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package org.apache.fop.datatypes;

import org.apache.fop.fo.FObj;

/**
 * This interface is used by the layout managers to provide relevant information
 * back to the property percentage resolution logic, that is
 * the percentages based property getValue() functions expect an object implementing
 * this interface as an argument.
 */
public interface PercentBaseContext {

    /**
     * Returns the base length for the given length base.
     * Length base should be one of the constants defined in {@link LengthBase}.
     * @param lengthBase Indicates which type of the base length value is to be returned
     * @param fobj The FO object against which the percentage should be evaluated
     * @return The base length value of the given kind
     */
    public int getBaseLength(int lengthBase, FObj fobj);

}