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module HexaPDF
  module Content

    # == Overview
    #
    # This module contains classes describing graphic objects that can be drawn on a Canvas.
    #
    # Since the PDF specification only provides the most common path creation operators, more
    # complex graphic objects need more than one operator for their creation. By defining this
    # graphic object interface (see below) such complex objects can be drawn in a consistent
    # manner on a Canvas.
    #
    # A graphic object should only use the path creation methods or other graphic objects when it
    # is drawn. Stroking and filling, or optionally clipping, is left to the user.
    #
    # The Content::Canvas class provides a Content::Canvas#draw method that can be used to draw
    # complex graphic objects as well as a Content::Canvas#graphic_object method to retrieve an
    # instance of a graphic object for custom use. The latter method uses graphic object factories
    # that can be registered via a name using the document specific 'graphic_object.map'
    # configuration option.
    #
    # == Implementation of a Graphic Object
    #
    # Graphic objects are normally implemented as classes since this automatically allows using
    # the class itself as the graphic object's factory.
    #
    # A graphic object factory is an object that responds to #configure(**kwargs) and returns a
    # configured graphic object. When the factory is implemented as a class, the #configure method
    # should be a class method returning properly configured instances of the class.
    #
    # A graphic object itself has to respond to two methods:
    #
    # #configure(**kwargs)::
    #     This method is used for re-configuring the graphic object and it should return the
    #     graphic object itself, not a new object.
    #
    # #draw(canvas)::
    #     This method is used for drawing the graphic object on the given Canvas.
    module GraphicObject

      autoload(:Arc, 'hexapdf/content/graphic_object/arc')
      autoload(:EndpointArc, 'hexapdf/content/graphic_object/endpoint_arc')
      autoload(:SolidArc, 'hexapdf/content/graphic_object/solid_arc')

    end

  end
end