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package org.apache.batik.anim.values;

import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
import java.util.Locale;

import org.apache.batik.dom.anim.AnimationTarget;

/**
 * An abstract class for values in the animation engine.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:cam%40mcc%2eid%2eau">Cameron McCormack</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public abstract class AnimatableValue {

    /**
     * A formatting object to get CSS compatible float strings.
     */
    protected static DecimalFormat decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat
        ("0.0###########################################################",
         new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH));

    /**
     * The target of the animation.
     */
    protected AnimationTarget target;

    /**
     * Whether this value has changed since the last call to
     * {@link #hasChanged()}.  This must be updated within {@link #interpolate}
     * in descendant classes.
     */
    protected boolean hasChanged = true;

    /**
     * Creates a new AnimatableValue.
     */
    protected AnimatableValue(AnimationTarget target) {
        this.target = target;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a CSS compatible string version of the specified float.
     */
    public static String formatNumber(float f) {
        return decimalFormat.format(f);
    }

    /**
     * Performs interpolation to the given value.
     * @param result the object in which to store the result of the
     *               interpolation, or null if a new object should be created
     * @param to the value this value should be interpolated towards, or null
     *           if no actual interpolation should be performed
     * @param interpolation the interpolation distance, 0 &lt;= interpolation
     *                      &lt;= 1
     * @param accumulation an accumulation to add to the interpolated value 
     * @param multiplier an amount the accumulation values should be multiplied
     *                   by before being added to the interpolated value
     */
    public abstract AnimatableValue interpolate(AnimatableValue result,
                                                AnimatableValue to,
                                                float interpolation,
                                                AnimatableValue accumulation,
                                                int multiplier);

    /**
     * Returns whether two values of this type can have their distance
     * computed, as needed by paced animation.
     */
    public abstract boolean canPace();

    /**
     * Returns the absolute distance between this value and the specified other
     * value.
     */
    public abstract float distanceTo(AnimatableValue other);

    /**
     * Returns a zero value of this AnimatableValue's type.
     */
    public abstract AnimatableValue getZeroValue();

    /**
     * Returns the CSS text representation of the value.
     */
    public String getCssText() {
        return null;
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns whether the value in this AnimatableValue has been modified.
     */
    public boolean hasChanged() {
        boolean ret = hasChanged;
        hasChanged = false;
        return ret;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this object.  This should be
     * overridden in classes that do not have a CSS representation.
     */
    public String toStringRep() {
        return getCssText();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this object prefixed with its
     * class name.
     */
    public String toString() {
        return getClass().getName() + "[" + toStringRep() + "]";
    }
}