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#ifndef	CHAT_TEXT_MANAGER_H
#define CHAT_TEXT_MANAGER_H

#include "nel/misc/rgba.h"

class CViewBase;
class ucstring;

/** Class to get chat text parameters, and to build new text lines
  * \author Nicolas Vizerie
  * \author Nevrax France
  * \date 2003
  */
class CChatTextManager
{
public:
	//\name Text parameters. They are read from the interface database (the configuration of text is doned in config.xml)
	//@{
		uint		 getTextFontSize() const;
		uint		 getTextMultiLineSpace() const;
		bool		 isTextShadowed() const;
	//@}
	/** Build a new text multiline using the current chat text settings
	  * \param msg the actual text
	  * \param col the color of the text
	  * \param justified Should be true for justified text (stretch spaces of line to fill the full width)
	  */
	CViewBase *createMsgText(const ucstring &msg, NLMISC::CRGBA col, bool justified = false);
	// Singleton access
	static CChatTextManager &getInstance();

	// release memory
	static void releaseInstance();

	// Reset the manager
	void reset();

private:
	static CChatTextManager *_Instance;

	mutable class CCDBNodeLeaf    *_TextFontSize;
	mutable CCDBNodeLeaf    *_TextMultilineSpace;
	mutable CCDBNodeLeaf    *_TextShadowed;

	// ctor, private because of singleton
	CChatTextManager();
	~CChatTextManager();
};

// shortcut to get text manager instance
inline CChatTextManager &getChatTextMngr() { return CChatTextManager::getInstance(); }

#endif