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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.fo.properties;

import org.apache.fop.datatypes.Length;
import org.apache.fop.datatypes.Numeric;
import org.apache.fop.fo.FObj;
import org.apache.fop.fo.PropertyList;
import org.apache.fop.fo.expr.PropertyException;

/**
 * Superclass for properties wrapping a Length value.
 */
public abstract class LengthProperty extends Property 
    implements Length, Numeric {
    
    /**
     * Inner class for making instances of LengthProperty
     */
    public static class Maker extends PropertyMaker {
        private boolean autoOk = false;

        /**
         * @param propId the id of the property for which a Maker should be created
         */
        public Maker(int propId) {
            super(propId);
        }

        /**
         * @see PropertyMaker#convertProperty
         */
        public Property convertProperty(Property p,
                                        PropertyList propertyList,
                                        FObj fo) throws PropertyException {
            if (p instanceof EnumProperty) {
                return new EnumLength(p);
            }
            if (p instanceof LengthProperty) {
                return p;
            }
            Length val = p.getLength();
            if (val != null) {
                return (Property) val;
            }
            /* always null ?? */
            return convertPropertyDatatype(p, propertyList, fo);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Return the number of table units which are included in this
     * length specification.
     * This will always be 0 unless the property specification used
     * the proportional-column-width() function (only only table
     * column FOs).
     * <p>If this value is not 0, the actual value of the Length cannot
     * be known without looking at all of the columns in the table to
     * determine the value of a "table-unit".
     * @return The number of table units which are included in this
     * length specification.
     */
    public double getTableUnits() {
        return 0.0;
    }

    /**
     * Return the numeric dimension. Length always a dimension of 1.
     */
    public int getDimension() {
        return 1;
    }

    /**
     * @return this.length cast as a Numeric
     */
    public Numeric getNumeric() {
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * @return this.length
     */
    public Length getLength() {
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * @return this.length cast as an Object
     */
    public Object getObject() {
        return this;
    }

}