Source code for timelinelib.canvas.drawing.interface

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"""
Defines the interface that drawers should adhere to.
"""


[docs]class Drawer: """ Draw timeline onto a device context and provide information about drawing. """
[docs] def draw(self, dc, timeline, view_properties, config, fast_draw=False): """ Draw a representation of a timeline. The dc is used to do the actual drawing. The timeline is used to get the events to visualize. The view properties contains information like which events are selected in the view we are drawing for and what period is currently displayed. When the dc is temporarily stored in a class variable such as self.dc, this class variable must be deleted before the draw method ends. """
[docs] def event_is_period(self, time_period): """ Return True if the event time_period will make the event appear below the center line, as a period event. """ return None
[docs] def snap(self, time, snap_region=10): """Snap time to minor strip if within snap_region pixels.""" return time
[docs] def snap_selection(self, period_selection): """ Return a tuple where the selection has been stretched to fit to minor strip. period_selection: (start, end) Return: (new_start, new_end) """ return period_selection
[docs] def event_at(self, x, y): """ Return the event at pixel coordinate (x, y) or None if no event there. """ return None
[docs] def event_with_rect_at(self, x, y): """ Return the event at pixel coordinate (x, y) and its rect in a tuple (event, rect) or None if no event there. """ return None
[docs] def event_rect_at(self, event): """ Return the rect for the given event or None if no event isn't found. """ return None
[docs] def is_balloon_at(self, event, x, y): """ Return True if a balloon for event is drawn at (x, y), otherwise False. """
[docs] def get_closest_overlapping_event(self, event_to_move, up=True): raise NotImplementedError()
[docs]class Strip: """ An interface for strips. The different strips are implemented in subclasses below. The timeline is divided in major and minor strips. The minor strip might for example be days, and the major strip months. Major strips are divided with a solid line and minor strips with dotted lines. Typically maximum three major strips should be shown and the rest will be minor strips. """
[docs] def label(self, time, major=False): """ Return the label for this strip at the given time when used as major or minor strip. """
[docs] def start(self, time): """ Return the start time for this strip and the given time. For example, if the time is 2008-08-31 and the strip is month, the start would be 2008-08-01. """
[docs] def increment(self, time): """ Increment the given time so that it points to the start of the next strip. """
[docs] def is_day(self): return False