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+/* Copyright (c) 2006 MetaCarta, Inc., published under the BSD license.
+ * See http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/license.txt for the full
+ * text of the license. */
+/**
+ * @class
+ */
+OpenLayers.Layer = Class.create();
+OpenLayers.Layer.prototype = {
+
+ /** @type String */
+ name: null,
+
+ /** @type DOMElement */
+ div: null,
+
+ /** This variable is set in map.addLayer, not within the layer itself
+ * @type OpenLayers.Map */
+ map: null,
+
+ /**
+ * @constructor
+ *
+ * @param {String} name
+ */
+ initialize: function(name) {
+ if (arguments.length > 0) {
+ this.name = name;
+ if (this.div == null) {
+ this.div = OpenLayers.Util.createDiv();
+ this.div.style.width = "100%";
+ this.div.style.height = "100%";
+ }
+ }
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Destroy is a destructor: this is to alleviate cyclic references which
+ * the Javascript garbage cleaner can not take care of on its own.
+ */
+ destroy: function() {
+ if (this.map != null) {
+ this.map.removeLayer(this);
+ }
+ this.map = null;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * @params {OpenLayers.Bounds} bound
+ * @params {Boolean} zoomChanged tells when zoom has changed, as layers have to do some init work in that case.
+ */
+ moveTo: function (bound, zoomChanged) {
+ // not implemented here
+ return;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * @param {OpenLayers.Map} map
+ */
+ setMap: function(map) {
+ this.map = map;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * @returns Whether or not the layer is a base layer. This should be
+ * determined individually by all subclasses.
+ * @type Boolean
+ */
+ isBaseLayer: function() {
+ //this function should be implemented by all subclasses.
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * @returns Whether or not the layer is visible
+ * @type Boolean
+ */
+ getVisibility: function() {
+ return (this.div.style.display != "none");
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * @param {bool} visible
+ */
+ setVisibility: function(visible) {
+ this.div.style.display = (visible) ? "block" : "none";
+ if ((visible) && (this.map != null)) {
+ this.moveTo(this.map.getExtent());
+ }
+ },
+
+ /** @final @type String */
+ CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Layer"
+};