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NAME
    CSS::SpriteBuilder - CSS sprite builder.

SYNOPSIS
        use CSS::SpriteBuilder

        my $builder = CSS::SpriteBuilder->new( [%args] );
        $builder->build(
            sprites => [{
                file   => 'sample_sprite_%d.png',
                images => [
                    { file => 'small/Add.png', [ %options ] },
                ],
                [ %options ],
            }],
        );

        $build->write_css('sprite.css');

        Or

        $builder->build(config => 'config.xml');

        $build->write_css('sprite.css');

DESCRIPTION
    This module generate CSS sprites with one of these modules:
    Image::Magick or GD.

    It has many useful settings and can be used for sites with complex
    structure.

METHODS
  new(<%args>)
    my $builder = CSS::SpriteBuilder->new(<%args>);

    Create instance.

    Valid arguments are:

    *   source_dir [ = undef ]

        Specify custom location for source images.

    *   output_dir [ = undef ]

        Specify custom location for generated images.

    *   image_quality 0..100 [ = 90 ]

        Specify image quality for generated images (for JPEG only).

    *   max_image_size [ = 65536 ]

        Specify max size of images that will be used to generate a sprite.

    *   max_image_width [ = 2000 ]

        Specify max width of images that will be used to generate a sprite.

    *   max_image_height [ = 2000 ]

        Specify max height of images that will be used to generate a sprite.

    *   max_sprite_width [ = 2000 ]

        Specify max width of sprite. When sprite has no free space, than
        creates a new sprite with addition of a suffix to the sprite name.
        Opera 9.0 and below have a bug which affects CSS background offsets
        less than -2042px. All values less than this are treated as -2042px
        exactly.

    *   max_sprite_height [ = 2000 ]

        Specify max height of sprite.

    *   margin [ = 0 ]

        Add margin to each image.

    *   transparent_color [ = undef ]

        Set transparent color for image, for example: 'white', 'black', ....

    *   is_background [ = 0 ]

        If is_background flag is '0' will be generated CSS rule such as:
        'width:XXXpx;height:YYYpx;'.

    *   layout [ = 'packed' ]

        Specify layout algorithm (horizontal, vertical or packed).

    *   css_selector_prefix [ = '.spr-' ]

        Specify CSS selector prefix. For example, for an image
        "img/icon/arrow.gif" will be generated selector such as
        ".spr-img-icon-arrow".

    *   css_url_prefix [ = '' ]

        Specify prefix for CSS url. For example: background-image:
        url('css_url_prefixsample_sprite.png')

    *   is_add_timestamp [ = 1 ]

        If parameter set to '1' than timestamp will be added for CSS url.
        For example: background-image: url('sample_sprite.png?12345678')

  build(<%args>)
    Build sprites.

        $builder->build(<%args>);

    This method returning structure like:

        {
            'sample_sprite_1.png' => [
                {
                    'y' => 0,
                    'width' => 32,
                    'selector' => '.spr-small-add',
                    'is_background' => 0,
                    'x' => 0,
                    'height' => 32,
                    'image' => 'small/Add.png',
                    'repeat' => 'no'
                },
                ...
            ],
            ...
        }

    Valid arguments are:

    *   sprites

        Specify sprite list.

            $builder->build(
                sprites => [
                    {
                        file               => 'horizontal_%d.png',
                        layout             => 'horizontal',
                        max_sprite_width   => 1000,
                        ...
                        images => [
                            { file => 'small/*.png', is_repeat => 1, ... },
                            { file => 'small/*.gif' },
                            { file => 'small/a.jpg', is_background => 1 },
                        ],
                    },
                    {
                        file                => 'sprite_%d.png',
                        max_sprite_width    => 1000,
                        css_selector_prefix => '#spr-',
                        ...
                        images => [
                            { file => 'small/Add.png', is_repeat => 1, ... },
                        ],
                    },
                ],
            );

    *   config

        Specify XML config filename (it requires XML::LibXML module).

            $builder->build(config => 'config.xml');

        Example of config.xml:

            <root>
                <global_opts>
                    <max_image_size>20000</max_image_size>
                    <layout>packed</layout>
                    <css_selector_prefix>.spr-</css_selector_prefix>
                    <css_url_prefix>/sprite/</css_url_prefix>
                </global_opts>

                <sprites>
                    <sprite file="sprite_%d.png">
                        <image file="small/Add.png"/>
                        <image file="small/Box.png"/>
                        <image file="medium/CD.png"/>
                    </sprite>
                    <sprite file="sprite_x_%d.png" layout="vertical">
                        <image file="small/Brick.png" is_repeat="1"/>
                        <image file="small/Bin_Empty.png"/>
                        <image file="medium/Close.png"/>
                    </sprite>
                    <sprite file="sprite_y_%d.png" layout="horizontal">
                        <image file="small/Pattern.png" is_repeat="1"/>
                        <image file="small/Address_Book.png"/>
                        <image file="medium/Chat.png"/>
                    </sprite>
                </sprites>
            </root>

  write_css([<filename|fh>])
    Write CSS to file. When filename parameter is not specified than this
    method returning a string.

        $builder->write_css('sprite.css');

  write_xml([<filename|fh>])
    Write CSS sprites info structure into XML format (it requires
    XML::LibXML module). When filename parameter is not specified than this
    method returning a string.

        $builder->write_xml('sprite.xml');

    Example of sprite.xml:

        <root>
            <sprite src="sample_sprite.png">
                <image y="0" width="32" selector=".spr-small-add" is_background="0" x="0" height="32" repeat="no" image="small/Add.png"/>
            </sprite>
        </root>

  write_html([<filename|fh>])
    Write HTML sample page. When filename parameter is not specified than
    this method returning a string.

  get_sprites_info()
    This method returning structure like:

        {
            'sample_sprite.png' => [
                {
                    'y' => 0,
                    'width' => 32,
                    'selector' => '.spr-small-add',
                    'is_background' => 0,
                    'x' => 0,
                    'height' => 32,
                    'image' => 'small/Add.png',
                    'repeat' => 'no'
                },
                ...
            ],
            ...
        }

AUTHOR
        Yuriy Ustushenko, <yoreek@yahoo.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    Copyright (C) 2013 Yuriy Ustushenko

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.