Carla/source/modules/juce_gui_basics/mouse/juce_TooltipClient.h

/*
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*/

#ifndef JUCE_TOOLTIPCLIENT_H_INCLUDED
#define JUCE_TOOLTIPCLIENT_H_INCLUDED


//==============================================================================
/**
    Components that want to use pop-up tooltips should implement this interface.

    A TooltipWindow will wait for the mouse to hover over a component that
    implements the TooltipClient interface, and when it finds one, it will display
    the tooltip returned by its getTooltip() method.

    @see TooltipWindow, SettableTooltipClient
*/
class JUCE_API  TooltipClient
{
public:
    /** Destructor. */
    virtual ~TooltipClient()  {}

    /** Returns the string that this object wants to show as its tooltip. */
    virtual String getTooltip() = 0;
};


//==============================================================================
/**
    An implementation of TooltipClient that stores the tooltip string and a method
    for changing it.

    This makes it easy to add a tooltip to a custom component, by simply adding this
    as a base class and calling setTooltip().

    Many of the Juce widgets already use this as a base class to implement their
    tooltips.

    @see TooltipClient, TooltipWindow
*/
class JUCE_API  SettableTooltipClient   : public TooltipClient
{
public:
    //==============================================================================
    /** Destructor. */
    virtual ~SettableTooltipClient()                                {}

    //==============================================================================
    /** Assigns a new tooltip to this object. */
    virtual void setTooltip (const String& newTooltip)              { tooltipString = newTooltip; }

    /** Returns the tooltip assigned to this object. */
    virtual String getTooltip()                                     { return tooltipString; }

protected:
    SettableTooltipClient() {}

private:
    String tooltipString;
};


#endif   // JUCE_TOOLTIPCLIENT_H_INCLUDED