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File: src/pixi/loaders/BitmapFontLoader.js

/**
 * @author Mat Groves http://matgroves.com/ @Doormat23
 */

/**
 * The xml loader is used to load in XML bitmap font data ("xml" or "fnt")
 * To generate the data you can use http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/
 * This loader will also load the image file as the data.
 * When loaded this class will dispatch a "loaded" event
 * @class BitmapFontLoader
 * @extends EventTarget
 * @constructor
 * @param {String} url the url of the sprite sheet JSON file
 * @param {Boolean} crossorigin
 */

PIXI.BitmapFontLoader = function(url, crossorigin)
{
    /*
     * i use texture packer to load the assets..
     * http://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker
     * make sure to set the format as "JSON"
     */
    PIXI.EventTarget.call(this);
    this.url = url;
    this.baseUrl = url.replace(/[^\/]*$/, "");
    this.texture = null;
    this.crossorigin = crossorigin;
};

// constructor
PIXI.BitmapFontLoader.constructor = PIXI.BitmapFontLoader;

/**
 * This will begin loading the JSON file
 */
PIXI.BitmapFontLoader.prototype.load = function()
{
    this.ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
    var scope = this;
    this.ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function()
    {
        scope.onXMLLoaded();
    };

    this.ajaxRequest.open("GET", this.url, true);
    if (this.ajaxRequest.overrideMimeType) this.ajaxRequest.overrideMimeType("application/xml");
    this.ajaxRequest.send(null)
};

/**
 * Invoked when XML file is loaded
 * @private
 */
PIXI.BitmapFontLoader.prototype.onXMLLoaded = function()
{
    if (this.ajaxRequest.readyState == 4)
    {
        if (this.ajaxRequest.status == 200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http") == -1)
        {
            var textureUrl = this.baseUrl + this.ajaxRequest.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("page")[0].attributes.getNamedItem("file").nodeValue;
            var image = new PIXI.ImageLoader(textureUrl, this.crossorigin);
            this.texture = image.texture.baseTexture;

            var data = {};
            var info = this.ajaxRequest.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("info")[0];
            var common = this.ajaxRequest.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("common")[0];
            data.font = info.attributes.getNamedItem("face").nodeValue;
            data.size = parseInt(info.attributes.getNamedItem("size").nodeValue, 10);
            data.lineHeight = parseInt(common.attributes.getNamedItem("lineHeight").nodeValue, 10);
            data.chars = {};

            //parse letters
            var letters = this.ajaxRequest.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("char");

            for (var i = 0; i < letters.length; i++)
            {
                var charCode = parseInt(letters[i].attributes.getNamedItem("id").nodeValue, 10);

                var textureRect = {
                    x: parseInt(letters[i].attributes.getNamedItem("x").nodeValue, 10),
                    y: parseInt(letters[i].attributes.getNamedItem("y").nodeValue, 10),
                    width: parseInt(letters[i].attributes.getNamedItem("width").nodeValue, 10),
                    height: parseInt(letters[i].attributes.getNamedItem("height").nodeValue, 10)
                };
                PIXI.TextureCache[charCode] = new PIXI.Texture(this.texture, textureRect);

                data.chars[charCode] = {
                    xOffset: parseInt(letters[i].attributes.getNamedItem("xoffset").nodeValue, 10),
                    yOffset: parseInt(letters[i].attributes.getNamedItem("yoffset").nodeValue, 10),
                    xAdvance: parseInt(letters[i].attributes.getNamedItem("xadvance").nodeValue, 10),
                    kerning: {},
                    texture:new PIXI.Texture(this.texture, textureRect)

                };
            }

            //parse kernings
            var kernings = this.ajaxRequest.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("kerning");
            for (i = 0; i < kernings.length; i++)
            {
               var first = parseInt(kernings[i].attributes.getNamedItem("first").nodeValue, 10);
               var second = parseInt(kernings[i].attributes.getNamedItem("second").nodeValue, 10);
               var amount = parseInt(kernings[i].attributes.getNamedItem("amount").nodeValue, 10);

                data.chars[second].kerning[first] = amount;

            }

            PIXI.BitmapText.fonts[data.font] = data;

            var scope = this;
            image.addEventListener("loaded", function() {
                scope.onLoaded();
            });
            image.load();
        }
    }
};

/**
 * Invoked when all files are loaded (xml/fnt and texture)
 * @private
 */
PIXI.BitmapFontLoader.prototype.onLoaded = function()
{
    this.dispatchEvent({type: "loaded", content: this});
};