#ifndef DALI_TOOLKIT_VISUAL_BASE_H
#define DALI_TOOLKIT_VISUAL_BASE_H
/*
- * Copyright (c) 2015 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
namespace Visual
{
/**
- * @brief Visual provides renderer for rendering the controls. A control may have multiple ControlRenders.
+ * @brief Visual provides a renderer for rendering the controls. A control may have multiple visuals.
*
* Visuals reuses geometry, shader etc. across controls and manages the renderer and texture sets to exist only when control is on-stage.
* It also responds to actor size and color change, and provides the clipping at the renderer level.
- * Note: The control renderer responds to the the Actor::COLOR by blending it with the 'Multiply' operator.
+ * Note: The visual responds to the the Actor::COLOR by blending it with the 'Multiply' operator.
*/
class DALI_IMPORT_API Base : public BaseHandle
{
/**
* @brief Get the size of the painting area.
*
- * @return The size of the renderer's painting area.
+ * @return The size of the visual's painting area.
*/
const Vector2& GetSize() const;
/**
- * @brief Return the natural size of the renderer.
+ * @brief Return the natural size of the visual.
*
- * Deriving classes stipulate the natural size and by default a renderer has a ZERO natural size.
+ * Deriving classes stipulate the natural size and by default a visual has a ZERO natural size.
*
- * @param[out] naturalSize The renderer's natural size
+ * @param[out] naturalSize The visual's natural size
*/
void GetNaturalSize( Vector2& naturalSize ) const;
* @brief Set the depth index of this visual.
*
* Depth-index controls draw-order for overlapping visuals.
- * Renderer with higher depth indices are rendered in front of other renderer with smaller values
+ * Visuals with higher depth indices are rendered in front of other visual with smaller values
*
* @param[in] index The depth index of this visual.
*/
void SetDepthIndex( float index );
/**
- * @brief Get the depth index of this renderer
+ * @brief Get the depth index of this visual
*
- * @return The depth index of this renderer.
+ * @return The depth index of this visual.
*/
float GetDepthIndex() const;
/**
- * @brief Renderer only exists when control is on stage.
+ * @brief Visual needs to know when the control is put on to the stage to add the renderer.
*
- * This function should be called when the control put on stage.
+ * This function should be called when the control is put on to the stage.
*
- * @param[in] actor The actor applying this renderer.
+ * @param[in] actor The actor using this visual.
* @post SetOffStage should be called with the same actor when the control is put off stage otherwise memory will be leaked
*/
void SetOnStage( Actor& actor );
/**
- * @brief Renderer is destroyed when control is off stage.
+ * @brief Visual needs to know when the control is removed from the stage to remove the renderer.
*
- * This function should be called when the control removes from stage
+ * This function should be called when the control is removed from the stage
*
- * @param[in] actor The actor applying this renderer.
+ * @param[in] actor The actor using this visual.
*/
void SetOffStage( Actor& actor );
/**
- * @brief Remove the renderer from actor and reset the control renderer self.
+ * @brief Remove the renderer from the actor and reset the visual self.
*
- * This function can be called with an empty handle. If the control renderer is empty, do nothing.
+ * This function can be called with an empty handle. If the visual is empty, this is a no-op.
*
* @param[in] actor The actor to be set off stage.
*/
void RemoveAndReset( Actor& actor );
/**
- * @brief Create the property map representing this renderer.
+ * @brief Create the property map representing this visual.
*
- * @param[out] map The renderer property map.
+ * @param[out] map The visual property map.
*/
- void CreatePropertyMap( Property::Map& map ) const;
+ void CreatePropertyMap( Dali::Property::Map& map ) const;
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Sets the value of an existing property.
+ *
+ * @param [in] index The index of the property.
+ * @param [in] propertyValue The new value of the property.
+ */
+ void SetProperty( Dali::Property::Index index, const Dali::Property::Value& propertyValue );
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Retrieves a property value.
+ *
+ * @param [in] index The index of the property.
+ *
+ * @return The property value.
+ */
+ Dali::Property::Value GetProperty( Dali::Property::Index index );
public: // Not intended for application developers