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#ifndef __CCLABEL_ATLAS_H__
#define __CCLABEL_ATLAS_H__
#include "CCAtlasNode.h"
namespace cocos2d{

	/** @brief CCLabelAtlas is a subclass of CCAtlasNode.

	It can be as a replacement of CCLabel since it is MUCH faster.

	CCLabelAtlas versus CCLabel:
	- CCLabelAtlas is MUCH faster than CCLabel
	- CCLabelAtlas "characters" have a fixed height and width
	- CCLabelAtlas "characters" can be anything you want since they are taken from an image file

	A more flexible class is CCBitmapFontAtlas. It supports variable width characters and it also has a nice editor.
	*/
	class CCX_DLL CCLabelAtlas : public CCAtlasNode, public CCLabelProtocol
	{
	public:
		CCLabelAtlas()
			:m_sString("")
		{}
		virtual ~CCLabelAtlas()
		{ 
			m_sString.clear(); 
		}
		/** creates the CCLabelAtlas with a string, a char map file(the atlas), the width and height of each element and the starting char of the atlas */
		static CCLabelAtlas * labelWithString(const char *label, const char *charMapFile, int itemWidth, int itemHeight, char startCharMap);


        /** creates the CCLabelAtlas with a string, a char map file(the atlas), the width and height of each element in points and the starting char of the atlas.
        @deprecated Will be removed in 1.0.1. Use "labelWithString:" instead
        */
        static CCLabelAtlas * labelAtlasWithString(const char *label, const char *charMapFile, int itemWidth, int itemHeight, char startCharMap);

		/** initializes the CCLabelAtlas with a string, a char map file(the atlas), the width and height of each element and the starting char of the atlas */
		bool initWithString(const char *label, const char *charMapFile, int itemWidth, int itemHeight, char startCharMap);
		// super methods
		virtual void updateAtlasValues();
		virtual void setString(const char *label);
		virtual const char* getString(void);
		virtual void draw();		

		virtual CCLabelProtocol* convertToLabelProtocol() { return (CCLabelProtocol*)this; }
	protected:
		// string to render
		std::string m_sString;
		// the first char in the charmap
		char m_cMapStartChar;
	};
}// namespace cocos2d

#endif //__CCLABEL_ATLAS_H__