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#ifndef FIFE_FLOATINGTEXTRENDERER_H
#define FIFE_FLOATINGTEXTRENDERER_H

// Standard C++ library includes

// 3rd party library includes

// FIFE includes
// These includes are split up in two parts, separated by one empty line
// First block: files included from the FIFE root src directory
// Second block: files included from the same folder
#include "view/rendererbase.h"

namespace FIFE {
	class RenderBackend;
	class AbstractFont;

	class FloatingTextRenderer: public RendererBase {
	public:
		/** constructor.
		 * @param renderbackend to use
		 * @param position position for this renderer in rendering pipeline
		 * @param font default font used to render the texts
		 */
		FloatingTextRenderer(RenderBackend* renderbackend, int position, AbstractFont* font);
		
		FloatingTextRenderer(const FloatingTextRenderer& old);
		
		RendererBase* clone();

		/** Destructor.
		 */
		virtual ~FloatingTextRenderer();

		void render(Camera* cam, Layer* layer, std::vector<Instance*>& instances);

		std::string getName() { return "FloatingTextRenderer"; }
		
		/** Changes default font in the renderer
		 * Note that this does not change the font ownership
		 */
		void changeDefaultFont(AbstractFont* font) { m_font = font; }
		
		/** returns instance used in given view
		 */
		static FloatingTextRenderer* getInstance(IRendererContainer* cnt);

	private:
		AbstractFont* m_font;
	};

}

#endif