struct _KerningHashElement;

typedef struct _BMFontDef {
    unsigned int charID;
    CCRect rect;
    int xOffset;
    int yOffset;
    int xAdvance;
} ccBMFontDef;

typedef struct _BMFontPadding {
    int	left;
    int top;
    int right;
    int bottom;
} ccBMFontPadding;

enum {
    kCCBMFontMaxChars = 2048, //256,
};

class CCBMFontConfiguration : public CCObject
{
    char * description();

    static CCBMFontConfiguration * configurationWithFNTFile(const char *FNTfile);
};

class CCLabelBMFont : public CCSpriteBatchNode
{
    void createFontChars();

    void setString(const char *label);
    const char* getString(void);
    void setCString(const char *label);

    static void purgeCachedData();
    static CCLabelBMFont * labelWithString(const char *str, const char *fntFile);
};

CCBMFontConfiguration * FNTConfigLoadFile(const char *file);

void FNTConfigRemoveCache(void);