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#ifndef FIFE_FONTS_TEXTRENDERPOOL_H
#define FIFE_FONTS_TEXTRENDERPOOL_H

// Standard C++ library includes
#include <list>
#include <string>

// Platform specific includes

// 3rd party library includes
#include <SDL.h>

// 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 "util/time/timer.h"

struct SDL_Surface;
namespace FIFE {
	class FontBase;
	class Image;

	/** Generic pool for rendered text
	 *  Caches a number of Images with text, as rendered by a Font.
	 *  Makes sure no more than a maximum number of strings is pooled at a time.
	 *  Automatically removes pooled strings not used for a minute.
	 *  Doesn't use resources (apart from a minimum) if not used after a while.
	 *
	 *  @todo Should probably use a @c std::map instead of a @c std::list
	 */
	class TextRenderPool {
		public:
			/** Constructor
			 *  Constructs a pool with a maximum of poolSize entries
			 */
			TextRenderPool(size_t poolSize = 200);

			/** Destructor
			 */
			~TextRenderPool();

			/** Get a string image
			 */
			Image* getRenderedText( FontBase* fontbase, const std::string& text);

			/** Add a string image
			 */
			void addRenderedText( FontBase* fontbase, const std::string& text, Image* image);

			/** Remove entries not used since a minute
			 *  Is a timer callback.
			 */
			void removeOldEntries();

		protected:
			typedef struct {
				std::string text;
				SDL_Color color;
				bool antialias;
				int glyph_spacing;
				int row_spacing;
				uint32_t timestamp;

				Image* image;
			} s_pool_entry;

			typedef std::list<s_pool_entry> type_pool;
			type_pool m_pool;
			size_t m_poolSize;
			size_t m_poolMaxSize;

			Timer m_collectTimer;
	};
}
#endif