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path_objects/path_objects

Create various shapes with path objects.

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<?php
/*
 * 
 * Use path objects:
 * Create various shapes with path objects
 * 
 * Build a table that shows the shapes together with the corresponding 
 * add_path_point() and draw_point() calls.
 * 
 * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
 * Required data: none
 */

/**
 * Margin to add around the path in a table cell
 */
define("PATH_BOX_MARGIN",  0.1);

/**
 * Interface for the different use cases.
 */
interface use_case {
    function create_example_path_desc($p);
    function use_case_description();
}

/**
 * Class for describing path construction operations.
 */
class add_path_point_op {
    function __construct($x, $y, $keyword, $options) {
        $this->x = $x;
        $this->y = $y;
        $this->keyword = $keyword;
        $this->options = $options;
    }
}

/**
 * Class that encapsulates a path handle and the operations that it
 * created.
 */
class path_desc {
    function __construct($p, $path_point_ops, $draw_options){
        $this->path_point_ops = $path_point_ops;
        $this->draw_path_options = $draw_options;
        
        $tf_options = "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=10";

        $this->path = 0;
        $this->textflow = 0;
        foreach($path_point_ops as $op ){
            $this->path = $p->add_path_point($this->path, $op->x, $op->y, $op->keyword, $op->options);
            
            $op_text = 
                sprintf("add_path_point(path, %0.2f, %0.2f, \"%s\", \"%s\")\n",
                $op->x, $op->y, $op->keyword, $op->options);
            $this->textflow = $p->add_textflow($this->textflow, $op_text, $tf_options);
        }
        $this->textflow = $p->add_textflow($this->textflow, 
                    "draw_path(path, x, y, \"" . $draw_options . "\")\n",
                    $tf_options);
    }
    
}

class UseCase1 implements use_case{
    function use_case_description() {
        return "Circle";
    }

    function create_example_path_desc($p) {
        $radius = 50;
        $x = 50; $y = 50;
            
        $ops = array(
        new add_path_point_op($x - $radius, $y, "move", ""),
        new add_path_point_op($x + $radius, $y, "control", ""),
        new add_path_point_op($x - $radius, $y, "circular", ""));
        
        return new path_desc($p, $ops, "stroke");
    }
}
    
class UseCase2 implements use_case{
    function use_case_description() {
        return "Rectangle";
    }

    function create_example_path_desc($p) {
        $rect_height = 50; $rect_width = 100;
        
        $ops = array(
        /*
         * Build the rectangle. It implicitly starts at (0, 0).
         */
        new add_path_point_op(0, $rect_height, "line", ""),
        new add_path_point_op($rect_width, $rect_height, "line", ""),
        new add_path_point_op($rect_width, 0, "line", ""));
        
        return new path_desc($p, $ops, "stroke close");
    }
}

    
class UseCase3 implements use_case{
    function use_case_description() {
        return "Rectangle With Inbound Rounded Corners";
    }

    function create_example_path_desc($p) {
        $rect_height = 50; 
        $rect_width = 100;
        $line_width = 2;
        $round_radius = -5;
        
        $ops = array(
        /*
         * Build the rectangle. It implicitly starts at (0, 0).
         */
        new add_path_point_op(0, $rect_height, "line", ""),
        new add_path_point_op($rect_width, $rect_height, "line", ""),
        new add_path_point_op($rect_width, 0, "line", ""));
        
        return new path_desc($p, $ops, 
            sprintf( "stroke close round=%.1f linewidth=%.1f", 
                    $round_radius, $line_width));
    }
}

class UseCase4 implements use_case{
    function use_case_description() {
        return "Triangle";
    }

    function create_example_path_desc($p) {
        $edge_length = 100;
        $height = $edge_length * sin(deg2rad(60));
        
        $ops = array(
        /*
         * Build the rectangle. It implicitly starts at (0, 0).
         */
        new add_path_point_op($edge_length / 2, $height, "line", ""),
        new add_path_point_op($edge_length, 0, "line", ""));
        
        return new path_desc($p, $ops, "stroke close");
    }
}

class UseCase5 implements use_case{
    function use_case_description() {
        return "Triangle With Rounded Corners";
    }

    function create_example_path_desc($p) {
        $edge_length = 100;
        $height = $edge_length * sin(deg2rad(60));
        $line_width = 10.0;
        $round_radius = 10.0;
        
        $ops = array(
        /*
         * Build the rectangle. It implicitly starts at (0, 0).
         */
        new add_path_point_op($edge_length / 2, $height, "line", ""),
        new add_path_point_op($edge_length, 0, "line", ""));
        
        return new path_desc($p, $ops, 
            sprintf("stroke close strokecolor=red round=%.1f linewidth=%.1f", 
                    $round_radius, $line_width));
    }
}

class UseCase6 implements use_case{
    function use_case_description() {
        return "B\xc3\xa9zier Segment With Four Control Points";
    }

    function create_example_path_desc($p) {
        $ops = array(
        /*
         * Specify the control points. The first control point 
         * (0, 0) is implicit.
         */
        new add_path_point_op(100, 50, "control", ""),
        new add_path_point_op(100, 100, "control", ""),
        new add_path_point_op(0, 100, "curve", ""));
        
        return new path_desc($p, $ops, "stroke");
    }
}

class UseCase7 implements use_case{
    function use_case_description() {
        return "Two B\xc3\xa9zier Segments Joined Automatically";
    }

    function create_example_path_desc($p) {
        $y_ctrl_delta = 10;
        $x_ctrl_width = 100;
        
        $ops = array(
        /*
         * Specify the control points. The first control point 
         * (0, 0) is implicit.
         */
        new add_path_point_op(
                    $x_ctrl_width, 1 * $y_ctrl_delta, "control", ""),
        new add_path_point_op(
                    $x_ctrl_width, 2 * $y_ctrl_delta, "control", ""),
        new add_path_point_op(
                    $x_ctrl_width / 2, 3 * $y_ctrl_delta, "curve", ""),
        new add_path_point_op(
                    0, 4 * $y_ctrl_delta, "control", ""),
        new add_path_point_op(
                    0, 5 * $y_ctrl_delta, "control", ""),
        new add_path_point_op(
                    $x_ctrl_width, 6 * $y_ctrl_delta, "curve", ""));
        
        return new path_desc($p, $ops, "stroke");
    }
}            

class UseCase8 implements use_case{
    function use_case_description() {
        return "Circular Arc Segment with Cartesian Coordinates";
    }

    function create_example_path_desc($p) {
        $radius = 100;
        $angle = deg2rad(45);
        $control_1_x = $radius * cos($angle);
        $control_1_y = $radius * sin($angle);
        $control_2_x = $radius * cos($angle / 2);
        $control_2_y = $radius * sin($angle / 2);
        $control_3_x = $radius * cos(0);
        $control_3_y = $radius * sin(0);
        
        $ops = array(
            /*
            * Build the arc segment. It implicitly starts at (0, 0).
            */
            new add_path_point_op($control_1_x,
                                        $control_1_y, "line", ""),
            new add_path_point_op($control_2_x, 
                                        $control_2_y, "control", ""),
            new add_path_point_op($control_3_x, 
                                        $control_3_y, "circular", ""),
            new add_path_point_op(0, 0, "line", "")
        );
        
        return new path_desc($p, $ops, "stroke fill");
    }
}

class UseCase9 implements use_case{
    function use_case_description() {
        return "Circular Arc Segment with Polar Coordinates";
    }

    /* Arc segments can be expressed much easier with
     * Polar Coordinates.
     */
    function create_example_path_desc($p) {
        $radius = 100;
        $angle = 45;
        
        $ops = array(
        
        /*
         * Build the arc segment. It implicitly starts at (0, 0).
         */
        new add_path_point_op($radius, $angle, "line", 
                                        "polar=true"),
        new add_path_point_op($radius, $angle / 2, "control", 
                                        "polar=true"),
        new add_path_point_op($radius, 0, "circular",
                                        "polar=true"),
        new add_path_point_op(0, 0, "line", "polar=true"));
        
        return new path_desc($p, $ops, "stroke fill");
    }
}



/**
 * Execute the example.
 */
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/input";
$outfile = "";
$title = "Path Objects";

/* The page dimensions */
$a4_width = 595; $a4_height = 842;

/* Parameters for placing the table containing the path examples */
$margin = 50;
$tbl_llx = $margin; $tbl_lly = $margin; 
$tbl_urx = $a4_width - $margin; 
$tbl_ury = $a4_height - $margin;

try {
    $p = new pdflib();

    $p->set_option("searchpath={" . $searchpath . "}");

    /* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
    $p->set_option("errorpolicy=return");

    if ($p->begin_document($outfile, "") == 0)
        throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_apiname() . ": "
                . $p->get_errmsg());

    $p->set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
    $p->set_info("Title", $title );

    $tbl = 0;
    
    $use_cases = array(
        new UseCase1(),
        new UseCase2(),
        new UseCase3(),
        new UseCase4(),
        new UseCase5(),
        new UseCase6(),
        new UseCase7(),
        new UseCase8(),
        new UseCase9());
    
    
    /*
     * Loop over the list of use cases, and for each create a table
     * cell with a descriptive header, and fit the path into the next
     * cell.
     */
    for ($i = 0; $i < count($use_cases); $i += 1) {
        $row = $i * 2 + 1;
        
        $c = $use_cases[$i];
        
        $row_group = "row_" . $i;
        
        $optlist = 
            "fittextline={position=center fontname=NotoSerif-Regular "
            ." fontsize=14} colspan=2 rowjoingroup=" . $row_group;

        $tbl = $p->add_table_cell($tbl, 1, $row, $c->use_case_description(),
                $optlist);
        if ($tbl == 0)
            throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_apiname() . ": "
                    . $p->get_errmsg());
        
        $desc = $c->create_example_path_desc($p);
        
        /*
         * Remember path description for later deletion of path and
         * textflow handles.
         */
        $path_descs[] = $desc;
        
        /*
         * Determine the height of the path object, and add a margin
         * of 10% at top and bottom to calculate the height of the cell.
         */
        $row_height = $p->info_path($desc->path, "height", "")
                                    * (1 + 2 * PATH_BOX_MARGIN);
        
        /*
         * Add a cell with the textflow that describe the operations
         * that created the path.
         */
        $p->add_table_cell($tbl, 1, $row + 1, "", 
                    "margin=5% textflow=" . $desc->textflow 
                    . " colwidth=65% rowjoingroup=" . $row_group);
        
        /*
         * Add the path to a table cell.
         */
        $p->add_table_cell($tbl, 2, $row + 1, "", 
                "path=" . $desc->path 
                . " fitpath={" . $desc->draw_path_options 
                . " fitmethod=nofit}"
                . " rowheight=" . $row_height
                . " colwidth=35%"
                . " rowjoingroup=" . $row_group);
    }
    
    /*
     * Place the table.
     */
    do {
        $p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");

        /*
         * Options for the per-example header line
         */
        $optlist = 
            "fill={{area=rowodd fillcolor={gray 0.9}}} "
                . "stroke={{line=other}} ";

        /* Place the table instance */
        $result = $p->fit_table($tbl, $tbl_llx, $tbl_lly, $tbl_urx, $tbl_ury,
                            $optlist);

        if ($result == "_error")
            throw new Exception("Couldn't place table : "
                    . $p->get_errmsg());
        
        $p->end_page_ext("");
    }
    while ($result == "_boxfull");
    
   
    $p->end_document("");
    $buf = $p->get_buffer();
    $len = strlen($buf);

    header("Content-type: application/pdf");
    header("Content-Length: $len");
    header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=path_objects.pdf");
    print $buf;


} catch (PDFlibException $e){
    echo("PDFlib exception occurred:\n" .
        "[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " . $e->get_apiname() .
        ": " . $e->get_errmsg() . "\n");
    exit(1);
} catch (Throwable $e) {
    echo("PHP exception occurred: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n");
    exit(1);
}
$p = 0;
?>