Document::Writer - Library agnostic document creation


Document-Writer documentation Contained in the Document-Writer distribution.

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NAME

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Document::Writer - Library agnostic document creation

SYNOPSIS

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    use Document::Writer;
    use Graphics::Color::RGB;
    # Use whatever you like, but this is best!
    use Graphics::Primitive::Driver::CairoPango;

    my $doc = Document::Writer->new;
    my $driver = Graphics::Primitive::Driver::CairoPango->new(format => 'pdf');

    # Create the first page
    my @dim = Document::Writer->get_paper_dimensions('letter');
    my $p = Document::Writer::Page->new(
        color => Graphics::Color::RGB->new(red => 0, green => 0, blue => 0),
        width => $dim[0], height => $dim[1]
    );

    $doc->add_page_break($driver, $page);
    ...
    my $textarea = Document::Writer::TextArea->new(
        text => 'Lorem ipsum...'
    );
    $textarea->font->size(13);
    $textarea->padding(10);
    $textarea->line_height(17);

    $doc->add_component($textarea);
    $doc->draw($driver);
    $driver->write('/Users/gphat/foo.pdf');

DESCRIPTION

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Document::Writer is a document creation library that is built on the Graphics::Primitive stack. It aims to provide convenient abstractions for creating documents and a library-agnostic base for the embedding of other components that use Graphics::Primitive.

When you create a new Document::Writer, it has no pages. You can add a page to the document using add_page_break($driver, [ $page ]). The first time this is called, a page must be supplied. Subsequent calls will clone the last page that was passed in. If you add components to the document, then they will automatically be paginated at render time, if necessary. You only need to add the first page and any manual page breaks.

NOTICE

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Document::Writer is a hobby project that I work on in my spare time. It's yet to be used for any real work and it's likely I've forgotten something important. Free free to contact me via IRC or email if you run into problems.

METHODS

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add_component

Add a component to this document.

add_page_break ($driver, [ $page ])

Add a page break to the document. The first time this is called, a page must be supplied. Subsequent calls will clone the last page that was passed in.

clear_components

Remove all pages from this document.

draw ($driver)

Convenience method that hides all the Graphics::Primitive magic when you give it a driver. After this method completes the entire document will have been rendered into the driver. You can retrieve the output by using Driver's data or write methods. Returns the list of Page's as an arrayref.

find ($CODEREF)

Compatability and convenience method matching find in Graphics::Primitive::Container.

Returns a new ComponentList containing only the components for which the supplied CODEREF returns true. The coderef is called for each component and is passed the component and it's constraints. Undefined components (the ones left around after a remove_component) are automatically skipped.

  my $flist = $list->find(
    sub{
      my ($component, $constraint) = @_; return $comp->class eq 'foo'
    }
  );

If no matching components are found then a new list is returned so that simple calls liked $container->find(...)->each(...) don't explode.

get_paper_dimensions

Given a paper name, such as letter or a4, returns a height and width in points as an array. Uses Paper::Specs.

get_tree

Returns a Forest::Tree object with this document at it's root and each page (and it's children) as children. Provided for convenience.

last_component

The last component in the list.

SEE ALSO

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Graphics::Primitive, Paper::Specs

AUTHOR

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Cory Watson, <gphat@cpan.org>

BUGS

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Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-geometry-primitive at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Geometry-Primitive. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

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Document-Writer documentation Contained in the Document-Writer distribution.

package Document::Writer;
use Moose;
use MooseX::AttributeHelpers;

use Carp;
use Forest;
use Paper::Specs units => 'pt';

use Document::Writer::Page;

our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:GPHAT';
our $VERSION = '0.13';

has 'components' => (
    metaclass => 'Collection::Array',
    is => 'rw',
    isa => 'ArrayRef[Graphics::Primitive::Component]',
    default => sub { [] },
    provides => {
        'clear'=> 'clear_components',
        'count'=> 'component_count',
        'get' => 'get_component',
        'push' => 'add_component',
        'first'=> 'first_component',
        'last' => 'last_component'
    }
);
has 'last_page' => (
    is => 'rw',
    isa => 'Document::Writer::Page',
);

sub draw {
    my ($self, $driver) = @_;

    my @pages;
    foreach my $c (@{ $self->components }) {

        next unless(defined($c));

        $driver->prepare($c);

        if($c->isa('Document::Writer::Page')) {
            $c->layout_manager->do_layout($c);
            push(@pages, $c);
        } elsif($c->isa('Document::Writer::TextArea')) {
            my $page = $self->last_page;

            my $avail = $page->body->inside_height - $page->body->layout_manager->used->[1];
            $c->width($page->body->inside_width);

            my $tl = $driver->get_textbox_layout($c);

            my $tlh = $tl->height;
            my $used = 0;

            # This is around to keep control of runaway page adding.  We
            # should never end up with an empty page.
            my $newpage = 0;
            # So.  We need to 'use' all of the TextLayout we got.  The height
            # is $tlh and we have $avail space available on the page.
            while($used < $tlh) {
                # We've not yet used all of the TextLayout...
                if($avail <= 0) {

                    # Stop runaway page adding.
                    if($newpage >= 1) {
                        last;
                    }

                    # But we ran out of available space. So we need to add a
                    # new page.  We do this at the top so that we don't add
                    # a new page on the last iteration and then never use it!
                    $page = $self->add_page_break($driver);
                    $avail = $page->body->inside_height - $page->body->layout_manager->used->[1];
                    $newpage += 1;
                } else {
                    $newpage = 0;
                }

                # Ask the TL to slice off a chunk.  Ask it for however much
                # space we have available ($avail).  If the TL doesn't have
                # that much, it will give us all it has.  If it has more, we'll
                # re-loop.
                my $new_ta = $tl->slice($used, $avail);

                if(defined($new_ta)) {
                    $used += $new_ta->height;
                    # Add whatever we got to the page body.
                    $page->body->add_component($new_ta, 'n');
                    # Relayout the page.
                    $page->layout_manager->do_layout($page);
                    # Get the new avail
                    $avail = $page->body->inside_height - $page->body->layout_manager->used->[1];
                } else {
                    $avail = 0;
                }
            }

        } elsif($c->isa('Graphics::Primitive::Container')) {

            my $page = $self->last_page;
            my $avail = $page->body->inside_height - $page->body->layout_manager->used->[1];

            $driver->prepare($c);
            if($avail < $c->minimum_height) {
                $page = $self->add_page_break($driver);
                $avail = $page->body->inside_height;
            }
            $page->body->add_component($c, 'n');
            $page->layout_manager->do_layout($page);
        }
    }

    foreach my $p (@pages) {
        # Prepare all the pages...
        $driver->prepare($p);
        # Layout each page...

        if($p->layout_manager) {
            $p->layout_manager->do_layout($p);
            $p->body->layout_manager->do_layout($p->body);
        }
        $driver->finalize($p);
        $driver->reset;
        $driver->draw($p);
    }

    return \@pages;
}

sub find {
    my ($self, $predicate) = @_;

    my $newlist = Graphics::Primitive::ComponentList->new;
    foreach my $c (@{ $self->components }) {

        return unless(defined($c));

        unless($c->can('components')) {
            return $newlist;
        }
        my $list = $c->find($predicate);
        if(scalar(@{ $list->components })) {
            $newlist->push_components(@{ $list->components });
            $newlist->push_constraints(@{ $list->constraints });
        }
    }

    return $newlist;
}

sub get_paper_dimensions {
    my ($self, $name) = @_;

    my $form = Paper::Specs->find(brand => 'standard', code => uc($name));
    if(defined($form)) {
        return $form->sheet_size;
    } else {
        return (undef, undef);
    }
}

sub get_tree {
    my ($self) = @_;

    my $tree = Forest::Tree->new(node => $self);

    foreach my $c (@{ $self->components }) {
        $tree->add_child($c->get_tree);
    }

    return $tree;
}

sub add_page_break {
    my ($self, $driver, $page) = @_;

    my $newpage;
    if(defined($page)) {
        $newpage = $page;
    } else {
        die('Must add a first page to create implicit ones') unless defined($self->last_page);
        my $last = $self->last_page;
        $newpage = Document::Writer::Page->new(
            color   => $last->color,
            width   => $last->width,
            height  => $last->height,
        );
    }

    $driver->prepare($newpage);
    $newpage->layout_manager->do_layout($newpage);

    $self->add_component($newpage);
    $self->last_page($newpage);
    return $newpage;
}

__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;

1;
__END__