/*
  DRAW-STRATEGY.hpp  -  Definition the timeline draw strategy interface

  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
    2010,               Stefan Kangas <skangas@skangas.se

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* *****************************************************/



#ifndef GUI_WIDGET_TIMELINE_DRAW_STRATEGY_HPP
#define GUI_WIDGET_TIMELINE_DRAW_STRATEGY_HPP

#include "gui/gtk-base.hpp"
#include "gui/widget/timeline/timeline-entity.hpp"
#include "gui/widget/timeline/timeline-view-window.hpp"

namespace gui {
namespace widget {
namespace timeline {
  
  /////////TODO some questions:
  /////////     1) who is allowed to destroy DrawStrategy objects
  /////////     2) shouldn't DrawStragegy be boost::noncopyable?
  
  
  /**
   * An interface for drawing strategies for timeline entities.
   */
  class DrawStrategy
    {
    protected:
      
      DrawStrategy() { }
      
      virtual ~DrawStrategy();
      
    public:
      
      virtual void
      draw (const Entity &entity,
            Cairo::RefPtr<Cairo::Context> cr,
            TimelineViewWindow* const window) const  = 0;
    };
  
  
}}}// namespace gui::widget::timeline
#endif /*GUI_WIDGET_TIMELINE_DRAW_STRATEGY_HPP*/