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//# WorldCanvas.h: class for drawing in world coordinates on the PixelCanvas
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#ifndef TRIALDISPLAY_WORLDCANVAS_H
#define TRIALDISPLAY_WORLDCANVAS_H

#include <list>
#include <casa/aips.h>
#include <casa/Arrays/Matrix.h>
#include <casa/Arrays/Vector.h>
#include <display/DisplayEvents/PCRefreshEH.h>
#include <display/DisplayEvents/PCMotionEH.h>
#include <display/DisplayEvents/PCPositionEH.h>
#include <display/DisplayEvents/WCRefreshEH.h>
#include <display/DisplayEvents/WCMotionEH.h>
#include <display/DisplayEvents/WCPositionEH.h>
#include <display/DisplayEvents/DisplayEH.h>
#include <display/Display/Attribute.h>
#include <display/Display/AttributeBuffer.h>
#include <display/Display/AttValBase.h>
#include <display/Utilities/DisplayOptions.h>

namespace casa { //# NAMESPACE CASA - BEGIN

        class PixelCanvas;
        class Colormap;
        class WCCoordinateHandler;
        class WCSizeControlHandler;
        class WCResampleHandler;
        class WCDataScaleHandler;
        class WCPGFilter;
        class DisplayCoordinateSystem;
        class DisplayData;

// <summary>
// Implementation of drawing in world coordinates on top of a PixelCanvas.
//  </summary>
//
// <prerequisite>
// <li> <linkto class="PixelCanvas">PixelCanvas</linkto>
// <li> <linkto class="Attribute">Attribute</linkto>
// <li> <linkto class="AttributeBuffer">AttributeBuffer</linkto>
// </prerequisite>
//
// <etymology>
// WorldCanvas is a canvas on which primitives specified in world
// coordinates are drawn.
// </etymology>
//
// <synopsis>

// The world canvas manages a portion of a <linkto
// class="PixelCanvas">PixelCanvas</linkto> and provides mechanisms to
// allow the user to draw images and vectors in world coordinates.
// The position of the WorldCanvas may be dynamically changed.
//
// The WorldCanvas vector graphics commands assume world coordinates
// are specified and use a registered coordinate handler to map those
// coordinates via a linear system to pixel coordinates.  The pixel
// coordinates are then sent on to the <linkto
// class="PixelCanvas">PixelCanvas</linkto> where they are plotted.
//
// Images are drawn by sending a casacore::Matrix and specifying the
// world-coordinate location of the center of the lower-left pixel.
// If the dataMin and dataMax values have been set, they will be used
// to scale the data, otherwise the min and max will be scanned.
//
// Customizable tools associated with the WorldCanvas
// available to assist with various aspects of display.
// <ul>
// <li> fitting specified regions of an image to a screen pixel array
// (<linkto class="WCResampleHandler">WCResampleHandler</linkto>
// <li> scaling real-world values to integers in preparation for conversion to
//      color indices.
// (<linkto class="WCDataScaleHandler">WCDataScaleHandler</linkto>
// <li> controlling the size of the <linkto class="WorldCanvas">WorldCanvas</linkto> prior
//      to drawing.
// (<linkto class="WCSizeControlHandler">WCSizeControlHandler</linkto>)
// <li> Performing the transformation from WorldCoordinates to LinearCoordinates
// (<linkto class="WCCoordinateHandler">WCCoordinateHandler</linkto>)
// </ul>
//
// The interface for these tools are implemented as abstract base
// classes, and the tools are implemented by deriving from these
// classes and overriding the functions contained therein.
//
// The WorldCanvas provides an interface to the <linkto
// class="PixelCanvas">PixelCanvas</linkto> caching mechanism.  Clever
// use of caching and parsing of the reason field of a <linkto
// class="WCRefreshEvent">WCRefreshEvent</linkto> can reduce
// unnecessary recomputation needed for refreshing the screen.
//
// The WorldCanvas maintains a set of <linkto
// class="Attribute">Attribute</linkto>s which the user can set on the
// WorldCanvas. An Attribute is a combination of a name and a value,
// the value can be of type casacore::uInt, casacore::Int, casacore::Float, casacore::Double, casacore::Bool and casacore::String,
// and Vectors of these. These Attributes serve two purposes: 1) to
// allow to place (using the member functions <src>setAttribute</src>
// and <src> setAttributes</src>) more or less arbitrary information
// on the WorldCanvas that other classes can read from the
// WorldCanvas. Since the name of an Attribute can be defined at run
// time, any name can be used (i.e. there is no pre-defined set of
// names that can only be used), and 2) to have a generic interface to
// some of the internal variables of the WorldCanvas. Some internal
// variabels can be set/read with their own interface routine
// (e.g. linXMin and friends using setZoomRectangleLCS), but they can
// also be modified/read using the Attribute interface (using
// getAttributeValue). The use of e.g. SetZoomRectangleLCS() and
// setAttribute() is equivalent. See <linkto
// class="AttributeBuffer">AttributeBuffer</linkto> for more details.
// The following Attributes (and their types) are pre-defined on the
// WorldCanvas and can be accessed using the Attribute interface
// (note: these Attributes cannot be deleted using removeAttribute()):
// <ul> <li> canvasXOffset (casacore::uInt): The offset of the WorldCanvas on
// the PixelCanvas (X) in 'screen pixels' <li> canvasYOffset (casacore::uInt):
// The offset of the WorldCanvas on the PixelCanvas (Y) in 'screen
// pixels' <li> canvasYSize (casacore::uInt): The size of the WorldCanvas on the
// PixelCanvas (X) in 'screen pixels' <li> canvasYSize (casacore::uInt): The
// size of the WorldCanvas on the PixelCanvas (Y) in 'screen pixels'
// <li> fracXOffset (casacore::Double): The fractional offset of the WorldCanvas
// on the Pixelcanvas (X) <li> fracYOffset (casacore::Double): The fractional
// offset of the WorldCanvas on the Pixelcanvas (Y) <li> fracXSize
// (casacore::Double): The fractional size of the WorldCanvas on the Pixelcanvas
// (X) <li> fracYSize (casacore::Double): The fractional size of the WorldCanvas
// on the Pixelcanvas (Y) <li> linXMin (casacore::Double): The current minimum
// linear coordinate (X) <li> linXMax (casacore::Double): The current maximum
// linear coordinate (X) <li> linYMin (casacore::Double): The current minimum
// linear coordinate (Y) <li> linYMax (casacore::Double): The current maximum
// linear coordinate (Y) <li> linXMinLimit (casacore::Double): The current limit
// on the minimum linear coordinate (X) <li> linXMaxLimit (casacore::Double):
// The current limit on the maximum linear coordinate (X) <li>
// linYMinLimit (casacore::Double): The current limit on the minimum linear
// coordinate (Y) <li> linYMaxLimit (casacore::Double): The current limit on the
// maximum linear coordinate (Y) <li> dataMin (casacore::Double): The data
// minimum of the WorldCanvas <li> dataMax (casacore::Double): The data maximum
// of the WorldCanvas </ul>
//
// The WorldCanvas knows three coordinate systems.
// <ul>
// <li> the Pixel coordinate system. This corresponds to the pixels in the
// PixelCanvas (and usually will correspond to pixels on the screen)
// <li> a Linear Coordinates system. This has to be set by the user of a
// WorldCanvas (like the WorldCanvasHolder). Normally this will correspond to
// the pixel coordinates of the data array that is displayed, but it is up to
// you to define this. The linear coordinate system is the input for the
// coordinate transformation to world coordinates using a
// WCCoordinateHandler. For example, a position event on the PixelCanvas has
// first its pixel coordinates converted to the linear coodinates and then
// these linear coordinates are converted to world coordinates. Zooming is
// defined by setting the linear coordinates to the area to which you want to
// zoom in to (although the zoom area can also be set using world coordinates,
// but these world coordinates are converted to linear coordinates
// internally).
// <li> a WorldCoordinate system. This is defined by the WCCoordinateHandler
// installed on the WorldCanvas. Normally this will map to the Aips++
// coordinate system that belongs to the data displayed, but this is not a
// requirement.  You can define whatever coordiante system you want, as long
// as you satisfy the interface (mainly that you use the linear coordinates of
// the WorldCanvas as input to get to you World coordinates).
// </ul>
// </synopsis>
//
// <motivation>
// Wanted a world-coordinate plotting canvas
// </motivation>
//
// <example>
// See the test programs in Display/test
// </example>
//
// <todo>
// <li> Implement contour drawing in world coordinates.
// <li> Fix clear to work correctly in multiple-WC contexts
// <li> complete value-tagged primitive rendering
// <li> figure out what to do with zooming
// <li> stream functions
// <li> drawImage function(s)
// </todo>

        class WorldCanvas : public PCRefreshEH,
                public PCMotionEH,
                public PCPositionEH,
                public DisplayEH,
                public DisplayOptions {

        public:

                // Construct a WorldCanvas on the given PixelCanvas, at the given
                // origin (in fractions of the PixelCanvas extent), and having the
                // given size (in the same units).
                WorldCanvas(PixelCanvas *pc, casacore::Double xOrigin = 0.0, casacore::Double yOrigin = 0.0,
                            casacore::Double xSize = 1.0, casacore::Double ySize = 1.0);

                // Destructor.
                virtual ~WorldCanvas();

                // Return a pointer to the PixelCanvas on which this WorldCanvas is
                // installed.
                PixelCanvas *pixelCanvas() const {
                        return itsPixelCanvas;
                }

                // Add the given refresh, motion and position event handlers to the
                // WorldCanvas.
                // <group>
                void addRefreshEventHandler(DisplayEH &eh);
                void addMotionEventHandler(WCMotionEH &eh);
                void addPositionEventHandler(WCPositionEH &eh);
                // </group>

                // Remove the given refresh, motion and position event handlers from
                // the WorldCanvas.
                // <group>
                void removeRefreshEventHandler(const DisplayEH &eh);
                void removeMotionEventHandler(const WCMotionEH &eh);
                void removePositionEventHandler(const WCPositionEH &eh);
                // </group>

                // Call all of the motion and position event handlers that
                // are installed on the WorldCanvas.
                //# (Similar method for refresh handlers has been made private;
                //# the public method for that is refresh().    dk 4/05)
                // <group>
                void callMotionEventHandlers(const WCMotionEvent &ev);
                void callPositionEventHandlers(const WCPositionEvent &ev);
                // </group>

                // Handle other, generic types of events.  As with call*Handlers above,
                // WC handles these new events by simply distributing them to
                // event handlers registered on it.  However, rather than create
                // any more handler lists in WorldCanvas, generic event handlers
                // (DisplayEHs) piggyback on the RefreshEHList.  WorldCanvas is
                // also a DisplayEH, and all DisplayEHs implement handling of these
                // new events by overriding the (null) base class version
                // of this method.
                virtual void handleEvent(DisplayEvent& ev);

                // Handle implicit refresh, motion and position events occuring on
                // the PixelCanvas on which this WorldCanvas is installed.  These
                // functions translate PixelCanvas events into WorldCanvas events.
                // <group>
                void operator()(const PCRefreshEvent &pev);
                void operator()(const PCMotionEvent &pev);
                void operator()(const PCPositionEvent &pev);
                // </group>

                // Refresh the WorldCanvas for the given reason.  The refresh is
                // prevented from occuring if the PixelCanvas is not yet mapped to
                // the screen, or if the refreshes have been held with earlier
                // call/s to hold() which has/have not been matched with the same
                // number of calls to release().
                void refresh(const Display::RefreshReason &reason = Display::UserCommand,
                             const casacore::Bool &explicitrequest = true);

                // Is a refresh currently allowed?
                casacore::Bool refreshAllowed();

                // Hold and release response to refreshes requested with the
                // <src>refresh()</src> member function.  Multiple calls to
                // <src>hold()</src> can be made, and refreshes will not resume
                // until the same number of calls have been made to
                // <src>release()</src>.  Note that these functions do not affect
                // whether internally (implicitly) generated refreshes continue to
                // occur.  That is, refresh events due to PixelCanvas resize events,
                // or Colormap changes, for example, will continue to be acted upon.
                // <group>
                void hold();
                void release();
                // </group>

                // Set casacore::Coordinate, SizeControl, Resample and DataScale handlers for
                // the WorldCanvas.  If the given handler is 0, then resort to using
                // the default handler.
                // <group>
                void setCoordinateHandler(WCCoordinateHandler *ch);
                void setSizeControlHandler(WCSizeControlHandler *sh);
                void setResampleHandler(WCResampleHandler *rh);
                void setDataScaleHandler(WCDataScaleHandler *sh);
                // </group>

                // Set the location of the WorldCanvas on its PixelCanvas.
                void setWorldCanvasPosition(casacore::Double fracXOffset, casacore::Double fracYOffset,
                                            casacore::Double fracXSize, casacore::Double fracYSize);

                // Pixel, linear and world coordinate transformation functions.  For
                // the casacore::Vector versions, the coordinate mapping returns false if the
                // transformation failed.  For the casacore::Matrix versions, failures(i) on
                // input should be set to true if the i'th transformation should not
                // be attempted.  On output, failures(i) is true if the
                // transformation was not attempted, or failed.  If on input the
                // failures vector has zero length, it will be assumed that no prior
                // failures have occurred.
                // <group>
                casacore::Bool pixToLin(casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &lin, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &pix);
                casacore::Bool pixToLin(casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &lin, casacore::Vector<casacore::Bool> &failures,
                              const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &pix);
                casacore::Bool linToPix(casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &pix, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &lin);
                casacore::Bool linToPix(casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &pix, casacore::Vector<casacore::Bool> &failures,
                              const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &lin);
                casacore::Bool linToWorld(casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &world, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &lin);
                casacore::Bool linToWorld(casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &world, casacore::Vector<casacore::Bool> &failures,
                                const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &lin);
                casacore::Bool worldToLin(casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &lin, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &world);
                casacore::Bool worldToLin(casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &lin, casacore::Vector<casacore::Bool> &failures,
                                const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &world);
                casacore::Bool pixToWorld(casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &world, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &pix);
                casacore::Bool pixToWorld(casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &world, casacore::Vector<casacore::Bool> &failures,
                                const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &pix);
                casacore::Bool worldToPix(casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &pix, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &world);
                casacore::Bool worldToPix(casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &pix, casacore::Vector<casacore::Bool> &failures,
                                const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &world);
                // </group>

                // Register/unregister a Colormap on the PixelCanvas.  Registration
                // counts are remembered, so that a particular Colormap is
                // guaranteed to be available as long as that Colormap has been
                // registered more times than it has been unregistered.  Requests
                // are forwarded to the PixelCanvas.
                // <group>
                void registerColormap(Colormap *cmap, casacore::Float weight = 1.0);
                void registerColormap(Colormap *cmap, Colormap *cmapToReplace) ;
                void unregisterColormap(Colormap *cmap);
                // </group>

                // Set and retrieve the current Colormap on the PixelCanvas.  This
                // function must be called prior to using a WorldCanvas (or
                // PixelCanvas) drawing routines which is expected to use a
                // Colormap.  Passing an unregistered Colormap to setColormap will
                // result in an exception being thrown.  Requests are forwarded to
                // the PixelCanvas.
                // <group>
                void setColormap(Colormap *cmap);
                Colormap *colormap() const;
                // </group>

                // Display list support functions.  A display list is started with a
                // call to <src>newList()</src>, finished with a call to
                // <src>endList()</src>, and drawn with a call to
                // <src>drawList(x)</src>, with the argument <src>x</src> being the
                // list number returned by the original call to
                // <src>newList()</src>.  Lists can be deleted individually with
                // <src>deleteList(x)</src> or in total with
                // <src>deleteLists()</src>.  Requests are forwarded to the
                // PixelCanvas.
                // <group>
                casacore::uInt newList();
                void endList();
                void drawList(casacore::uInt list);
                void deleteList(casacore::uInt list);
                void deleteLists();
                casacore::Bool validList(casacore::uInt list);
                // </group>

                // Set various graphics attributes.  All of these requests are
                // passed directly to the PixelCanvas, except for
                // <src>setColor</src>, which also installs the requested color for
                // subsequent calls to PgPlot functions.
                // <group>
                void setColor(const casacore::String &color);
                void setClearColor(const casacore::String &color);
                casacore::Bool setFont(const casacore::String &fontName);
                void setForeground(casacore::uLong color);
                void setBackground(casacore::uLong color);
                void setLineWidth(casacore::Float width);
                void setLineStyle(Display::LineStyle style);
                void setCapStyle(Display::CapStyle style);
                void setJoinStyle(Display::JoinStyle style);
                void setFillStyle(Display::FillStyle style);
                void setFillRule(Display::FillRule rule);
                void setArcMode(Display::ArcMode mode);
                // </group>

                // Set/retrieve the background and foreground colors of the
                // WorldCanvas.  These can be different to those for the
                // PixelCanvas.  Indeed, they will be used as default colors on the
                // WorldCanvas when necessary.
                // <group>
                casacore::Bool setWorldBackgroundColor(const casacore::String color);
                casacore::Bool setWorldForegroundColor(const casacore::String color);
                casacore::String getWorldBackgroundColor() {
                        return itsWorldBackgroundColor;
                }
                casacore::String getWorldForegroundColor() {
                        return itsWorldForegroundColor;
                }
                // </group>

                // Set/retrieve the drawing buffer, the target destination for
                // graphics.  Requests are passed directly to the PixelCanvas.
                // <group>
                virtual void setDrawBuffer(Display::DrawBuffer buf);
                Display::DrawBuffer drawBuffer() const;
                // </group>

                // Set/retrieve the caching strategy on the PixelCanvas.
                // Appropriate values are Display::ClientAlways (use client memory
                // to cache images [safer]), Display::ServerAlways (use server
                // memory to cache images [faster]), and
                // Display::ServerMemoryThreshold (use server memory until a
                // threshold is reached [not yet implemented]).  Requests are passed
                // to the PixelCanvas.
                // <group>
                void setImageCacheStrategy(Display::ImageCacheStrategy strategy);
                Display::ImageCacheStrategy imageCacheStrategy() const;
                // </group>

                // Clear the WorldCanvas, or just the area on the WorldCanvas
                // but outside the drawing area, ie. the margins that are normally
                // reserved for axis labels and the like.
                // <group>
                void clear();
                void clearNonDrawArea();
                // </group>

                // Install the default options for this DisplayData
                virtual void setDefaultOptions();

                // Apply options stored in rec to the DisplayData; return value true
                // means a refresh is needed.  Any fields added to the
                // updatedOptions argument are options which have changed in some
                // way due to the setting of other options - ie. they are context
                // sensitive.
                virtual casacore::Bool setOptions(const casacore::Record &rec, casacore::Record &updatedOptions);

                // Retrieve the current and default options and parameter types.
                virtual casacore::Record getOptions() const;

                // Set an Attribute or Attributes on the WorldCanvas.
                // <group>
                void setAttribute(Attribute& at);
                void setAttributes(AttributeBuffer& at);
                // </group>

                // Remove an Attribute.  Pre-defined Attributes of the WorldCanvas
                // cannot be removed (although nothing serious will happen if you
                // try).
                void removeAttribute(casacore::String& name);

                // User interface to get individual values from the attribute buffer.
                // <group>
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::uInt& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Int& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Float& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Double& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Bool& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::String& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Vector<casacore::uInt>& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Vector<casacore::Int>& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Vector<casacore::Float>& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Vector<casacore::Bool>& newValue) const;
                casacore::Bool getAttributeValue(const casacore::String& name, casacore::Vector<casacore::String>& newValue) const;
                // </group>

                // Check if a certain Attribute exists.
                casacore::Bool existsAttribute(casacore::String& name) const;

                // Get the type of an Attribute.
                AttValue::ValueType attributeType(casacore::String& name) const;

                // Position the PGPLOT filter on the WorldCanvas.  If linear is
                // specified false, then the alignment is done by world coordinates,
                // assuming that a linear approximation is valid.
                // void verifyPGFilterAlignment(const casacore::Bool &linear = true);

                // Acquire and release a PGPLOT device for this WorldCanvas.  This
                // is necessary since PGPLOT generally only supports 8 currently
                // active devices.  So refresh cycles on the WorldCanvas acquire a
                // PGPLOT device at the start, and release it at the end.  Cycles
                // are counted so that external user-classes can call these functions
                // if necessary in a nested state.  If <src>linear</src> is specified
                // as <src>false</src>, then the PGPLOT device is aligned by world
                // coordinates, under the assumption that a linear approximation is
                // valid, that is, the curvature is small.
                // <group>
                virtual void acquirePGPLOTdevice(const casacore::Bool &linear = true);
                virtual void releasePGPLOTdevice();
                // </group>

                // Return the PGPLOT device id for external use.
                virtual casacore::Int pgid() const;

                // Draw unrotated text at the given position.  If the conversion
                // from world to pixel coordinates fails, the text is not drawn, and
                // false is returned.  If linear is true, then the provided position
                // is actually in linear world canvas coordinates, rather than true
                // world coordinates.
                casacore::Bool drawText(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &point, const casacore::String &text,
                              Display::TextAlign alignment = Display::AlignCenter,
                              const casacore::Bool &linear = false);

                // Draw a single point using the current color.  If the conversion
                // from world to pixel coordinates fails, the point is not drawn,
                // and false is the return value.  If linear is true, then the point
                // position is given in linear world canvas coordinates, not true
                // world coordinates.
                casacore::Bool drawPoint(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &point, const casacore::Bool &linear = false);

                // Draw a single line using the current color.  If either of the
                // conversions from world to pixel coordinates fail, then the line
                // is not drawn, and false is returned.  If linear is true, then the
                // line endpoints are given in world canvas linear coordinates
                // rather than real world coordinates.
                casacore::Bool drawLine(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &a, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &b,
                              const casacore::Bool &linear = false);

                // Draw a bunch of points using the current color.  If any points
                // fail to convert then none of them are drawn, and false is
                // returned.  If linear is true, then the vertices are given in
                // linear world canvas coordinates rather than real world
                // coordinates.
                casacore::Bool drawPoints(const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &points, const casacore::Bool &linear = false);

                // Draw a set of points using the current color.  Those points which
                // fail to convert, or lie outside the WorldCanvas drawing area, are
                // not drawn.
                casacore::Bool drawPoints(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &px, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &py,
                                casacore::Bool linear = false);

                // Draw a set of text strings using the current color.  If any
                // points fail to convert, then those particular strings are not
                // drawn.  <src>rotation</src> gives the rotation of the text in
                // degrees counter-clockwise from horizontal.  <src>xoffset</src>
                // and <src>yoffset</src> can be given to globally shift the labels
                // by the specified amounts (in units of the character height).  If
                // linear is true, then the vertices are given in linear world
                // canvas coordinates rather than true world coordinates.
                casacore::Bool drawTextStrings(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &px, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &py,
                                     const casacore::Vector<casacore::String> &strings,
                                     const casacore::Float rotation = 0.0,
                                     const casacore::Float xoffset = 0.0,
                                     const casacore::Float yoffset = 0.0,
                                     const casacore::Bool linear = false);

                // Draw a set of markers using the current color and a given pixel
                // <src>size</src>. If any points fail to convert, then those
                // particular points are not marked.  <src>markertype</src> is an
                // <src>Display::Marker</src>. If linear is true, then the points
                // are given in linear world canvas coordinates rather than true
                // world coordinates.
                casacore::Bool drawMarkers(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &px, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &py,
                                 const Display::Marker = Display::Cross, const casacore::Int size = 5,
                                 const casacore::Bool& linear = false);

                casacore::Bool drawMappedMarkers(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &px, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &py,
                                       const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float>& values,
                                       const casacore::Int sizemin = 1, const casacore::Int sizemax = 20,
                                       const Display::Marker = Display::Cross,
                                       const casacore::Bool& linear = false);

                // Draw pairs of lines using the current color.  If any points fail
                // to convert then the lines are not drawn and false is returned.
                // If linear is true, then the vertices are given as linear world
                // coordinates rather than true world coordinates.
                casacore::Bool drawLines(const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &vertices, const casacore::Bool &linear = false);


                // Draw a polyline (connected line) between the vertices using the
                // current color.  If any coordinates fail to convert from world to
                // pixel, then the entire polyline is not drawn and false is
                // returned.  The end point is not implicitly connected to the
                // starting point.  If linear is true, then the provided vertices
                // are actually linear world canvas coordinates.
                casacore::Bool drawPolyline(const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &vertices,
                                  const casacore::Bool &linear = false);

                // Draw a polygon (closed line, or line loop using the points)
                // using the current color.  If any coordinates fail to convert
                // then the polygon is not drawn.  The end point is implicitly
                // connected to the start point.  If linear is true, then the
                // provided vertices are actually linear world coordinates.
                casacore::Bool drawPolygon(const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &vertices,
                                 const casacore::Bool &linear = false);

                // Draw a set of points in colors which are taken from the current
                // Colormap.
                casacore::Bool drawColormappedPoints(const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &points,
                                           const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &values,
                                           const casacore::Bool &linear = false);

                // Draw a set of colored ellipses, possibly with outlines.  The x
                // and y locations must given, along with semi-major and semi-minor
                // axes, and position angle measured in degrees positive from the x
                // axis in a counter-clockwise direction.  The size of the ellipses
                // is globally scaled by the scale factor, and if <src>outline</src>
                // is <src>true</src>, then each ellipse will have an outline in the
                // current pen color.
                casacore::Bool drawColormappedEllipses(const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &centres,
                                             const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &smajor,
                                             const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &sminor,
                                             const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &pangle,
                                             const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &colors,
                                             const casacore::Float &scale = 1.0,
                                             const casacore::Bool &outline = true,
                                             const casacore::Bool &linear = false);


                // This routine is specialized for drawing image restoring-beam ellipses.
                // Its parameters are defined so as to require as little conversion as
                // possible of restoring beam information as stored in an image header.
                //
                // It does nothing unless the axes on display map to the two axes of a
                // casacore::DirectionCoordinate within the WC CS (WorldCanvas::itsDisplayCoordinateSystem).
                // Center location cx,cy is specified as a fraction of WC draw area:
                // (0,0) is blc, (1,1) is trc; they default to (.1, .1).
                //
                // The unit strings for major,minor are given in in majunit, minunit, and
                // should be valid angular units (they default to "arcsec").  major/minor
                // are the _full_ major and minor axis sizes in terms of relative direction
                // world coordinates.
                //
                // pa specifies "position angle", in the angular units specified by paunit.
                // pa uses the image header convention "North-to-East"; more precisely,
                // 0 degrees aligns the major axis along increasing DirCoord(1) (commonly
                // Dec), 90 degrees aligns it along increasing DirCoord(0) (commonly RA).
                // (NB: increasing RA commonly means decreasing pixel/casacore::Lattice coordinates).
                // In the common case, this means that pa increases counterclockwise from
                // vertical.  Note that this is _not_ the pa convention in some other
                // PixelCanvas/WorldCanvas drawEllipse() routines (where pa is always
                // counterclockwise from horizontal).
                //
                // Also note: this routine attempts to do the right thing in oddball cases
                // such as displaying Dec on the horizontal axis (pa 0 would also be
                // horizontal in that case), distorted ('flexible') aspect ratio (ellipse
                // also distorted appropriately) or all-sky images in which the beam may be
                // displayed in a canvas area where absolute world coordinates do not exist.
                // It should even take care of uneven coordinate 'increments' (non-square
                // image data pixels).
                // (So far, it does _not_ correctly handle non-identity transformation
                // matrices in the casacore::DirectionCoordinate (e.g. rotated "North")-- which I
                // think is true in many other places as well... -- for someone's to-do list
                // (not mine, I hope)).
                casacore::Bool drawBeamEllipse(casacore::Float major, casacore::Float minor,  casacore::Float pa,
                                     casacore::String majunit="arcsec", casacore::String minunit="arcsec",
                                     casacore::String paunit="deg",
                                     casacore::Float cx=.1f, casacore::Float cy=.1f, casacore::Bool outline=true);


                // Draw a contour map at the specified levels, and place the lower
                // left pixel at blPos, and the upper right pixel at trPos.  If
                // <src>usePixelEdges</src> is true, then the given world positions
                // are the position of the blc and trc of the blc and trc pixels,
                // otherwise they are the positions of the centres of the pixels.
                // Note that the contours are not intrinsically drawn in world
                // coordinates.  For complex data, the conversion to real values is
                // done according to the last call to setComplexToRealMethod.
                // Returns true if OK, false if error...
                // <group>
                bool drawContourMap(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos,
                                    const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                                    const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &data,
                                    const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &levels,
                                    const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false);


                bool drawContourMap(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos,
                                    const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                                    const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex> &data,
                                    const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &levels,
                                    const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false);
                // </group>

                // Draw a contour map at the specified levels, and place the lower
                // left pixel at blPos, and the upper right pixel at trPos.  If
                // <src>usePixelEdges</src> is true, then the given world positions
                // are the position of the blc and trc of the blc and trc pixels,
                // otherwise they are the positions of the centres of the pixels.
                // Note that the contours are not intrinsically drawn in world
                // coordinates.  For complex data, the conversion to real values is
                // done according to the last call to setComplexToRealMethod.  These
                // functions also have a <src>mask</src> argument, which is a
                // Boolean pixel mask whose shape must match that of
                // <src>data</src>, and only pixels in <src>data</src> where
                // corresponding pixels in <src>mask</src> are <src>true</src> will
                // be contoured.
                // Returns true if OK, false if error...
                // <group>
                bool drawContourMap(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos,
                                    const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                                    const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &data,
                                    const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool> &mask,
                                    const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &levels,
                                    const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false);
                bool drawContourMap(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos,
                                    const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                                    const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex> &data,
                                    const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool> &mask,
                                    const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &levels,
                                    const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false);
                // </group>

                // Optimization to speed up colormap fiddling in 24bit mode (software
                // Colormap); see images_, below for usage.  Set opaqueMask to true to
                // draw masked pixels in the background color; otherwise they will be
                // transparent (letting whatever was drawn previously at that point show
                // through).
                casacore::Bool redrawIndexedImage(void* drawObj, Display::RefreshReason reason,
                                        casacore::Bool opaqueMask=false);

                // Remove image from the colormap change cache, if any (see images_, below).
                // Return value indicates whether there was anything to remove.
                casacore::Bool removeIndexedImage(void* drawObj);

                // Clear the whole colormap change cache (see images_, below).
                void clearColormapChangeCache();

                // Draw an image, mapping data values to Colormap entries, and place
                // the lower left pixel at blPos, and the upper right pixel at
                // trPos.  If <src>usePixelEdges</src> is true, then the given world
                // positions are the position of the blc and trc of the blc and trc
                // pixels, otherwise they are the positions of the centres of the
                // pixels.
                // See images_, below, for non-default usage of the drawObj parameter.
                // <group>
                void drawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                               const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &data, const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false,
                               void* drawObj=0);
                void drawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                               const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex> &data,
                               const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false, void* drawObj=0);
                void drawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blc,const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trc, const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &data,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &dataRed, const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &dataGreen,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &dataBlue,const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges,void* drawObj = 0);
                void drawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blc,const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trc, const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex> &data,
                                           const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex> &dataRed, const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex> &dataGreen,
                                           const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex> &dataBlue,const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges,void* drawObj = 0);
                // </group>

                // Draw an image, mapping data values to Colormap entries, and place
                // the lower left pixel at blPos, and the upper right pixel at
                // trPos.  If <src>usePixelEdges</src> is true, then the given world
                // positions are the position of the blc and trc of the blc and trc
                // pixels, otherwise they are the positions of the centres of the
                // pixels.  These functions also have a <src>mask</src> argument,
                // which is a Boolean pixel mask whose shape must match that of
                // <src>data</src>, and only pixels in <src>data</src> where
                // corresponding pixels in <src>mask</src> are <src>true</src>
                // will be drawn.  Set opaqueMask to true to draw masked pixels in
                // the background color; otherwise they will be transparent (letting
                // whatever was drawn previously at that point show through).
                // See images_, below, for non-default usage of the drawObj parameter.
                // <group>
                void drawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                               const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &data, const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool> &mask,
                               const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false, void* drawObj=0,
                               casacore::Bool opaqueMask=false);
                void drawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                               const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex> &data, const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool> &mask,
                               const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false, void* drawObj=0,
                               casacore::Bool opaqueMask=false);

                // </group>
                // Draw a component of a multi-channel image, mapping data values to
                // component levels, and place the lower left pixel at blPos, and
                // the upper right pixel at trPos.  If <src>usePixelEdges</src> is
                // true, then the given world positions are the position of the blc
                // and trc of the blc and trc pixels, otherwise they are the
                // positions of the centres of the pixels.  The components are not
                // drawn until flushComponentImages() is called.
                // <group>
                void drawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                               const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &data,
                               const Display::ColorComponent &colorcomponent,
                               const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false);
                void drawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blPos, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trPos,
                               const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex> &data,
                               const Display::ColorComponent &colorcomponent,
                               const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges = false);
                // </group>

                // Draw a vector map.
                // <group>
                bool drawVectorMap(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& blc,
                                   const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& trc,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex>& data,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool>& mask,
                                   casacore::Float angleConversionFactor,
                                   casacore::Float phasePolarity,
                                   casacore::Bool debias, casacore::Float variance,
                                   casacore::Int xPixelInc, casacore::Int yPixelInc,
                                   casacore::Float scale, casacore::Bool arrow, casacore::Float barb,
                                   casacore::Float rotation,
                                   casacore::Double xWorldInc, casacore::Double yWorldInc,
                                   const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges);

                bool drawVectorMap(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& blc,
                                   const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& trc,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float>& data,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool>& mask,
                                   casacore::Float angleConversionFactor,
                                   casacore::Float phasePolarity,
                                   casacore::Bool debias, casacore::Float variance,
                                   casacore::Int xPixelInc, casacore::Int yPixelInc,
                                   casacore::Float scale, casacore::Bool arrow, casacore::Float barb,
                                   casacore::Float rotation,
                                   casacore::Double xWorldInc, casacore::Double yWorldInc,
                                   const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges);
                // </group>

// Draw marker maps.  Only makerType "square" available presently.
// The marker holds its shape in screen pixel coordinates.  This
// means a square is always a square regardless of aspect ratio
// Returns true if OK, false if error...
// <group>
                bool drawMarkerMap(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& blc,
                                   const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& trc,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float>& data,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool>& mask,
                                   casacore::Int xPixelInc, casacore::Int yPixelInc,
                                   casacore::Float scale, casacore::Double xWorldInc, casacore::Double yWorldInc,
                                   const casacore::String& markeType,
                                   casacore::Bool usePixelEdges);
                bool drawMarkerMap(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& blc,
                                   const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& trc,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Complex>& data,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool>& mask,
                                   casacore::Int xPixelInc, casacore::Int yPixelInc,
                                   casacore::Float scale, casacore::Double xWorldInc, casacore::Double yWorldInc,
                                   const casacore::String& markerType,
                                   casacore::Bool usePixelEdges);
// </group>


                // Flush the component images, ie. compose a single image from the
                // buffered channel images and place it on the WorldCanvas.  This
                // effectively is passed on to the PixelCanvas where the component
                // images are cached.
                void flushComponentImages();

                // Buffer memory exchanges which operate only on the area of the
                // WorldCanvas.  (Not cacheable yet.)
                // <group>
                void copyBackBufferToFrontBuffer();
                void copyFrontBufferToBackBuffer();
                void swapBuffers();
                // </group>

                // Provide information on the extents of the linear coordinate
                // system.
                //  <group>
                casacore::Double linXMin() const {
                        return itsLinXMin;
                }
                casacore::Double linYMin() const {
                        return itsLinYMin;
                }
                casacore::Double linXMax() const {
                        return itsLinXMax;
                }
                casacore::Double linYMax() const {
                        return itsLinYMax;
                }
                // </group>

                // Provide information on the limits of the linear coordinate
                // system.
                // <group>
                casacore::Double linXMinLimit() const {
                        return itsLinXMinLimit;
                }
                casacore::Double linYMinLimit() const {
                        return itsLinYMinLimit;
                }
                casacore::Double linXMaxLimit() const {
                        return itsLinXMaxLimit;
                }
                casacore::Double linYMaxLimit() const {
                        return itsLinYMaxLimit;
                }
                // </group>

                // Provide information on the WorldCanvas offset and size.
                // <group>
                casacore::uInt canvasXOffset() const {
                        return itsCanvasXOffset;
                }
                casacore::uInt canvasYOffset() const {
                        return itsCanvasYOffset;
                }
                casacore::uInt canvasXSize() const {
                        return itsCanvasXSize;
                }
                casacore::uInt canvasYSize() const {
                        return itsCanvasYSize;
                }
                // </group>

                // Provide information on the WorldCanvas drawable offset and size.
                // <group>
                casacore::uInt canvasDrawXOffset() const {
                        return itsCanvasDrawXOffset;
                }
                casacore::uInt canvasDrawYOffset() const {
                        return itsCanvasDrawYOffset;
                }
                casacore::uInt canvasDrawXSize() const {
                        return itsCanvasDrawXSize;
                }
                casacore::uInt canvasDrawYSize() const {
                        return itsCanvasDrawYSize;
                }
                // </group>

                // Set the zoom rectangle to the specfied linear coordinate range.
                void setZoomRectangleLCS(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &min,
                                         const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &max);

                // Move the zoom rectangle across the screen, ie. pan.
                void moveZoomRectangleLCS(double dx, double dy);

                // Reset the zoom to show the entire allowable range of the linear
                // coordinate system.
                void resetZoomRectangle();

                // Set the allowable range of the linear coordinate system.
                void setLinearCoordinateSystem(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blc,
                                               const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trc,
                                               casacore::Bool resetZoom = true);

                // Functions to set and retrieve the minimum and maximum data values
                // for scaling data that is drawn on the WorldCanvas.  These values
                // are forwarded to the scale handler, when, for example, images are
                // drawn.
                // <group>
                casacore::Double dataMin() const {
                        return itsDataMin;
                }
                void setDataMin(casacore::Double min) {
                        itsDataMin = min;
                }
                casacore::Double dataMax() const {
                        return itsDataMax;
                }
                void setDataMax(casacore::Double max) {
                        itsDataMax = max;
                }
                void setDataMinMax(casacore::Double min, casacore::Double max) {
                        itsDataMin = min;
                        itsDataMax = max;
                }
                // </group>

                // ComplexToRealMethod defines which real component of a Complex
                // image to extract when it is necessary to convert casacore::Complex data
                // into real data.
                // <group>
                Display::ComplexToRealMethod complexToRealMethod() const {
                        return itsComplexToRealMethod;
                }
                void setComplexToRealMethod(const Display::ComplexToRealMethod method) {
                        itsComplexToRealMethod = method;
                }
                // </group>

                // Set and retrieve the DisplayCoordinateSystem of this WorldCanvas.  Set
                // with 0 and the WorldCanvas loses its DisplayCoordinateSystem!
                //#
                //#dk note 9/07 -- Yes, isn't that exciting, esp. since subsequent calls
                //# to coordinateSystem() will SEGV, and no method was provided to
                //# even test for it....  hasCS() added to somewhat bandage over this
                //# hazard...
                // <group>
                void setCoordinateSystem(const DisplayCoordinateSystem &csys);
                const DisplayCoordinateSystem &coordinateSystem() const;
                casacore::Bool hasCS() const {
                        return itsCoordinateSystem!=0;
                }
                // </group>

                // Convenience functions returning whether a pixel coordinate is
                // within bounds of the WC's inner draw area, the WC, or the underlying PC.
                // <group>

                casacore::Bool inDrawArea(casacore::Int x, casacore::Int y) const {
                        casacore::Int x0 = itsCanvasXOffset + itsCanvasDrawXOffset;
                        casacore::Int x1 = x0 + itsCanvasDrawXSize;
                        casacore::Int y0 = itsCanvasYOffset + itsCanvasDrawYOffset;
                        casacore::Int y1 = y0 + itsCanvasDrawYSize;
                        return  x>=x0 && x<x1  &&  y>=y0  && y<y1 ;
                }

                casacore::Bool inWC(casacore::Int x, casacore::Int y) const {
                        casacore::Int x0 = itsCanvasXOffset;
                        casacore::Int x1 = x0 + itsCanvasXSize;
                        casacore::Int y0 = itsCanvasYOffset;
                        casacore::Int y1 = y0 + itsCanvasYSize;
                        return  x>=x0 && x<x1  &&  y>=y0  && y<y1 ;
                }

                casacore::Bool inPC(casacore::Int x, casacore::Int y);

                // </group>


                // Install a single restriction, or a buffer of restrictions, on the
                // WorldCanvas which DisplayData must match in order that they
                // be allowed to draw themselves.
                // <group>
                void setRestriction(const Attribute& restriction);
                void setRestrictions(const AttributeBuffer& resBuff);
                // </group>

                // Check if a named restriction exists.
                casacore::Bool existRestriction(const casacore::String& name) const;

                // Remove the named restriction, or all restrictions, from the
                // WorldCanvas.
                // <group>
                void removeRestriction(const casacore::String& restrictionName);
                void removeRestrictions();
                // </group>

                // Determine whether the restrictions installed on the
                // WorldCanvas match the given restriction or buffer of
                // restrictions.
                // <group>
                casacore::Bool matchesRestriction(const Attribute& restriction) const;
                casacore::Bool matchesRestrictions(const AttributeBuffer& buffer) const;
                // </group>

                // Return the buffer of restrictions installed on this
                // WorldCanvas.
                const AttributeBuffer *restrictionBuffer() const;
                // convienience function based on "restriction buffer"...
                int zIndex( ) const;

                // The DD in charge of setting WC coordinate state (0 if none).
                const DisplayData *csMaster() const {
                        return itsCSmaster;
                }
                DisplayData *&csMaster() {
                        return itsCSmaster;
                }

                // Is the specified DisplayData the one in charge of WC state?
                // (During DD::sizeControl() execution, it means instead that the
                // DD has permission to become CSmaster, if it can).
                casacore::Bool isCSmaster(const DisplayData *dd) const {
                        return dd==csMaster() && dd!=0;
                }

                bool removeDD( const DisplayData *dd ) {
                        bool result = (dd == csMaster( ));
                        if ( result ) itsCSmaster = 0;
                        return result;
                }

                // Return the names and units of the world coordinate axes.
                // <group>
                virtual casacore::Vector<casacore::String> worldAxisNames() const;
                virtual casacore::Vector<casacore::String> worldAxisUnits() const;
                // </group>

                const std::list<DisplayData*> &displaylist( ) const;

                static const casacore::String LEFT_MARGIN_SPACE_PG;
                static const casacore::String RIGHT_MARGIN_SPACE_PG;
                static const casacore::String BOTTOM_MARGIN_SPACE_PG;
                static const casacore::String TOP_MARGIN_SPACE_PG;

                std::string errorMessage( ) const { return error_string; }

        private:


                // Support for construction.
                void ctorInit();

                // Call all registered refresh handlers (public method is refresh()).
                void callRefreshEventHandlers(const WCRefreshEvent &ev);


                // Update canvas sizes/offsets from the fracOffsets, and vice versa.
                // <group>
                void updateCanvasSizesOffsets();
                void updateFracSizesOffsets();
                // </group>

                // Convert the given coordinate/s to pixel coordinates.  If linear
                // is true, then the given coordinates are in linear world coordinates,
                // otherwise they are real world coordinates.  A return value of false
                // indicates the conversion failed.
                // <group>
                casacore::Bool castingConversion(casacore::Vector<casacore::Int> &pixelpt, const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &worldpt,
                                       const casacore::Bool &linear);
                casacore::Bool castingConversion(casacore::Matrix<casacore::Int> &pixelpts, const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &worldpts,
                                       const casacore::Bool &linear);
                casacore::Bool castingConversion(casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &pixelpts,
                                       const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &worldpts,
                                       const casacore::Bool &linear);
                // </group>

                // Convert the given coordinate/s to pixel coordinates.  If
                // <src>linear</src> is <src>true</src>, then the input coordinates
                // are linear world coordinates, otherwise they are true world
                // coordinates.  This version applies clipping, so that any points
                // in the series which lie outside the linear coordinate range of
                // the WorldCanvas are discarded.  Thus the output Vectors can be
                // shorter than the input Vectors.  A mask indicating which of the
                // input points were valid is returned for user reference.
                casacore::Bool castingClippingConversion(casacore::Vector<casacore::Int> &pixelx, casacore::Vector<casacore::Int> &pixely,
                                               casacore::Vector<casacore::Bool> &validConversions,
                                               const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &worldx,
                                               const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &worldy,
                                               const casacore::Bool linear);

                // Actually draw the vector field.   All pa * angleConversionFactor
                // must be radians.  rotation  must be radians.  if amp is of
                // dimension 0, amplitude unity is assumed.  if mask if dimension
                // 0 all data are assumed good.
                bool drawVectorMap(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& blc,
                                   const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double>& trc,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float>& amp,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float>& pa,
                                   const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool>& mask,
                                   casacore::Float angleConversionFactor,
                                   casacore::Float phasePolarity,
                                   casacore::Bool debias, casacore::Float variance,
                                   casacore::Int xPixelInc, casacore::Int yPixelInc,
                                   casacore::Float scale, casacore::Bool arrow, casacore::Float barb, casacore::Float rotation,
                                   casacore::Double xWorldInc, casacore::Double yWorldInc,
                                   const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges);


                // Trim and resample an image, returning the actual world BLC and
                // TRC for drawing, and the resampled image.
                void trimAndResampleImage(casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &drawBlc,
                                          casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &drawTrc,
                                          casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &sampledImage,
                                          const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blc,
                                          const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trc,
                                          const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &data,
                                          const casacore::Bool &usePixelEdges = false);

                // Trim and resample an image, returning the actual world BLC and
                // TRC for drawing, and the resampled image.  This function takes
                // a mask indicating which pixels should be drawn.  This function
                // therefore also trims and resamples the mask.
                void trimAndResampleImage(casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &drawBlc,
                                          casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &drawTrc,
                                          casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &sampledImage,
                                          casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool> &resampledMask,
                                          const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blc,
                                          const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trc,
                                          const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &data,
                                          const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool> &mask,
                                          const casacore::Bool &usePixelEdges = false);

                // Draw an image where <src>scaledImage</src> gives the Colormap
                // index of each screen (PixelCanvas) pixel.  'blc' contains X and Y
                // PixelCanvas coordinates.  Masked version as well.
                // For masked version, set opaqueMask to true to draw masked pixels in
                // the background color; otherwise they will be transparent (letting
                // whatever was drawn previously at that point show through).
                // <group>
                void mapToColorAndDrawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Int> &blc,
                                            const casacore::Matrix<casacore::uInt> &scaledImage);
                void mapToColorAndDrawImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Int> &blc,
                                            const casacore::Matrix<casacore::uInt> &scaledImage,
                                            const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool> &mask,
                                            casacore::Bool opaqueMask=false);
                // </group>
                // Draw a set of points where <src>scaledValues</src> gives the
                // Colormap index of each point.  Point coordinates ('points')
                // are either linear or world coordinates, as specified by 'linear'.
                casacore::Bool mapToColorAndDrawPoints(const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &points,
                                             const casacore::Vector<casacore::uInt> &scaledValues,
                                             const casacore::Bool &linear = false);

                // Draw a set of ellipses where <src>scaledValues</src> gives the
                // Colormap index of each point.  Point coordinates ('points')
                // are either linear or world coordinates, as specified by 'linear'.
                casacore::Bool mapToColorAndDrawEllipses(const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> &centres,
                                               const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &smajor,
                                               const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &sminor,
                                               const casacore::Vector<casacore::Float> &pangle,
                                               const casacore::Vector<casacore::uInt> scaledValues,
                                               const casacore::Float &scale,
                                               const casacore::Bool &outline,
                                               const casacore::Bool &linear);




                // <b>***Cached***</b> blc pixel where this world canvas begins =
                // itsPixelCanvas->width()*frac(X|Y)Offset_.
                // <group>
                casacore::uInt itsCanvasXOffset;
                casacore::uInt itsCanvasYOffset;
                // </group>

                // <b>***Cached***</b> number of pixels in each dimension given to
                // the world canvas = itsPixelCanvas->width()*(frac(X|Y)Size_.
                // <group>
                casacore::uInt itsCanvasXSize;
                casacore::uInt itsCanvasYSize;
                // </group>

                // Fractional position of world canvas on pixel canvas.  The offset
                // values are always in the range of [0.0,1.0], and sizes must be
                // smaller or equal to (1.0 - offset) for each dimension.
                // <group>
                casacore::Double itsFracXOffset;
                casacore::Double itsFracYOffset;
                casacore::Double itsFracXSize;
                casacore::Double itsFracYSize;
                // </group>

                // <b>***Cached***</b> blc pixel where the world canvas 'draw area'
                // (inside margins, labels) begins, relative to WC blc.
                // <group>
                casacore::uInt itsCanvasDrawXOffset;
                casacore::uInt itsCanvasDrawYOffset;
                // </group>

                // <b>***Cached***</b> number of pixels in each dimension given to
                // the drawable part of the world canvas
                // <group>
                casacore::uInt itsCanvasDrawXSize;
                casacore::uInt itsCanvasDrawYSize;
                // </group>

                // Linear casacore::Coordinate System ranges.
                // <group>
                casacore::Double itsLinXMin;
                casacore::Double itsLinYMin;
                casacore::Double itsLinXMax;
                casacore::Double itsLinYMax;
                // </group>

                // Linear casacore::Coordinate System Limits.
                // <group>
                casacore::Double itsLinXMinLimit;
                casacore::Double itsLinYMinLimit;
                casacore::Double itsLinXMaxLimit;
                casacore::Double itsLinYMaxLimit;
                // </group>

                // Dynamic data minimum and maximum for this WorldCanvas.
                casacore::Double itsDataMin, itsDataMax;

                // Method to use to convert complex data into real values.
                Display::ComplexToRealMethod itsComplexToRealMethod;

                // Event handler lists and convenient iterators.
                // <group>
                std::list<DisplayEH *> itsRefreshEHList;
                std::list<WCPositionEH *> itsPositionEHList;
                std::list<WCMotionEH *> itsMotionEHList;
                // </group>

                // Other handler lists.
                // <group>
                WCSizeControlHandler *itsSizeControlHandler;
                WCCoordinateHandler *itsCoordinateHandler;
                WCResampleHandler *itsResampleHandler;
                WCDataScaleHandler *itsDataScaleHandler;
                // </group>

                // Store whether we "own" the various handlers.
                // <group>
                casacore::Bool itsOwnSizeControlHandler;
                casacore::Bool itsOwnCoordinateHandler;
                casacore::Bool itsOwnResampleHandler;
                casacore::Bool itsOwnDataScaleHandler;
                // </group>

                // Buffer for Attributes.
                AttributeBuffer attributes;

                // Background/foreground colors.
                casacore::String itsWorldBackgroundColor;
                casacore::String itsWorldForegroundColor;

                // PixelCanvas pointer.
                PixelCanvas *itsPixelCanvas;

                // PGPLOT filter.
                WCPGFilter *itsPGFilter;

                // Status of hold/release.
                casacore::Int itsHoldCount;
                casacore::Bool itsRefreshHeld;
                Display::RefreshReason itsHeldReason;

                // The DisplayCoordinateSystem for this WorldCanvas.  New addition, only
                // supported and used by "new" classes.
                DisplayCoordinateSystem *itsCoordinateSystem;

                // This state is set true when the pointer is in this WC and a pointer
                // button is pressed (with no buttons pressed previously).  When true,
                // all PC motion and pointer button events are propagated to this WC's
                // handlers (only), regardless of whether the pointer has moved off the WC.
                // It is reset to false when all buttons are released.  This simulates
                // the 'automatic grab' (implemented in X for whole windows), on the WC
                // level.
                casacore::Bool itsGrabbing;


                // ColorIndexedImage_ stores the state of a WorldCanvas::drawImage()
                // rendering after the chosen data plane has been resampled to screen
                // (Pixelcanvas) pixels and scaled to indices within a fixed-size
                // Colormap, but prior to mapping to actual colors for display.
                // 'Caching' of this state is useful in 24-bit (trueColor) applications,
                // greatly speeding up redrawing when only the mapping to colors is changed.
                //# Formerly only one instance of this state was stored in a WorldCanvas
                //# (itsCachedImage and friends), but this caused confusion and errors
                //# when more that one DD was drawing on the WC.
                // Packaging this state allows different instances to be cached by
                // different callers of drawImage() if desired, to be reused by them
                // when appropriate via WC::redrawIndexedImage().  Reuse is 'appropriate'
                // only when nothing has changed since the original drawImage() call
                // except the actual colors assigned to the map indices; among other things,
                // the size of the Colormap used must be the same as that of the original.
                //
                // Note: this level of 'caching' is distinct from the more elaborate
                // 'drawlists' which are supported by WC/PC and cached in DisplayMethods.

                struct ColorIndexedImage_ {
                        casacore::Matrix<casacore::uInt> data;          // colormap indices
                        casacore::Matrix<casacore::Bool> mask;
                        casacore::Vector<casacore::Int> blc;
                        casacore::uInt colormapSize;

                        ColorIndexedImage_() : data(), mask(), blc(2,0) {  }
                        void clear() {
                                data.resize();
                                mask.resize();
                                blc=0;
                        }
                        casacore::Bool maskValid() {
                                return mask.nelements()!=0u &&
                                       mask.shape().isEqual(data.shape());
                        }
                };

                ColorIndexedImage_* makeColorIndexedImage(const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &blc,
                                            const casacore::Vector<casacore::Double> &trc,
                                            const casacore::Matrix<casacore::Float> &data,
                                            const casacore::Bool usePixelEdges, void* drawObj);
                casacore::Matrix<casacore::uInt> mapToColor( const casacore::Matrix<casacore::uInt> & scaledImage);
                // Cache of pre-drawn ColorIndexedImage_'s.   When a caller of drawImage()
                // wants to save one, it passes a drawing-object pointer in the 'drawObj'
                // parameter for use as a retrieval key.  It should provide the same key
                // to redrawIndexedImage() in order to reuse the image.
                //# This mechanism attempts to avoid some erroneous reuses of
                //# 'itsCachedImage' among different DDs (bugs 4937, 5032).   (dk 3/05)
        std::map<void*, ColorIndexedImage_*> images_;

                // Retrieve an indexed image to write onto.  Used (exclusively) by
                // WC::drawImage().  If one exists in the cache under this objId key,
                // clear it for reuse; otherwise return a new one. If a (non-zero) objId
                // was provided, it will be cached under that key; removeIndexedImage()
                // can be used to remove such cached images explicitly, but the cache is
                // also frequently cleared automatically.  If no caching is requested,
                // however, (objId=0), the caller must delete the image himself when
                // finished -- that type of call is equivalent to 'new ColorIndexedImage_'.
                ColorIndexedImage_* getClearedColorIndexedImage(void* drawObj=0);

                // A buffer to contain the restrictions that DisplayDatas must match
                // if they are to be allowed to draw themselves.
                AttributeBuffer itsRestrictions;


                // [First] responder to 'sizeControl', responsible for setting
                // WC CS, zoom window and draw area.  It will be 0 initially, and
                // whenever the old master is unregistered (until a new master responds).
                // This is a further attempt toward a coherent sense of 'who's in charge'
                // of WC[H] state (there is more to do).
                //
                // Some day, the WC CS should be directly responsible for all the Canvas's
                // coordinate conversions.  For now at least we'll know that they're done
                // by the DD below (which should be equivalent).
                DisplayData* itsCSmaster;

                // itsId & itsRef used to ensure thread-safe execution of pgplot

                casacore::uInt itsId; // id of wc instance


                // WorldCanvas::refresh is a recursive function. itsRef is used to
                // determine when the recursion is over. i.e, when the initial
                // refresh call is exiting
                casacore::uInt itsRef;

                std::string error_string;
        };


} //# NAMESPACE CASA - END

#endif