// Copyright 2012 The Chromium Authors
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
#ifndef PPAPI_CPP_VIEW_H_
#define PPAPI_CPP_VIEW_H_
#include "ppapi/cpp/resource.h"
#include "ppapi/cpp/rect.h"
#include "ppapi/cpp/size.h"
/// @file
/// This file defines the API for getting the state of a the view for an
/// instance.
namespace pp {
/// This class represents the state of the view for an instance and contains
/// functions for retrieving the current state of that view.
class View : public Resource {
public:
/// Default constructor for creating an is_null() <code>View</code> object.
View();
/// Creates a View resource, taking and holding an additional reference to
/// the given resource handle.
explicit View(PP_Resource view_resource);
/// GetRect() retrieves the rectangle of the module instance associated
/// with a view changed notification relative to the upper-left of the browser
/// viewport. This position changes when the page is scrolled.
///
/// The returned rectangle may not be inside the visible portion of the
/// viewport if the module instance is scrolled off the page. Therefore, the
/// position may be negative or larger than the size of the page. The size
/// will always reflect the size of the module were it to be scrolled
/// entirely into view.
///
/// In general, most modules will not need to worry about the position of the
///module instance in the viewport, and only need to use the size.
///
/// @return The rectangle of the instance. The default return value for
/// an invalid View is the empty rectangle.
Rect GetRect() const;
/// IsFullscreen() returns whether the instance is currently
/// displaying in fullscreen mode.
///
/// @return <code>true</code> if the instance is in full screen mode,
/// or <code>false</code> if it's not or the resource is invalid.
bool IsFullscreen() const;
/// IsVisible() determines whether the module instance might be visible to
/// the user. For example, the Chrome window could be minimized or another
/// window could be over it. In both of these cases, the module instance
/// would not be visible to the user, but IsVisible() will return true.
///
/// Use the result to speed up or stop updates for invisible module
/// instances.
///
/// This function performs the duties of GetRect() (determining whether the
/// module instance is scrolled into view and the clip rectangle is nonempty)
/// and IsPageVisible() (whether the page is visible to the user).
///
/// @return <code>true</code> if the instance might be visible to the
/// user, <code>false</code> if it is definitely not visible.
bool IsVisible() const;
/// IsPageVisible() determines if the page that contains the module instance
/// is visible. The most common cause of invisible pages is that
/// the page is in a background tab in the browser.
///
/// Most applications should use IsVisible() instead of this function since
/// the module instance could be scrolled off of a visible page, and this
/// function will still return true. However, depending on how your module
/// interacts with the page, there may be certain updates that you may want
/// to perform when the page is visible even if your specific module instance
/// is not visible.
///
/// @return <code>true</code> if the instance might be visible to the
/// user, <code>false</code> if it is definitely not visible.
bool IsPageVisible() const;
/// GetClipRect() returns the clip rectangle relative to the upper-left corner
/// of the module instance. This rectangle indicates the portions of the
/// module instance that are scrolled into view.
///
/// If the module instance is scrolled off the view, the return value will be
/// (0, 0, 0, 0). This clip rectangle does <i>not</i> take into account page
/// visibility. Therefore, if the module instance is scrolled into view, but
/// the page itself is on a tab that is not visible, the return rectangle will
/// contain the visible rectangle as though the page were visible. Refer to
/// IsPageVisible() and IsVisible() if you want to account for page
/// visibility.
///
/// Most applications will not need to worry about the clip rectangle. The
/// recommended behavior is to do full updates if the module instance is
/// visible, as determined by IsVisible(), and do no updates if it is not
/// visible.
///
/// However, if the cost for computing pixels is very high for your
/// application, or the pages you're targeting frequently have very large
/// module instances with small visible portions, you may wish to optimize
/// further. In this case, the clip rectangle will tell you which parts of
/// the module to update.
///
/// Note that painting of the page and sending of view changed updates
/// happens asynchronously. This means when the user scrolls, for example,
/// it is likely that the previous backing store of the module instance will
/// be used for the first paint, and will be updated later when your
/// application generates new content with the new clip. This may cause
/// flickering at the boundaries when scrolling. If you do choose to do
/// partial updates, you may want to think about what color the invisible
/// portions of your backing store contain (be it transparent or some
/// background color) or to paint a certain region outside the clip to reduce
/// the visual distraction when this happens.
///
/// @return The rectangle representing the visible part of the module
/// instance. If the resource is invalid, the empty rectangle is returned.
Rect GetClipRect() const;
/// GetDeviceScale returns the scale factor between device pixels and DIPs
/// (also known as logical pixels or UI pixels on some platforms). This allows
/// the developer to render their contents at device resolution, even as
/// coordinates / sizes are given in DIPs through the API.
///
/// Note that the coordinate system for Pepper APIs is DIPs. Also note that
/// one DIP might not equal one CSS pixel - when page scale/zoom is in effect.
///
/// @return A <code>float</code> value representing the number of device
/// pixels per DIP.
float GetDeviceScale() const;
/// GetCSSScale returns the scale factor between DIPs and CSS pixels. This
/// allows proper scaling between DIPs - as sent via the Pepper API - and CSS
/// pixel coordinates used for Web content.
///
/// @return A <code>float</code> value representing the number of DIPs per CSS
/// pixel.
float GetCSSScale() const;
/// GetScrollOffset returns the scroll offset of the window containing the
/// plugin.
///
/// @return A <code>Point</code> which is set to the value of the scroll
/// offset in CSS pixels.
Point GetScrollOffset() const;
};
} // namespace pp
#endif // PPAPI_CPP_VIEW_H_
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