src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BalancingColumnBreakingAlgorithm.java

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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.layoutmgr;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.fop.traits.MinOptMax;

/**
 * This is a the breaking algorithm that is responsible for balancing columns in multi-column
 * layout.
 */
public class BalancingColumnBreakingAlgorithm extends PageBreakingAlgorithm {

    private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(BalancingColumnBreakingAlgorithm.class);
    
    private int columnCount;
    private int fullLen;
    private int idealPartLen;
    
    public BalancingColumnBreakingAlgorithm(LayoutManager topLevelLM,
            PageSequenceLayoutManager.PageProvider pageProvider,
            int alignment, int alignmentLast,
            MinOptMax footnoteSeparatorLength,
            MinOptMax floatSeparatorLength,
            boolean partOverflowRecovery,
            int columnCount) {
        super(topLevelLM, pageProvider, alignment, alignmentLast, 
                footnoteSeparatorLength, floatSeparatorLength, partOverflowRecovery, false, false);
        this.columnCount = columnCount;
        this.considerTooShort = true; //This is important!
    }
    
    /** @see org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BreakingAlgorithm */
    protected double computeDemerits(KnuthNode activeNode,
            KnuthElement element, int fitnessClass, double r) {
        double dem = super.computeDemerits(activeNode, element, fitnessClass, r);
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            log.trace("original demerit=" + dem + " " + totalWidth 
                    + " line=" + activeNode.line + "/" + columnCount
                    + " pos=" + activeNode.position + "/" + (par.size() - 1));
        }
        int remParts = columnCount - activeNode.line;
        int curPos = par.indexOf(element);
        if (fullLen == 0) {
            fullLen = ElementListUtils.calcContentLength(par, activeNode.position, par.size() - 1);
            this.idealPartLen = (fullLen / columnCount);
        }
        int partLen = ElementListUtils.calcContentLength(par, activeNode.position, curPos - 1);
        int restLen = ElementListUtils.calcContentLength(par, curPos - 1, par.size() - 1);
        int avgRestLen = 0;
        if (remParts > 0) {
            avgRestLen = restLen / remParts;
        }
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            log.trace("remaining parts: " + remParts + " rest len: " + restLen 
                    + " avg=" + avgRestLen);
        }
        double balance = (idealPartLen - partLen) / 1000f;
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            log.trace("balance=" + balance);
        }
        double absBalance = Math.abs(balance);
        dem = absBalance;
        //Step 1: This does the rough balancing
        if (columnCount > 2) {
            if (balance > 0) {
                //shorter parts are less desired than longer ones
                dem = dem * 1.2f;
            }
        } else {
            if (balance < 0) {
                //shorter parts are less desired than longer ones
                dem = dem * 1.2f;
            }
        }
        //Step 2: This helps keep the trailing parts shorter than the previous ones 
        dem += (avgRestLen) / 1000f;
        
        if (activeNode.line >= columnCount) {
            //We don't want more columns than available
            dem = Double.MAX_VALUE;
        }
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            log.trace("effective dem=" + dem + " " + totalWidth);
        }
        return dem;
    }
}