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#ifndef __CCLABEL_H__
#define __CCLABEL_H__
#include "CCSprite.h"
#include "CCTexture2D.h"

namespace cocos2d{

	/** @brief CCLabelTTF is a subclass of CCTextureNode that knows how to render text labels
	*
	* All features from CCTextureNode are valid in CCLabelTTF
	*
	* CCLabelTTF objects are slow. Consider using CCLabelAtlas or CCBitmapFontAtlas instead.
	*/
	class CC_DLL CCLabelTTF : public CCSprite, public CCLabelProtocol
	{
	public:
		CCLabelTTF();
		virtual ~CCLabelTTF();
		char * description();
		/** creates a CCLabelTTF from a fontname, alignment, dimension and font size */
		static CCLabelTTF * labelWithString(const char *label, CCSize dimensions, CCTextAlignment alignment, const char *fontName, float fontSize);
		/** creates a CCLabelTTF from a fontname and font size */
		static CCLabelTTF * labelWithString(const char *label, const char *fontName, float fontSize);
		/** initializes the CCLabelTTF with a font name, alignment, dimension and font size */
		bool initWithString(const char *label, CCSize dimensions, CCTextAlignment alignment, const char *fontName, float fontSize);
		/** initializes the CCLabelTTF with a font name and font size */
		bool initWithString(const char *label, const char *fontName, float fontSize);

		/** changes the string to render
		* @warning Changing the string is as expensive as creating a new CCLabelTTF. To obtain better performance use CCLabelAtlas
		*/
		virtual void setString(const char *label);
		virtual const char* getString(void);

		virtual CCLabelProtocol* convertToLabelProtocol() { return (CCLabelProtocol*)this; }
	protected:
		CCSize m_tDimensions;
		CCTextAlignment m_eAlignment;
        std::string * m_pFontName;
		float m_fFontSize;
        std::string * m_pString;
	};

} //namespace cocos2d
#endif //__CCLABEL_H__