Vector icon handling utility class
19*/
20
21
22/*!
23	\class BIconUtils
24	\ingroup interface
25	\ingroup libbe
26	\brief The BIconUtils class provide utility methods for managing and
27		drawing vector icons.
28
29	Haiku icons are stored in the HVIF (Haiku Vector Icon Format). This format
30	was designed specifically for this purpose, and allows the icon data to be
31	small enough to fit in file's inodes. This way, the icon can be displayed
32	like any other file attribute, without extra disk access.
33
34	This class provide only static methods to allow access to the icon data and
35	rendering to BBitmaps for later use in an application. It also supports
36	older icons in bitmap format. These may still be useful at very small
37	sizes. Note you can't create an instance of BIconUtils, just call the
38	static methods.
39
40	\since Haiku R1
41*/
42
43
44/*!
45	\fn static status_t BIconUtils::GetIcon(BNode* node,
46		const char* vectorIconAttrName, const char* smallIconAttrName,
47		const char* largeIconAttrName, icon_size size, BBitmap* result)
48	\brief Utility function to import an icon from a node.
49
50	Utility function to import an icon from the node that
51	has either of the provided attribute names. Which icon type
52	is preferred (vector, small or large B_CMAP8 icon) depends
53	on the colorspace of the provided bitmap.
54
55	\note If the colorspace is B_CMAP8, B_CMAP8 icons are preferred. In that
56		case, the bitmap size must also match the provided icon_size "size"!
57
58	\since Haiku R1
59*/
60
61
62/*!
63	\fn static status_t BIconUtils::GetVectorIcon(BNode* node,
64		const char* attrName, BBitmap* result)
65	\brief Utility function to import a vector icon in "flat icon" format.
66
67	Utility function to import a vector icon in "flat icon"
68	format from a BNode attribute into the preallocated BBitmap \a result.
69	The colorspace of result needs to be B_RGBA32 or at
70	least B_RGB32 (though that makes less sense). The icon
71	will be scaled from its "native" size of 64x64 to the
72	size of the bitmap.
73
74	\note The scale is derived from the bitmap width, the bitmap should have
75		square dimension, or the icon will be cut off at the bottom (or have
76		room left).
77
78	\since Haiku R1
79*/
80
81
82/*!
83	\fn static status_t BIconUtils::GetVectorIcon(const uint8* buffer,
84		size_t size, BBitmap* result)
85	\brief Utility function to import a vector icon in "flat icon" format.
86
87	Utility function to import a vector icon in "flat icon"
88	format from the given \a buffer into the preallocated BBitmap \a result.
89	The colorspace of result needs to be B_RGBA32 or at
90	least B_RGB32 (though that makes less sense). The icon
91	will be scaled from its "native" size of 64x64 to the
92	size of the bitmap.
93
94	\note The scale is derived from the bitmap width, the bitmap should have
95		square dimension, or the icon will be cut off at the bottom (or have
96		room left).
97
98	\since Haiku R1
99*/
100
101
102/*!
103	\fn static status_t BIconUtils::GetCMAP8Icon(BNode* node,
104		const char* smallIconAttrName, const char* largeIconAttrName,
105		icon_size size, BBitmap* icon)
106	\brief Utility function to import an "old" BeOS icon in B_CMAP8 colorspace.
107
108	Utility function to import an "old" BeOS icon in B_CMAP8 colorspace from
109	either the small icon attribute or the large icon attribute as given in
110	\a smallIconAttrName and \a largeIconAttrName. Which icon is loaded depends
111	on the given \a size.
112
113	\since Haiku R1
114*/
115
116
117/*!
118	\fn static status_t BIconUtils::ConvertFromCMAP8(BBitmap* source,
119		BBitmap* result)
120	\brief Converts an old-style icon to another colorspace.
121
122	Utility function to convert from old icon colorspace into colorspace of
123	BBitmap \a result
124
125	\note result should be in B_RGBA32 colorspace, and source in B_CMAP8.
126
127	\since Haiku R1
128*/
129
130
131/*!
132	\fn static status_t BIconUtils::ConvertToCMAP8(BBitmap* source,
133		BBitmap* result)
134	\brief Converts a true-color icon to CMAP8 colorspace.
135
136	Utility function to convert data from source into \a result colorspace.
137	Call this to convert a picture to a format suitable for storage as an
138	old-style icon.
139
140	\note result should be in B_CMAP8 colorspace, and source in B_RGBA32.
141
142	\since Haiku R1
143*/
144
145
146/*!
147	\fn static status_t BIconUtils::ConvertFromCMAP8(const uint8* data,
148		uint32 width, uint32 height, uint32 bytesPerRow, BBitmap* result);
149	\brief Convert raw data in B_CMAP8 colorspace to a B_RGBA32 BBitmap.
150
151	\since Haiku R1
152*/
153
154
155/*!
156	\fn static status_t BIconUtils::ConvertToCMAP8(const uint8* data,
157		uint32 width, uint32 height, uint32 bytesPerRow, BBitmap* result);
158	\brief Convert B_RGBA32 raw data into a B_CMAP8 BBitmap.
159
160	\since Haiku R1
161*/
162