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 *                     $Archive:: /Commando/Code/wwlib/blitter.h                              $* 
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 *                      $Author:: Jani_p                                                      $*
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#if _MSC_VER >= 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER >= 1000

#ifndef BLITTER_H
#define BLITTER_H

/*
**	This is the interface class to the blitter object. The blitter object handles moving
**	pixels. That's all it does. For every type of pixel translation, there should be a
**	blitter object created that supports this interface. The blit blitting routines will
**	call the appropriate method as the pixel are being processed.
*/
class Blitter {
	public:

		/*
		**	Blits from source to dest (starts at first pixel). This is the preferred
		**	method of pixel blitting and this routine will be called 99% of the time under
		**	normal circumstances.
		*/
		virtual void BlitForward(void * dest, void const * source, int length) const = 0;

		/*
		**	Copies the pixel in reverse order. This only required if the source and dest
		**	pixel regions overlap in a certain way. This routine will rarely be called.
		*/
		virtual void BlitBackward(void * dest, void const * source, int length) const = 0;

		/*
		**	This routine calls the appropriate blit routine. A proper overlap check cannot
		**	be performed by this routine because the pixel size information is not present.
		**	as such, you should call the appropriate blit routine rather than letting this
		**	routine perform the check and call.
		*/
		void Blit(void * dest, void const * source, int length) const {if (dest < source) BlitBackward(dest, source, length); else BlitForward(dest, source, length);}
};


/*
**	This is the blitter object interface for dealing with RLE compressed pixel data. For
**	every type of RLE compressed blitter operation desired, there would be an object created
**	that supports this interface.
*/
class RLEBlitter {
	public:

		/*
		**	Blits from the RLE compressed source to the destination buffer. An optional
		**	leading pixel skip value can be supplied when a sub-section of an RLE
		**	compressed pixel sequence is desired. This is necessary because RLE decompression
		**	must begin at the start of the compressed data sequence.
		*/
		virtual void Blit(void * dest, void const * source, int length, int leadskip=0) const = 0;
};



#endif