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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 JFoenix
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package com.jfoenix.effects;
+
+import javafx.scene.Node;
+import javafx.scene.effect.BlurType;
+import javafx.scene.effect.DropShadow;
+import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
+import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
+
+/**
+ * it will create a shadow effect for a given node and a specified depth level.
+ * depth levels are {0,1,2,3,4,5}
+ *
+ * @author Shadi Shaheen
+ * @version 1.0
+ * @since 2016-03-09
+ */
+public final class JFXDepthManager {
+    private JFXDepthManager() {
+        throw new AssertionError();
+    }
+
+    private static final DropShadow[] depth = new DropShadow[] {
+            new DropShadow(BlurType.GAUSSIAN, Color.TRANSPARENT, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+            new DropShadow(BlurType.GAUSSIAN, Color.rgb(0, 0, 0, 0.12), 4, 0, 0, 1),
+            new DropShadow(BlurType.GAUSSIAN, Color.rgb(0, 0, 0, 0.16), 6, 0, 0, 2),
+            new DropShadow(BlurType.GAUSSIAN, Color.rgb(0, 0, 0, 0.20), 10, 0, 0, 3),
+            new DropShadow(BlurType.GAUSSIAN, Color.rgb(0, 0, 0, 0.24), 14, 0, 0, 4),
+            new DropShadow(BlurType.GAUSSIAN, Color.rgb(0, 0, 0, 0.28), 20, 0, 0, 6)
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * this method is used to add shadow effect to the node,
+     * however the shadow is not real ( gets affected with node transformations)
+     * <p>
+     * use {@link #createMaterialNode(Node, int)} instead to generate a real shadow
+     */
+    public static void setDepth(Node control, int level) {
+        level = level < 0 ? 0 : level;
+        level = level > 5 ? 5 : level;
+        control.setEffect(new DropShadow(BlurType.GAUSSIAN,
+                depth[level].getColor(),
+                depth[level].getRadius(),
+                depth[level].getSpread(),
+                depth[level].getOffsetX(),
+                depth[level].getOffsetY()));
+    }
+
+    public static int getLevels() {
+        return depth.length;
+    }
+
+    public static DropShadow getShadowAt(int level) {
+        return depth[level];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * this method will generate a new container node that prevent
+     * control transformation to be applied to the shadow effect
+     * (which makes it looks as a real shadow)
+     */
+    public static Node createMaterialNode(Node control, int level) {
+        Node container = new Pane(control) {
+            @Override
+            protected double computeMaxWidth(double height) {
+                return computePrefWidth(height);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            protected double computeMaxHeight(double width) {
+                return computePrefHeight(width);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            protected double computePrefWidth(double height) {
+                return control.prefWidth(height);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            protected double computePrefHeight(double width) {
+                return control.prefHeight(width);
+            }
+        };
+        container.getStyleClass().add("depth-container");
+        container.setPickOnBounds(false);
+        level = level < 0 ? 0 : level;
+        level = level > 5 ? 5 : level;
+        container.setEffect(new DropShadow(BlurType.GAUSSIAN,
+                depth[level].getColor(),
+                depth[level].getRadius(),
+                depth[level].getSpread(),
+                depth[level].getOffsetX(),
+                depth[level].getOffsetY()));
+        return container;
+    }
+
+    public static void pop(Node control) {
+        control.setEffect(new DropShadow(BlurType.GAUSSIAN, Color.rgb(0, 0, 0, 0.26), 5, 0.05, 0, 1));
+    }
+
+}
+