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/*
 * This file is part of lanterna (https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna).
 *
 * lanterna is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Martin Berglund
 */
package com.googlecode.lanterna.graphics;

import com.googlecode.lanterna.TerminalPosition;
import com.googlecode.lanterna.TerminalSize;
import com.googlecode.lanterna.TextCharacter;

/**
 * An 'image' build up of text characters with color and style information. These are completely in memory and not 
 * visible anyway, but can be used when drawing with a TextGraphics objects. 
 * @author martin
 */
public interface TextImage extends Scrollable {
    /**
     * Returns the dimensions of this TextImage, in columns and rows
     * @return Size of this TextImage
     */
    TerminalSize getSize();
    
    /**
     * Returns the character stored at a particular position in this image
     * @param position Coordinates of the character
     * @return TextCharacter stored at the specified position
     */
    TextCharacter getCharacterAt(TerminalPosition position);
    
    /**
     * Returns the character stored at a particular position in this image
     * @param column Column coordinate of the character
     * @param row Row coordinate of the character
     * @return TextCharacter stored at the specified position
     */
    TextCharacter getCharacterAt(int column, int row);
            
    /**
     * Sets the character at a specific position in the image to a particular TextCharacter. If the position is outside
     * of the image's size, this method does nothing.
     * @param position Coordinates of the character
     * @param character What TextCharacter to assign at the specified position
     */
    void setCharacterAt(TerminalPosition position, TextCharacter character);
            
    /**
     * Sets the character at a specific position in the image to a particular TextCharacter. If the position is outside
     * of the image's size, this method does nothing.
     * @param column Column coordinate of the character
     * @param row Row coordinate of the character
     * @param character What TextCharacter to assign at the specified position
     */
    void setCharacterAt(int column, int row, TextCharacter character);
    
    /**
     * Sets the text image content to one specified character (including color and style)
     * @param character The character to fill the image with
     */
    void setAll(TextCharacter character);
    
    /**
     * Creates a TextGraphics object that targets this TextImage for all its drawing operations.
     * @return TextGraphics object for this TextImage
     */
    TextGraphics newTextGraphics();
    
    /**
     * Returns a copy of this image resized to a new size and using a specified filler character if the new size is 
     * larger than the old and we need to fill in empty areas. The copy will be independent from the one this method is 
     * invoked on, so modifying one will not affect the other.
     * @param newSize Size of the new image
     * @param filler Filler character to use on the new areas when enlarging the image (is not used when shrinking)
     * @return Copy of this image, but resized
     */
    TextImage resize(TerminalSize newSize, TextCharacter filler);
    
    
    /**
     * Copies this TextImage's content to another TextImage. If the destination TextImage is larger than this 
     * ScreenBuffer, the areas outside of the area that is written to will be untouched.
     * @param destination TextImage to copy to
     */
    void copyTo(TextImage destination);
    
    /**
     * Copies this TextImage's content to another TextImage. If the destination TextImage is larger than this 
     * TextImage, the areas outside of the area that is written to will be untouched.
     * @param destination TextImage to copy to
     * @param startRowIndex Which row in this image to copy from
     * @param rows How many rows to copy
     * @param startColumnIndex Which column in this image to copy from
     * @param columns How many columns to copy
     * @param destinationRowOffset Offset (in number of rows) in the target image where we want to first copied row to be
     * @param destinationColumnOffset Offset (in number of columns) in the target image where we want to first copied column to be
     */
    void copyTo(
            TextImage destination,
            int startRowIndex,
            int rows,
            int startColumnIndex,
            int columns,
            int destinationRowOffset,
            int destinationColumnOffset);
    
    /**
     * Scroll a range of lines of this TextImage according to given distance.
     *
     * TextImage implementations of this method do not throw IOException.
     */
    @Override
    void scrollLines(int firstLine, int lastLine, int distance);
}