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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.datatypes;

import org.apache.fop.fo.expr.PropertyException;

/**
 * Interface for objects that can be used as base objects for percentage
 * computations
 */
public interface PercentBase {

    /**
     * Determines whether a numeric property is created or one with a percentage
     * base.
     * @return 0 for length, 1 for percentage
     */
    int getDimension();

    /**
     * @return the base value (this will be used as the base to which a percentage will be
     *         applied to compute the length of the referencing item)
     */
    double getBaseValue();

    /**
     * @param context The context for percentage evaluation
     * @return the integer size in millipoints of the object (this will be used
     * as the base to which a percentage will be applied to compute the length
     * of the referencing item)
     * @throws PropertyException if a problem occurs during evaluation of this
     *     value.
     */
    int getBaseLength(PercentBaseContext context) throws PropertyException;

}