multiwindow.h

00001 /*
00002  * mbed LCDWindow library
00003 * Copyright (c) 2010 Hendrik Lipka
00004 * 
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00022 */
00023 
00024 #ifndef MULTIWINDOW_H_
00025 #define MULTIWINDOW_H_
00026 
00027 #include "window.h"
00028 
00029 #include "vector"
00030 
00031 using namespace std;
00032 
00033 /**
00034  * Class for combining multiple windows into a single one (by stacking them on top of each other).
00035  * It is assumed that all windows are of the same width (but they might be of different height).
00036 */
00037 class MultiWindow: public Window
00038 {
00039     public:
00040         /**
00041          * @param lcds the vector of windows to stack. Aggregated height is calculated as sum of all heights
00042         */
00043         MultiWindow(vector<Window*> lcds);
00044         /**
00045          * writes text to the parent window which contains the given line
00046         */
00047         virtual void writeText(const unsigned int column, const unsigned int row, const char text[]);
00048         virtual int getColumns (){return _columns;};
00049         virtual int getRows (){return _rows;};
00050         /**
00051          * clears all parent windows
00052         */
00053         virtual void clear();
00054         virtual void character(int column, int row, int c);
00055 
00056     private:
00057         vector<Window*> _lcds;
00058         int _columns;
00059         int _rows;
00060 };
00061 
00062 #endif