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+// * This makes emacs happy -*-Mode: C++;-*-
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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+ *                                                                          *
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+ *                                                                          *
+ * Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *
+ * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
+ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
+ * authorization.                                                           *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author: Juergen Pfeifer, 1997                                          *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef NCURSES_CURSESP_H_incl
+#define NCURSES_CURSESP_H_incl 1
+
+// $Id: cursesp.h,v 1.29 2008/08/16 17:20:23 tom Exp $
+
+#include <cursesw.h>
+
+extern "C" {
+#  include <panel.h>
+}
+
+class NCURSES_IMPEXP NCursesPanel
+  : public NCursesWindow
+{
+protected:
+  PANEL *p;
+  static NCursesPanel *dummy;
+
+private:
+  // This structure is used for the panel's user data field to link the
+  // PANEL* to the C++ object and to provide extra space for a user pointer.
+  typedef struct {
+    void*               m_user;      // the pointer for the user's data
+    const NCursesPanel* m_back;      // backward pointer to C++ object
+    const PANEL*        m_owner;     // the panel itself
+  } UserHook;
+
+  inline UserHook *UserPointer()
+  {
+    UserHook* uptr = reinterpret_cast<UserHook*>(
+                           const_cast<void *>(::panel_userptr (p)));
+    return uptr;
+  }
+
+  void init();                       // Initialize the panel object
+
+protected:
+  void set_user(void *user)
+  {
+    UserHook* uptr = UserPointer();
+    if (uptr != 0 && uptr->m_back==this && uptr->m_owner==p) {
+      uptr->m_user = user;
+    }
+  }
+  // Set the user pointer of the panel.
+
+  void *get_user()
+  {
+    UserHook* uptr = UserPointer();
+    void *result = 0;
+    if (uptr != 0 && uptr->m_back==this && uptr->m_owner==p)
+      result = uptr->m_user;
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  void OnError (int err) const THROWS(NCursesPanelException)
+  {
+    if (err==ERR)
+      THROW(new NCursesPanelException (this, err));
+  }
+  // If err is equal to the curses error indicator ERR, an error handler
+  // is called.
+
+  // Get a keystroke. Default implementation calls getch()
+  virtual int getKey(void);
+
+public:
+  NCursesPanel(int nlines,
+	       int ncols,
+	       int begin_y = 0,
+	       int begin_x = 0)
+    : NCursesWindow(nlines,ncols,begin_y,begin_x), p(0)
+  {
+    init();
+  }
+  // Create a panel with this size starting at the requested position.
+
+  NCursesPanel()
+    : NCursesWindow(::stdscr), p(0)
+  {
+    init();
+  }
+  // This constructor creates the default Panel associated with the
+  // ::stdscr window
+
+  NCursesPanel& operator=(const NCursesPanel& rhs)
+  {
+    if (this != &rhs) {
+      *this = rhs;
+      NCursesWindow::operator=(rhs);
+    }
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  NCursesPanel(const NCursesPanel& rhs)
+    : NCursesWindow(rhs),
+      p(rhs.p)
+  {
+  }
+
+  virtual ~NCursesPanel();
+
+  // basic manipulation
+  inline void hide()
+  {
+    OnError (::hide_panel(p));
+  }
+  // Hide the panel. It stays in the stack but becomes invisible.
+
+  inline void show()
+  {
+    OnError (::show_panel(p));
+  }
+  // Show the panel, i.e. make it visible.
+
+  inline void top()
+  {
+    OnError (::top_panel(p));
+  }
+  // Make this panel the top panel in the stack.
+
+  inline void bottom()
+  {
+    OnError (::bottom_panel(p));
+  }
+  // Make this panel the bottom panel in the stack.
+  // N.B.: The panel associated with ::stdscr is always on the bottom. So
+  // actually bottom() makes the panel the first above ::stdscr.
+
+  virtual int mvwin(int y, int x)
+  {
+    OnError(::move_panel(p, y, x));
+    return OK;
+  }
+
+  inline bool hidden() const
+  {
+    return (::panel_hidden (p) ? TRUE : FALSE);
+  }
+  // Return TRUE if the panel is hidden, FALSE otherwise.
+
+/* The functions panel_above() and panel_below() are not reflected in
+   the NCursesPanel class. The reason for this is, that we cannot
+   assume that a panel retrieved by those operations is one wrapped
+   by a C++ class. Although this situation might be handled, we also
+   need a reverse mapping from PANEL to NCursesPanel which needs some
+   redesign of the low level stuff. At the moment, we define them in the
+   interface but they will always produce an error. */
+  inline NCursesPanel& above() const
+  {
+    OnError(ERR);
+    return *dummy;
+  }
+
+  inline NCursesPanel& below() const
+  {
+    OnError(ERR);
+    return *dummy;
+  }
+
+  // Those two are rewrites of the corresponding virtual members of
+  // NCursesWindow
+  virtual int refresh();
+  // Propagate all panel changes to the virtual screen and update the
+  // physical screen.
+
+  virtual int noutrefresh();
+  // Propagate all panel changes to the virtual screen.
+
+  static void redraw();
+  // Redraw all panels.
+
+  // decorations
+  virtual void frame(const char* title=NULL,
+		     const char* btitle=NULL);
+  // Put a frame around the panel and put the title centered in the top line
+  // and btitle in the bottom line.
+
+  virtual void boldframe(const char* title=NULL,
+			 const char* btitle=NULL);
+  // Same as frame(), but use highlighted attributes.
+
+  virtual void label(const char* topLabel,
+		     const char* bottomLabel);
+  // Put the title centered in the top line and btitle in the bottom line.
+
+  virtual void centertext(int row,const char* label);
+  // Put the label text centered in the specified row.
+};
+
+/* We use templates to provide a typesafe mechanism to associate
+ * user data with a panel. A NCursesUserPanel<T> is a panel
+ * associated with some user data of type T.
+ */
+template<class T> class NCursesUserPanel : public NCursesPanel
+{
+public:
+  NCursesUserPanel (int nlines,
+		    int ncols,
+		    int begin_y = 0,
+		    int begin_x = 0,
+		    const T* p_UserData = STATIC_CAST(T*)(0))
+    : NCursesPanel (nlines, ncols, begin_y, begin_x)
+  {
+      if (p)
+	set_user (const_cast<void *>(p_UserData));
+  };
+  // This creates an user panel of the requested size with associated
+  // user data pointed to by p_UserData.
+
+  NCursesUserPanel(const T* p_UserData = STATIC_CAST(T*)(0)) : NCursesPanel()
+  {
+    if (p)
+      set_user(const_cast<void *>(p_UserData));
+  };
+  // This creates an user panel associated with the ::stdscr and user data
+  // pointed to by p_UserData.
+
+  virtual ~NCursesUserPanel() {};
+
+  T* UserData (void) const
+  {
+    return reinterpret_cast<T*>(get_user ());
+  };
+  // Retrieve the user data associated with the panel.
+
+  virtual void setUserData (const T* p_UserData)
+  {
+    if (p)
+      set_user (const_cast<void *>(p_UserData));
+  }
+  // Associate the user panel with the user data pointed to by p_UserData.
+};
+
+#endif /* NCURSES_CURSESP_H_incl */