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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.render.rtf.rtflib.rtfdoc;

/*
 * This file is part of the RTF library of the FOP project, which was originally
 * created by Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacretaz@codeconsult.ch> and by other
 * contributors to the jfor project (www.jfor.org), who agreed to donate jfor to
 * the FOP project.
 */

/**
 * <p>Used to get information about tables, for example when handling nested tables.</p>
 *
 * <p>This work was authored by Bertrand Delacretaz (bdelacretaz@codeconsult.ch).</p>
 */

public interface ITableColumnsInfo {
    /** value for invalid column width */
    float INVALID_COLUMN_WIDTH = 200f;

    /** reset the column iteration index, meant to be called when creating a new row */
    void selectFirstColumn();

    /** increment the column iteration index */
    void selectNextColumn();

    /** get current column width according to column iteration index
     *  @return INVALID_COLUMN_WIDTH if we cannot find the value
     */
    float getColumnWidth();

    /** @return current column iteration index */
    int getColumnIndex();

    /** @return number of columns */
    int getNumberOfColumns();

    /**
     *
     * @return true, if it's the first of multiple spanning columns
     */
    boolean getFirstSpanningCol();
}