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package GDS2;
{
require 5.008001;
$GDS2::VERSION = '3.32';
## Note: '@ ( # )' used by the what command  E.g. what GDS2.pm
$GDS2::revision = '@(#) $Id: GDS2.pm,v $ $Revision: 3.32 $ $Date: 2014-09-15 03:27:57-06 $';
#

=pod

=head1 NAME

GDS2 - GDS2 stream module

=head1 SYNOPSIS

This is GDS2, a module for creating programs to read and/or write GDS2 files.

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=head1 COPYRIGHT

Author: Ken Schumack (c) 1999-2014. All rights reserved.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License.
( see http://www.perl.com/pub/a/language/misc/Artistic.html )
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=head1 DESCRIPTION

GDS2 allows you to read and write GDS2 files record by record in a
stream fashion which inherently uses little memory. It is capable but
not fast. If you have large files you may be happier using
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gds2/

=cut

#
# Contributor Modification: Toby Schaffer 2004-01-21
# returnUnitsAsArray() added which returns user units and database
# units as a 2 element array.
#
# Contributor Modification: Peter Baumbach 2002-01-11
# returnRecordAsPerl() was created to facilitate the creation of
# parameterized gds2 data with perl. -Years later Andreas Pawlak
# pointed out a endian problem that needed to be addressed.
#
# 2014-02-08 modified 02create.t after learning that Joe Walsh was
# using the test program to learn how to use module (please
# look at examples and POD instead).
#
# POD documentation is sprinkled throughout the file in an
# attempt at Literate Programming style (which Perl partly supports ...
# see http://www.literateprogramming.com/ )
# Search for the strings '=head' or run perldoc on this file.

# You can run this file through either pod2man or pod2html to produce
# documentation in manual or html file format

use strict;
use warnings;
BEGIN
{
    use constant TRUE    => 1;
    use constant FALSE   => 0;
    use constant UNKNOWN => -1;

    use constant HAVE_FLOCK => TRUE;  ## some systems still may not have this...manually change
    use Config;
    use IO::File;
}

if (HAVE_FLOCK)
{
    use Fcntl q(:flock);  # import LOCK_* constants
}

no strict qw( refs );

my $isLittleEndian = FALSE; #default - was developed on a BigEndian machine
$isLittleEndian = TRUE if ($Config{'byteorder'} =~ m/^1/); ## Linux mswin32 cygwin vms

################################################################################
## GDS2 STREAM RECORD DATATYPES
use constant NO_REC_DATA  => 0;
use constant BIT_ARRAY    => 1;
use constant INTEGER_2    => 2;
use constant INTEGER_4    => 3;
use constant REAL_4       => 4; ## NOT supported, should not be found in any GDS2
use constant REAL_8       => 5;
use constant ACSII_STRING => 6;
################################################################################

################################################################################
## GDS2 STREAM RECORD TYPES
use constant HEADER       =>  0;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant BGNLIB       =>  1;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant LIBNAME      =>  2;   ## ASCII String
use constant UNITS        =>  3;   ## 8-byte Real
use constant ENDLIB       =>  4;   ## no data present
use constant BGNSTR       =>  5;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant STRNAME      =>  6;   ## ASCII String
use constant ENDSTR       =>  7;   ## no data present
use constant BOUNDARY     =>  8;   ## no data present
use constant PATH         =>  9;   ## no data present
use constant SREF         => 10;   ## no data present
use constant AREF         => 11;   ## no data present
use constant TEXT         => 12;   ## no data present
use constant LAYER        => 13;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant DATATYPE     => 14;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant WIDTH        => 15;   ## 4-byte Signed Integer
use constant XY           => 16;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant ENDEL        => 17;   ## no data present
use constant SNAME        => 18;   ## ASCII String
use constant COLROW       => 19;   ## 2 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant TEXTNODE     => 20;   ## no data present
use constant NODE         => 21;   ## no data present
use constant TEXTTYPE     => 22;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant PRESENTATION => 23;   ## Bit Array
use constant SPACING      => 24;   ## discontinued
use constant STRING       => 25;   ## ASCII String
use constant STRANS       => 26;   ## Bit Array
use constant MAG          => 27;   ## 8-byte Real
use constant ANGLE        => 28;   ## 8-byte Real
use constant UINTEGER     => 29;   ## UNKNOWN User int, used only in Calma V2.0
use constant USTRING      => 30;   ## UNKNOWN User string, used only in Calma V2.0
use constant REFLIBS      => 31;   ## ASCII String
use constant FONTS        => 32;   ## ASCII String
use constant PATHTYPE     => 33;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant GENERATIONS  => 34;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer
use constant ATTRTABLE    => 35;   ## ASCII String
use constant STYPTABLE    => 36;   ## ASCII String "Unreleased feature"
use constant STRTYPE      => 37;   ## 2-byte Signed Integer "Unreleased feature"
use constant EFLAGS       => 38;   ## BIT_ARRAY  Flags for template and exterior data.  bits 15 to 0, l to r 0=template,
                                   ##   1=external data, others unused
use constant ELKEY        => 39;   ## INTEGER_4  "Unreleased feature"
use constant LINKTYPE     => 40;   ## UNKNOWN    "Unreleased feature"
use constant LINKKEYS     => 41;   ## UNKNOWN    "Unreleased feature"
use constant NODETYPE     => 42;   ## INTEGER_2  Nodetype specification. On Calma this could be 0 to 63, GDSII allows 0 to 255.
                                   ##   Of course a 2 byte integer allows up to 65535...
use constant PROPATTR     => 43;   ## INTEGER_2  Property number.
use constant PROPVALUE    => 44;   ## STRING     Property value. On GDSII, 128 characters max, unless an SREF, AREF, or NODE,
                                   ##   which may have 512 characters.
use constant BOX          => 45;   ## NO_DATA    The beginning of a BOX element.
use constant BOXTYPE      => 46;   ## INTEGER_2  Boxtype specification.
use constant PLEX         => 47;   ## INTEGER_4  Plex number and plexhead flag. The least significant bit of the most significant
                                   ##    byte is the plexhead flag.
use constant BGNEXTN      => 48;   ## INTEGER_4  Path extension beginning for pathtype 4 in Calma CustomPlus. In database units,
                                   ##    may be negative.
use constant ENDEXTN      => 49;   ## INTEGER_4  Path extension end for pathtype 4 in Calma CustomPlus. In database units, may be negative.
use constant TAPENUM      => 50;   ## INTEGER_2  Tape number for multi-reel stream file.
use constant TAPECODE     => 51;   ## INTEGER_2  Tape code to verify that the reel is from the proper set. 12 bytes that are
                                   ##   supposed to form a unique tape code.
use constant STRCLASS     => 52;   ## BIT_ARRAY  Calma use only.
use constant RESERVED     => 53;   ## INTEGER_4  Used to be NUMTYPES per Calma GDSII Stream Format Manual, v6.0.
use constant FORMAT       => 54;   ## INTEGER_2  Archive or Filtered flag.  0: Archive 1: filtered
use constant MASK         => 55;   ## STRING     Only in filtered streams. Layers and datatypes used for mask in a filtered
                                   ##   stream file. A string giving ranges of layers and datatypes separated by a semicolon.
                                   ##   There may be more than one mask in a stream file.
use constant ENDMASKS     => 56;   ## NO_DATA    The end of mask descriptions.
use constant LIBDIRSIZE   => 57;   ## INTEGER_2  Number of pages in library director, a GDSII thing, it seems to have only been
                                   ##   used when Calma INFORM was creating a new library.
use constant SRFNAME      => 58;   ## STRING     Calma "Sticks"(c) rule file name.
use constant LIBSECUR     => 59;   ## INTEGER_2  Access control list stuff for CalmaDOS, ancient. INFORM used this when creating
                                   ##   a new library. Had 1 to 32 entries with group numbers, user numbers and access rights.
#################################################################################################
use vars '$StrSpace';
use vars '$ElmSpace';
$StrSpace='';
$ElmSpace='';

my %RecordTypeNumbers=(
'HEADER'      => HEADER,
'BGNLIB'      => BGNLIB,
'LIBNAME'     => LIBNAME,
'UNITS'       => UNITS,
'ENDLIB'      => ENDLIB,
'BGNSTR'      => BGNSTR,
'STRNAME'     => STRNAME,
'ENDSTR'      => ENDSTR,
'BOUNDARY'    => BOUNDARY,
'PATH'        => PATH,
'SREF'        => SREF,
'AREF'        => AREF,
'TEXT'        => TEXT,
'LAYER'       => LAYER,
'DATATYPE'    => DATATYPE,
'WIDTH'       => WIDTH,
'XY'          => XY,
'ENDEL'       => ENDEL,
'SNAME'       => SNAME,
'COLROW'      => COLROW,
'TEXTNODE'    => TEXTNODE,
'NODE'        => NODE,
'TEXTTYPE'    => TEXTTYPE,
'PRESENTATION'=> PRESENTATION,
'SPACING'     => SPACING,
'STRING'      => STRING,
'STRANS'      => STRANS,
'MAG'         => MAG,
'ANGLE'       => ANGLE,
'UINTEGER'    => UINTEGER,
'USTRING'     => USTRING,
'REFLIBS'     => REFLIBS,
'FONTS'       => FONTS,
'PATHTYPE'    => PATHTYPE,
'GENERATIONS' => GENERATIONS,
'ATTRTABLE'   => ATTRTABLE,
'STYPTABLE'   => STYPTABLE,
'STRTYPE'     => STRTYPE,
'EFLAGS'      => EFLAGS,
'ELKEY'       => ELKEY,
'LINKTYPE'    => LINKTYPE,
'LINKKEYS'    => LINKKEYS,
'NODETYPE'    => NODETYPE,
'PROPATTR'    => PROPATTR,
'PROPVALUE'   => PROPVALUE,
'BOX'         => BOX,
'BOXTYPE'     => BOXTYPE,
'PLEX'        => PLEX,
'BGNEXTN'     => BGNEXTN,
'ENDEXTN'     => ENDEXTN,
'TAPENUM'     => TAPENUM,
'TAPECODE'    => TAPECODE,
'STRCLASS'    => STRCLASS,
'RESERVED'    => RESERVED,
'FORMAT'      => FORMAT,
'MASK'        => MASK,
'ENDMASKS'    => ENDMASKS,
'LIBDIRSIZE'  => LIBDIRSIZE,
'SRFNAME'     => SRFNAME,
'LIBSECUR'    => LIBSECUR,
);

my @RecordTypeStrings=( ## for ascii print of GDS
'HEADER',
'BGNLIB',
'LIBNAME',
'UNITS',
'ENDLIB',
'BGNSTR',
'STRNAME',
'ENDSTR',
'BOUNDARY',
'PATH',
'SREF',
'AREF',
'TEXT',
'LAYER',
'DATATYPE',
'WIDTH',
'XY',
'ENDEL',
'SNAME',
'COLROW',
'TEXTNODE',
'NODE',
'TEXTTYPE',
'PRESENTATION',
'SPACING',
'STRING',
'STRANS',
'MAG',
'ANGLE',
'UINTEGER',
'USTRING',
'REFLIBS',
'FONTS',
'PATHTYPE',
'GENERATIONS',
'ATTRTABLE',
'STYPTABLE',
'STRTYPE',
'EFLAGS',
'ELKEY',
'LINKTYPE',
'LINKKEYS',
'NODETYPE',
'PROPATTR',
'PROPVALUE',
'BOX',
'BOXTYPE',
'PLEX',
'BGNEXTN',
'ENDEXTN',
'TAPENUM',
'TAPECODE',
'STRCLASS',
'RESERVED',
'FORMAT',
'MASK',
'ENDMASKS',
'LIBDIRSIZE',
'SRFNAME',
'LIBSECUR',
);
my @CompactRecordTypeStrings=( ## for compact ascii print of GDS (GDT format) see http://sourceforge.net/projects/gds2/
'gds2{',          #HEADER
'',               #BGNLIB
'lib',            #LIBNAME
'',               #UNITS
'}',              #ENDLIB
'cell{',          #BGNSTR
'',               #STRNAME
'}',              #ENDSTR
'b{',             #BOUNDARY
'p{',             #PATH
's{',             #SREF
'a{',             #AREF
't{',             #TEXT
'',               #LAYER
' dt',            #DATATYPE
' w',             #WIDTH
' xy(',           #XY  #)
'}',              #ENDEL
'',               #SNAME
' cr',            #COLROW
' tn',            #TEXTNODE
' no',            #NODE
' tt',            #TEXTTYPE
'',               #PRESENTATION'
' sp',            #SPACING
'',               #STRING
'',               #STRANS
' m',             #MAG
' a',             #ANGLE
' ui',            #UINTEGER
' us',            #USTRING
' rl',            #REFLIBS
' f',             #FONTS
' pt',            #PATHTYPE
' gen',           #GENERATIONS
' at',            #ATTRTABLE
' st',            #STYPTABLE
' strt',          #STRTYPE
' ef',            #EFLAGS
' ek',            #ELKEY
' lt',            #LINKTYPE
' lk',            #LINKKEYS
' nt',            #NODETYPE
' ptr',           #PROPATTR
' pv',            #PROPVALUE
' bx',            #BOX
' bt',            #BOXTYPE
' px',            #PLEX
' bx',            #BGNEXTN
' ex',            #ENDEXTN
' tnum',          #TAPENUM
' tcode',         #TAPECODE
' strc',          #STRCLASS
' resv',          #RESERVED
' fmt',           #FORMAT
' msk',           #MASK
' emsk',          #ENDMASKS
' lds',           #LIBDIRSIZE
' srfn',          #SRFNAME
' libs',          #LIBSECUR
);

###################################################
my %RecordTypeData=(
'HEADER'       => INTEGER_2,
'BGNLIB'       => INTEGER_2,
'LIBNAME'      => ACSII_STRING,
'UNITS'        => REAL_8,
'ENDLIB'       => NO_REC_DATA,
'BGNSTR'       => INTEGER_2,
'STRNAME'      => ACSII_STRING,
'ENDSTR'       => NO_REC_DATA,
'BOUNDARY'     => NO_REC_DATA,
'PATH'         => NO_REC_DATA,
'SREF'         => NO_REC_DATA,
'AREF'         => NO_REC_DATA,
'TEXT'         => NO_REC_DATA,
'LAYER'        => INTEGER_2,
'DATATYPE'     => INTEGER_2,
'WIDTH'        => INTEGER_4,
'XY'           => INTEGER_4,
'ENDEL'        => NO_REC_DATA,
'SNAME'        => ACSII_STRING,
'COLROW'       => INTEGER_2,
'TEXTNODE'     => NO_REC_DATA,
'NODE'         => NO_REC_DATA,
'TEXTTYPE'     => INTEGER_2,
'PRESENTATION' => BIT_ARRAY,
'SPACING'      => UNKNOWN, #INTEGER_4, discontinued
'STRING'       => ACSII_STRING,
'STRANS'       => BIT_ARRAY,
'MAG'          => REAL_8,
'ANGLE'        => REAL_8,
'UINTEGER'     => UNKNOWN, #INTEGER_4, no longer used
'USTRING'      => UNKNOWN, #ACSII_STRING, no longer used
'REFLIBS'      => ACSII_STRING,
'FONTS'        => ACSII_STRING,
'PATHTYPE'     => INTEGER_2,
'GENERATIONS'  => INTEGER_2,
'ATTRTABLE'    => ACSII_STRING,
'STYPTABLE'    => ACSII_STRING, # unreleased feature
'STRTYPE'      => INTEGER_2, #INTEGER_2, unreleased feature
'EFLAGS'       => BIT_ARRAY,
'ELKEY'        => INTEGER_4, #INTEGER_4, unreleased feature
'LINKTYPE'     => INTEGER_2, #unreleased feature
'LINKKEYS'     => INTEGER_4, #unreleased feature
'NODETYPE'     => INTEGER_2,
'PROPATTR'     => INTEGER_2,
'PROPVALUE'    => ACSII_STRING,
'BOX'          => NO_REC_DATA,
'BOXTYPE'      => INTEGER_2,
'PLEX'         => INTEGER_4,
'BGNEXTN'      => INTEGER_4,
'ENDEXTN'      => INTEGER_4,
'TAPENUM'      => INTEGER_2,
'TAPECODE'     => INTEGER_2,
'STRCLASS'     => UNKNOWN,
'RESERVED'     => INTEGER_4,
'FORMAT'       => INTEGER_2,
'MASK'         => ACSII_STRING,
'ENDMASKS'     => NO_REC_DATA,
'LIBDIRSIZE'   => UNKNOWN, #INTEGER_2
'SRFNAME'      => ACSII_STRING,
'LIBSECUR'     => UNKNOWN, #INTEGER_2,
);

# This is the default class for the GDS2 object to use when all else fails.
$GDS2::DefaultClass = 'GDS2' unless defined $GDS2::DefaultClass;

my $G_gdtString="";
my $G_epsilon="0.001"; ## to take care of floating point representation problems
my $G_fltLen=3;
{ #it's own name space...
    my $fltLenTmp = sprintf("%0.99f",(1.0/3.0)); $fltLenTmp=~s/^0.(3+).*/$1/; $fltLenTmp = length($fltLenTmp) - 10;
    if ($fltLenTmp > length($G_epsilon)) # try to make smaller if we can...
    {
        $G_epsilon = sprintf("%0.${fltLenTmp}f1",0);
        $G_fltLen = $fltLenTmp;
    }
}
$G_epsilon *= 1; #ensure it's a number

################################################################################

=head1 Examples

  Layer change:
    here's a bare bones script to change all layer 59 to 66 given a file to
    read and a new file to create.
    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
    use strict;
    use GDS2;
    my $fileName1 = $ARGV[0];
    my $fileName2 = $ARGV[1];
    my $gds2File1 = new GDS2(-fileName => $fileName1);
    my $gds2File2 = new GDS2(-fileName => ">$fileName2");
    while (my $record = $gds2File1 -> readGds2Record)
    {
        if ($gds2File1 -> returnLayer == 59)
        {
            $gds2File2 -> printLayer(-num=>66);
        }
        else
        {
            $gds2File2 -> printRecord(-data=>$record);
        }
    }


  Gds2 dump:
    here's a complete program to dump the contents of a stream file.
    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
    use GDS2;
    $\="\n";
    my $gds2File = new GDS2(-fileName=>$ARGV[0]);
    while ($gds2File -> readGds2Record)
    {
        print $gds2File -> returnRecordAsString;
    }


  Gds2 dump in GDT format: which is smaller and easier to parse - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gds2/
    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
    use GDS2;
    my $gds2File = new GDS2(-fileName=>$ARGV[0]);
    while ($gds2File -> readGds2Record)
    {
        print $gds2File -> returnRecordAsString(-compact=>1);
    }


  Create a complete GDS2 stream file from scratch:
    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
    use GDS2;
    my $gds2File = new GDS2(-fileName=>'>test.gds');
    $gds2File -> printInitLib(-name=>'testlib');
    $gds2File -> printBgnstr(-name=>'test');
    $gds2File -> printPath(
                    -layer=>6,
                    -pathType=>0,
                    -width=>2.4,
                    -xy=>[0,0, 10.5,0, 10.5,3.3],
                 );
    $gds2File -> printSref(
                    -name=>'contact',
                    -xy=>[4,5.5],
                 );
    $gds2File -> printAref(
                    -name=>'contact',
                    -columns=>2,
                    -rows=>3,
                    -xy=>[0,0, 10,0, 0,15],
                 );
    $gds2File -> printEndstr;
    $gds2File -> printBgnstr(-name => 'contact');
    $gds2File -> printBoundary(
                    -layer=>10,
                    -xy=>[0,0, 1,0, 1,1, 0,1],
                 );
    $gds2File -> printEndstr;
    $gds2File -> printEndlib();

################################################################################

=head1 METHODS

=head2 new - open gds2 file

  usage:
  my $gds2File  = new GDS2(-fileName => "filename.gds2"); ## to read
  my $gds2File2 = new GDS2(-fileName => ">filename.gds2"); ## to write


=cut

sub new
{
    my($class,%arg) = @_;
    my $self = {};
    bless $self,$class || ref $class || $GDS2::DefaultClass;
    my $fileName = $arg{'-fileName'};
    unless (defined $fileName)
    {
        die "new expects a gds2 file name. Missing -fileName => 'name' $!";
    }
    my $resolution = $arg{'-resolution'};
    unless (defined $resolution)
    {
        $resolution=1000;
    }
    die "new expects a positive integer resolution. ($resolution) $!" if (($resolution <= 0) || ($resolution !~ m|^\d+$|));
    my $lockMode = LOCK_SH;   ## default
    my $openModStr = substr($fileName,0,2);  ### looking for > or >>
    $openModStr =~ s|^\s+||;
    $openModStr =~ s|[^\+>]+||g;
    my $openModeNum = O_RDONLY;
    if ($openModStr =~ m|^\+|)
    {
        warn("Ignoring '+' in open mode"); ## not handling this yet...
        $openModStr =~ s|\++||;
    }
    if ($openModStr eq '>')
    {
        $openModeNum = O_WRONLY|O_CREAT;
        $lockMode = LOCK_EX;
        $fileName =~ s|^$openModStr||;
    }
    elsif ($openModStr eq '>>')
    {
        $openModeNum = O_WRONLY|O_APPEND;
        $lockMode = LOCK_EX;
        $fileName =~ s|^$openModStr||;
    }
    my $fileHandle = new IO::File;
    $fileHandle -> open("$fileName",$openModeNum) or die "Unable to open $fileName because $!";
    if (HAVE_FLOCK)
    {
        flock($fileHandle,$lockMode) or die "File lock on $fileName failed because $!";
    }
    binmode $fileHandle,':raw';
    $self -> {'Fd'}         = $fileHandle -> fileno;
    $self -> {'FileHandle'} = $fileHandle;
    $self -> {'FileName'}   = $fileName; ## the gds2 filename
    $self -> {'BytesDone'}  = 0;         ## total file size so far
    $self -> {'EOLIB'}      = FALSE;     ## end of library flag
    $self -> {'INHEADER'}   = UNKNOWN;   ## in header? flag TRUE | FALSE | UNKNOWN
    $self -> {'INDATA'}     = FALSE;     ## in data? flag TRUE | FALSE
    $self -> {'Length'}     = 0;         ## length of data
    $self -> {'DataType'}   = UNKNOWN;   ## one of 7 gds datatypes
    $self -> {'UUnits'}     = -1.0;      ## for gds2 file  e.g. 0.001
    $self -> {'DBUnits'}    = -1.0;      ## for gds2 file  e.g. 1e-9
    $self -> {'Record'}     = '';        ## the whole record as found in gds2 file
    $self -> {'RecordType'} = UNKNOWN;
    $self -> {'DataIndex'}  = 0;
    $self -> {'RecordData'} = ();
    $self -> {'CurrentDataList'} = '';
    $self -> {'InBoundary'} = FALSE;     ##
    $self -> {'InTxt'}      = FALSE;     ##
    $self -> {'DateFld'}    = 0;     ##
    $self -> {'Resolution'} = $resolution;
    $self -> {'UsingPrettyPrint'} = FALSE; ## print as string ...
    $self;
}
################################################################################

#######
#private method to check how accurately users perl can do math
sub getG_epsilon
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    $G_epsilon;
}
################################################################################

#######
#private method to check how accurately users perl can do math
sub getG_fltLen
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    $G_fltLen;
}
################################################################################

#######
#private method to report Endianness
sub endianness
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    $isLittleEndian;
}
################################################################################

#######
#private method to clean up number
sub cleanExpNum($)
{
    my $num = shift;
    $num = sprintf("%0.${G_fltLen}e",$num);
    $num =~ s/([1-9])0+e/$1e/;
    $num =~ s/(\d)\.0+e/$1e/;
    $num;
}
################################################################################

#######
#private method to clean up number
sub cleanFloatNum($)
{
    my $num = shift;
    $num = sprintf("%0.${G_fltLen}f",$num);
    $num =~ s/([1-9])0+$/$1/;
    $num =~ s/(\d)\.0+$/$1/;
    $num;
}
################################################################################

=head2 fileNum - file number...

  usage:

=cut

sub fileNum
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    int($self -> {'Fd'});
}
################################################################################

=head2 close - close gds2 file

  usage:
  $gds2File -> close;
   -or-
  $gds2File -> close(-markEnd=>1); ## -- some systems have trouble closing files
  $gds2File -> close(-pad=>2048);  ## -- pad end with \0's till file size is a
                                   ## multiple of number. Note: old reel to reel tapes on Calma
                                   ## systems used 2048 byte blocks

=cut

sub close
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $markEnd = $arg{'-markEnd'};
    my $pad = $arg{'-pad'};
    if ((defined $markEnd)&&($markEnd))
    {
        my $fh = $self -> {'FileHandle'};
        print $fh "\x1a\x04"; # a ^Z and a ^D
        $self -> {'BytesDone'} += 2;
    }
    if ((defined $pad)&&($pad > 0))
    {
        my $fh = $self -> {'FileHandle'};
        $fh -> flush;
        seek($fh,0,SEEK_END);
        my $fileSize = tell($fh);
        my $padSize = $pad - ($fileSize % $pad);
        $padSize=0 if ($padSize == $pad);
        for (my $i=0; $i < $padSize; $i++)
        {
            print $fh "\0"; ## a null
        }
    }
    $self -> {'FileHandle'} -> close;
}
################################################################################

################################################################################

=head1 High Level Write Methods

=cut

################################################################################

=head2 printInitLib() - Does all the things needed to start a library, writes HEADER,BGNLIB,LIBNAME,and UNITS records

The default is to create a library with a default unit of 1 micron that has a resolution of 1000. To get this set uUnit to 0.001 (1/1000) and the dbUnit to 1/1000th of a micron (1e-9).
   usage:
     $gds2File -> printInitLib(-name    => "testlib",  ## required
                               -isoDate => 0|1         ## (optional) use ISO 4 digit date 2001 vs 101
                               -uUnit   => real number ## (optional) default is 0.001
                               -dbUnit  => real number ## (optional) default is 1e-9
                              );

     ## defaults to current date for library date

   note:
     remember to close library with printEndlib()

=cut

sub printInitLib
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $libName = $arg{'-name'};
    unless (defined $libName)
    {
        die "printInitLib expects a library name. Missing -name => 'name' $!";
    }
    #################################################
    my $isoDate = $arg{'-isoDate'};
    if (! defined $isoDate)
    {
        $isoDate = FALSE;
    }
    elsif ($isoDate != 0)
    {
        $isoDate = TRUE;
    }

    #################################################
    my $uUnit = $arg{'-uUnit'};
    if (! defined $uUnit)
    {
        $uUnit = 0.001;
    }
    else
    {
        $self -> {'Resolution'} = cleanFloatNum(1 / $uUnit); ## default is 1000 - already set in new()
    }
    $self -> {'UUnits'} = $uUnit;

    #################################################
    my $dbUnit = $arg{'-dbUnit'};
    $dbUnit = 1e-9 unless (defined $dbUnit);
    $self -> {'DBUnits'} = $dbUnit;
    #################################################

    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time);
    $mon++;
    $year += 1900 if ($isoDate); ## Cadence likes year left "as is". GDS format supports year number up to 65535 -- 101 vs 2001
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'HEADER',-data => 3); ## GDS2 HEADER
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'BGNLIB',-data => [$year,$mon,$mday,$hour,$min,$sec,$year,$mon,$mday,$hour,$min,$sec]);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'LIBNAME',-data => $libName);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'UNITS',-data => [$uUnit,$dbUnit]);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printBgnstr - Does all the things needed to start a structure definition

   usage:
    $gds2File -> printBgnstr(-name => "nand3" ## writes BGNSTR and STRNAME records
                             -isoDate => 1|0  ## (optional) use ISO 4 digit date 2001 vs 101
                             );

   note:
     remember to close with printEndstr()

=cut

sub printBgnstr
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;

    my $strName = $arg{'-name'};
    unless (defined $strName)
    {
        die "bgnStr expects a structure name. Missing -name => 'name' $!";
    }
    my $createTime = $arg{'-createTime'};
    my $isoDate = $arg{'-isoDate'};
    if (! defined $isoDate)
    {
        $isoDate = FALSE;
    }
    elsif ($isoDate != 0)
    {
        $isoDate = TRUE;
    }
    my ($csec,$cmin,$chour,$cmday,$cmon,$cyear,$cwday,$cyday,$cisdst);
    if (defined $createTime)
    {
        ($csec,$cmin,$chour,$cmday,$cmon,$cyear,$cwday,$cyday,$cisdst) = localtime($createTime);
    }
    else
    {
        ($csec,$cmin,$chour,$cmday,$cmon,$cyear,$cwday,$cyday,$cisdst) = localtime(time);
    }
    $cmon++;

    my $modTime = $arg{'-modTime'};
    my ($msec,$mmin,$mhour,$mmday,$mmon,$myear,$mwday,$myday,$misdst);
    if (defined $modTime)
    {
        ($msec,$mmin,$mhour,$mmday,$mmon,$myear,$mwday,$myday,$misdst) = localtime($modTime);
    }
    else
    {
        ($msec,$mmin,$mhour,$mmday,$mmon,$myear,$mwday,$myday,$misdst) = localtime(time);
    }
    $mmon++;

    if ($isoDate)
    {
        $cyear += 1900;  ## 2001 vs 101
        $myear += 1900;
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'BGNSTR',-data => [$cyear,$cmon,$cmday,$chour,$cmin,$csec,$myear,$mmon,$mmday,$mhour,$mmin,$msec]);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'STRNAME',-data => $strName);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printPath - prints a gds2 path

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printPath(
                    -layer=>#,
                    -dataType=>#,     ##optional
                    -pathType=>#,
                    -width=>#.#,
                    -unitWidth=>#,    ## (optional) directly specify width in data base units (vs -width which is multipled by resolution)

                    -xy=>\@array,     ## array of reals
                      # -or-
                    -xyInt=>\@array,  ## array of internal ints (optional -wks better if you are modifying an existing GDS2 file)
                  );

  note:
    layer defaults to 0 if -layer not used
    pathType defaults to 0 if -pathType not used
      pathType 0 = square end
               1 = round end
               2 = square - extended 1/2 width
               4 = custom plus variable path extension...
    width defaults to 0.0 if -width not used

=cut

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
#  ::= PATH [ELFLAGS] [PLEX] LAYER DATATYPE [PATHTYPE] [WIDTH] XY
sub printPath
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
    my $layer = $arg{'-layer'};
    $layer=0 unless ( defined $layer);

    my $dataType = $arg{'-dataType'};
    $dataType=0 unless (defined $dataType);

    my $pathType = $arg{'-pathType'};
    $pathType=0 unless (defined $pathType);

    my $bgnExtn = $arg{'-bgnExtn'};
    $bgnExtn=0 unless (defined $bgnExtn);

    my $endExtn = $arg{'-endExtn'};
    $endExtn=0 unless (defined $endExtn);

    my $unitWidth = $arg{'-unitWidth'};
    my $widthReal = $arg{'-width'};
    my $width = 0;
    if ((defined $unitWidth)&&($unitWidth >= 0))
    {
        $width=int($unitWidth);
    }
    if ((defined $widthReal)&&($widthReal >= 0.0))
    {
        $width = int(($widthReal*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);
    }
    #### -xyInt most useful if reading and modifying... -xy if creating from scratch
    my $xyInt = $arg{'-xyInt'}; ## $xyInt should be a reference to an array of internal GDS2 format integers
    my $xy = $arg{'-xy'};       ## $xy should be a reference to an array of reals
    my @xyTmp=();               ##don't pollute array passed in
    if (! ((defined $xy) || (defined $xyInt)))
    {
        die "printPath expects an xy array reference. Missing -xy => \\\@array $!";
    }
    if (defined $xyInt)
    {
        $xy = $xyInt;
        $resolution=1;
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'PATH');
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'LAYER',-data => $layer);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'DATATYPE',-data => $dataType);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'PATHTYPE',-data => $pathType) if ($pathType);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'WIDTH',-data => $width) if ($width);
    if ($pathType == 4)
    {
        $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'BGNEXTN',-data => $bgnExtn); ## int used with resolution
        $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDEXTN',-data => $endExtn); ## int used with resolution
    }
    for(my $i=0;$i<=$#$xy;$i++) ## e.g. 3.4 in -> 3400 out
    {
        if ($xy -> [$i] >= 0) { push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
        else                  { push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
    }
    if ($bgnExtn || $endExtn) ## we have to convert
    {
        my $bgnX1 = $xyTmp[0];
        my $bgnY1 = $xyTmp[1];
        my $bgnX2 = $xyTmp[2];
        my $bgnY2 = $xyTmp[3];
        my $endX1 = $xyTmp[$#xyTmp - 1];
        my $endY1 = $xyTmp[$#xyTmp];
        my $endX2 = $xyTmp[$#xyTmp - 3];
        my $endY2 = $xyTmp[$#xyTmp - 2];
        if ($bgnExtn)
        {
            if ($bgnX1 == $bgnX2) #vertical ...modify 1st Y
            {
                if ($bgnY1 < $bgnY2) ## points down
                {
                    $xyTmp[1] -= $bgnExtn;
                    $xyTmp[1] += int($width/2) if ($pathType != 0);
                }
                else ## points up
                {
                    $xyTmp[1] += $bgnExtn;
                    $xyTmp[1] -= int($width/2) if ($pathType != 0);
                }
            }
            elsif ($bgnY1 == $bgnY2) #horizontal ...modify 1st X
            {
                if ($bgnX1 < $bgnX2) ## points left
                {
                    $xyTmp[0] -= $bgnExtn;
                    $xyTmp[0] += int($width/2) if ($pathType != 0);
                }
                else ## points up
                {
                    $xyTmp[0] += $bgnExtn;
                    $xyTmp[0] -= int($width/2) if ($pathType != 0);
                }
            }
        }

        if ($endExtn)
        {
            if ($endX1 == $endX2) #vertical ...modify last Y
            {
                if ($endY1 < $endY2) ## points down
                {
                    $xyTmp[$#xyTmp] -= $endExtn;
                    $xyTmp[$#xyTmp] += int($width/2) if ($pathType != 0);
                }
                else ## points up
                {
                    $xyTmp[$#xyTmp] += $endExtn;
                    $xyTmp[$#xyTmp] -= int($width/2) if ($pathType != 0);
                }
            }
            elsif ($endY1 == $endY2) #horizontal ...modify last X
            {
                if ($endX1 < $endX2) ## points left
                {
                    $xyTmp[$#xyTmp - 1] -= $endExtn;
                    $xyTmp[$#xyTmp - 1] += int($width/2) if ($pathType != 0);
                }
                else ## points up
                {
                    $xyTmp[$#xyTmp - 1] += $endExtn;
                    $xyTmp[$#xyTmp - 1] -= int($width/2) if ($pathType != 0);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'XY',-data => \@xyTmp);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDEL');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printBoundary - prints a gds2 boundary

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printBoundary(
                    -layer=>#,
                    -dataType=>#,

                    -xy=>\@array,     ## ref to array of reals
                      # -or-
                    -xyInt=>\@array,  ## ref to array of internal ints (optional -wks better if you are modifying an existing GDS2 file)
                 );

  note:
    layer defaults to 0 if -layer not used
    dataType defaults to 0 if -dataType not used

=cut

#  ::= BOUNDARY [ELFLAGS] [PLEX] LAYER DATATYPE XY
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
sub printBoundary
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
    my $layer = $arg{'-layer'};
    $layer=0 unless (defined $layer);
    my $dataType = $arg{'-dataType'};
    $dataType=0 unless (defined $dataType);
    #### -xyInt most useful if reading and modifying... -xy if creating from scratch
    my $xyInt = $arg{'-xyInt'}; ## $xyInt should be a reference to an array of internal GDS2 format integers
    my $xy = $arg{'-xy'}; ## $xy should be a reference to an array of reals
    my @xyTmp=(); ##don't pollute array passed in
    unless (defined($xy) || defined($xyInt))
    {
        die "printBoundary expects an xy array reference. Missing -xy => \\\@array $!";
    }
    if (defined $xyInt)
    {
        $xy = $xyInt;
        $resolution=1;
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'BOUNDARY');
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'LAYER',-data => $layer);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'DATATYPE',-data => $dataType);
    if (my $numPoints=$#$xy+1 < 6)
    {
        die "printBoundary expects an xy array of at leasts 3 coordinates $!";
    }
    for(my $i=0;$i<=$#$xy;$i++) ## e.g. 3.4 in -> 3400 out
    {
        if ($xy -> [$i] >= 0) {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
        else                  {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
    }
    ## gds expects square to have 5 coords (closure)
    if (($xy -> [0] != ($xy -> [($#$xy - 1)])) || ($xy -> [1] != ($xy -> [$#$xy])))
    {
        if ($xy -> [0] >= 0) {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [0])*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
        else                 {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [0])*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
        if ($xy -> [1] >= 0) {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [1])*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
        else                 {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [1])*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'XY',-data => \@xyTmp);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDEL');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printSref - prints a gds2 Structure REFerence

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printSref(
                    -name=>string,   ## Name of structure

                    -xy=>\@array,    ## ref to array of reals
                      # -or-
                    -xyInt=>\@array, ## ref to array of internal ints (optional -wks better than -xy if you are modifying an existing GDS2 file)

                    -angle=>#.#,     ## (optional) Default is 0.0
                    -mag=>#.#,       ## (optional) Default is 1.0
                    -reflect=>0|1    ## (optional)
                 );

  note:
    best not to specify angle or mag if not needed

=cut

#::= SREF [ELFLAGS] [PLEX] SNAME [] XY
#  ::=   STRANS [MAG] [ANGLE]
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
sub printSref
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $useSTRANS=FALSE;
    my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
    my $sname = $arg{'-name'};
    unless (defined $sname)
    {
        die "printSref expects a name string. Missing -name => 'text' $!";
    }
    #### -xyInt most useful if reading and modifying... -xy if creating from scratch
    my $xyInt = $arg{'-xyInt'}; ## $xyInt should be a reference to an array of internal GDS2 format integers
    my $xy = $arg{'-xy'}; ## $xy should be a reference to an array of reals
    unless (defined($xy) || defined($xyInt))
    {
        die "printSref expects an xy array reference. Missing -xy => \\\@array $!";
    }
    if (defined $xyInt)
    {
        $xy = $xyInt;
        $resolution=1;
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'SREF');
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'SNAME',-data => $sname);
    my $reflect = $arg{'-reflect'};
    if ((! defined $reflect)||($reflect <= 0))
    {
        $reflect=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $reflect=1;
        $useSTRANS=TRUE;
    }
    my $mag = $arg{'-mag'};
    if ((! defined $mag)||($mag <= 0))
    {
        $mag=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $mag = cleanFloatNum($mag);
        $useSTRANS=TRUE;
    }
    my $angle = $arg{'-angle'};
    if (! defined $angle)
    {
        $angle=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $angle=posAngle($angle);
        $useSTRANS=TRUE;
    }
    if ($useSTRANS)
    {
        my $data=$reflect.'0'x15; ## 16 'bit' string
        $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'STRANS',-data => $data);
        $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'MAG',-data => $mag) if ($mag);
        $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ANGLE',-data => $angle) if ($angle);
    }
    my @xyTmp=(); ##don't pollute array passed in
    for(my $i=0;$i<=$#$xy;$i++) ## e.g. 3.4 in -> 3400 out
    {
        if ($xy -> [$i] >= 0) {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
        else                  {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'XY',-data => \@xyTmp);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDEL');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printAref - prints a gds2 Array REFerence

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printAref(
                    -name=>string,   ## Name of structure
                    -columns=>#,     ## Default is 1
                    -rows=>#,        ## Default is 1

                    -xy=>\@array,    ## ref to array of reals
                      # -or-
                    -xyInt=>\@array, ## ref to array of internal ints (optional -wks better if you are modifying an existing GDS2 file)

                    -angle=>#.#,     ## (optional) Default is 0.0
                    -mag=>#.#,       ## (optional) Default is 1.0
                    -reflect=>0|1    ## (optional)
                 );

  note:
    best not to specify angle or mag if not needed
    xyList: 1st coord: origin, 2nd coord: X of col * xSpacing + origin, 3rd coord: Y of row * ySpacing + origin

=cut

#::= AREF [ELFLAGS] [PLEX] SNAME [] COLROW XY
#  ::= STRANS [MAG] [ANGLE]
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
sub printAref
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $useSTRANS=FALSE;
    my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
    my $sname = $arg{'-name'};
    unless (defined $sname)
    {
        die "printAref expects a sname string. Missing -name => 'text' $!";
    }
    #### -xyInt most useful if reading and modifying... -xy if creating from scratch
    my $xyInt = $arg{'-xyInt'}; ## $xyInt should be a reference to an array of internal GDS2 format integers
    my $xy = $arg{'-xy'}; ## $xy should be a reference to an array of reals
    unless (defined($xy) || defined($xyInt))
    {
        die "printAref expects an xy array reference. Missing -xy => \\\@array $!";
    }
    if (defined $xyInt)
    {
        $xy = $xyInt;
        $resolution=1;
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'AREF');
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'SNAME',-data => $sname);
    my $reflect = $arg{'-reflect'};
    if ((! defined $reflect)||($reflect <= 0))
    {
        $reflect=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $reflect=1;
        $useSTRANS=TRUE;
    }
    my $mag = $arg{'-mag'};
    if ((! defined $mag)||($mag <= 0))
    {
        $mag=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $mag = cleanFloatNum($mag);
        $useSTRANS=TRUE;
    }
    my $angle = $arg{'-angle'};
    if (! defined $angle)
    {
        $angle=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $angle=posAngle($angle);
        $useSTRANS=TRUE;
    }
    if ($useSTRANS)
    {
        my $data=$reflect.'0'x15; ## 16 'bit' string
        $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'STRANS',-data => $data);
        $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'MAG',-data => $mag) if ($mag);
        $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ANGLE',-data => $angle) if ($angle);
    }
    my $columns = $arg{'-columns'};
    if ((! defined $columns)||($columns <= 0))
    {
        $columns=1;
    }
    else
    {
        $columns = int($columns);
    }
    my $rows = $arg{'-rows'};
    if ((! defined $rows)||($rows <= 0))
    {
        $rows=1;
    }
    else
    {
        $rows = int($rows);
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'COLROW',-data => [$columns,$rows]);
    my @xyTmp=(); ##don't pollute array passed in
    for(my $i=0;$i<=$#$xy;$i++) ## e.g. 3.4 in -> 3400 out
    {
        if ($xy -> [$i] >= 0) {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
        else                  {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'XY',-data => \@xyTmp);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDEL');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printText - prints a gds2 Text

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printText(
                    -string=>string,
                    -layer=>#,      ## Default is 0
                    -textType=>#,   ## Default is 0
                    -font=>#,       ## 0-3
                    -top, or -middle, -bottom,     ##optional vertical presentation
                    -left, or -center, or -right,  ##optional horizontal presentation

                    -xy=>\@array,     ## ref to array of reals
                      # -or-
                    -xyInt=>\@array,  ## ref to array of internal ints (optional -wks better if you are modifying an existing GDS2 file)

                    -x=>#.#,          ## optional way of passing in x value
                    -y=>#.#,          ## optional way of passing in y value
                    -angle=>#.#,      ## (optional) Default is 0.0
                    -mag=>#.#,        ## (optional) Default is 1.0
                    -reflect=>#,      ## (optional) Default is 0
                 );

  note:
    best not to specify reflect, angle or mag if not needed

=cut

#::= TEXT [ELFLAGS] [PLEX] LAYER
#  ::= TEXTTYPE [PRESENTATION] [PATHTYPE] [WIDTH] [] XY STRING
#    ::= STRANS [MAG] [ANGLE]
################################################################################
sub printText
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $useSTRANS=FALSE;
    my $string = $arg{'-string'};
    unless (defined $string)
    {
        die "printText expects a string. Missing -string => 'text' $!";
    }
    my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
    my $x = $arg{'-x'};
    my $y = $arg{'-y'};
    #### -xyInt most useful if reading and modifying... -xy if creating from scratch
    my $xyInt = $arg{'-xyInt'}; ## $xyInt should be a reference to an array of internal GDS2 format integers
    my $xy = $arg{'-xy'}; ## $xy should be a reference to an array of reals
    if (defined $xyInt)
    {
        $xy = $xyInt;
        $resolution=1;
    }
    if (defined $xy)
    {
        $x = $xy -> [0];
        $y = $xy -> [1];
    }

    my $x2 = $arg{'-x'};
    if (defined $x2)
    {
        $x = $x2;
    }
    unless (defined $x)
    {
        die "printText expects a x coord. Missing -xy=>\@array or -x => 'num' $!";
    }
    if ($x>=0) {$x = int(($x*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
    else       {$x = int(($x*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}

    my $y2 = $arg{'-y'};
    if (defined $y2)
    {
        $y = $y2;
    }
    unless (defined $y)
    {
        die "printText expects a y coord. Missing -xy=>\@array or -y => 'num' $!";
    }
    if ($y>=0) {$y = int(($y*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
    else       {$y = int(($y*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}

    my $layer = $arg{'-layer'};
    $layer=0 unless (defined $layer);
    my $textType = $arg{'-textType'};
    $textType=0 unless (defined $textType);
    my $reflect = $arg{'-reflect'};
    if ((! defined $reflect)||($reflect <= 0))
    {
        $reflect=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $reflect=1;
        $useSTRANS=TRUE;
    }

    my $font = $arg{'-font'};
    if ((! defined $font) || ($font < 0) || ($font > 3))
    {
        $font=0;
    }
    $font = sprintf("%02d",$font);

    my $vertical;
    my $top = $arg{'-top'};
    my $middle = $arg{'-middle'};
    my $bottom = $arg{'-bottom'};
    if    (defined $top)    {$vertical = '00';}
    elsif (defined $bottom) {$vertical = '10';}
    else                    {$vertical = '01';} ## middle
    my $horizontal;
    my $left   = $arg{'-left'};
    my $center = $arg{'-center'};
    my $right  = $arg{'-right'};
    if    (defined $left)  {$horizontal = '00';}
    elsif (defined $right) {$horizontal = '10';}
    else                   {$horizontal = '01';} ## center
    my $presString = '0'x10;
    $presString .= "$font$vertical$horizontal";

    my $mag = $arg{'-mag'};
    if ((! defined $mag)||($mag <= 0))
    {
        $mag=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $mag = cleanFloatNum($mag);
    }
    my $angle = $arg{'-angle'};
    if (! defined $angle)
    {
        $angle=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $angle=posAngle($angle);
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'TEXT');
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'LAYER',-data=>$layer);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'TEXTTYPE',-data=>$textType);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'PRESENTATION',-data => $presString) if (defined $font || defined $top || defined $middle || defined $bottom || defined $bottom || defined $left || defined $center || defined $right);
    if ($useSTRANS)
    {
        my $data=$reflect.'0'x15; ## 16 'bit' string
        $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'STRANS',-data=>$data);
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'MAG',-data=>$mag) if ($mag);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'ANGLE',-data=>$angle) if ($angle);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'XY',-data=>[$x,$y]);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'STRING',-data=>$string);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'ENDEL');
}
################################################################################

=head1 Low Level Generic Write Methods

=cut

################################################################################

=head2  saveGds2Record() - low level method to create a gds2 record given record type
  and data (if required). Data of more than one item should be given as a list.

  NOTE: THIS ONLY USES GDS2 OBJECT TO GET RESOLUTION

  usage:
    saveGds2Record(
            -type=>string,
            -data=>data_If_Needed, ##optional for some types
            -scale=>#.#,           ##optional number to scale data to. I.E -scale=>0.5 #default is NOT to scale
            -snap=>#.#,            ##optional number to snap data to I.E. -snap=>0.005 #default is 1 resolution unit, typically 0.001
    );

  examples:
    my $gds2File = new GDS2(-fileName => ">$fileName");
    my $record = $gds2File -> saveGds2Record(-type=>'header',-data=>3);
    $gds2FileOut -> printGds2Record(-type=>'record',-data=>$record);


=cut

sub saveGds2Record
{
    my ($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $record='';

    my $type = $arg{'-type'};
    if (! defined $type)
    {
        die "saveGds2Record expects a type name. Missing -type => 'name' $!";
    }
    else
    {
        $type = uc $type;
    }

    my $saveEnd=$\;
    $\='';

    my @data = $arg{'-data'};
    my $dataString = $arg{'-asciiData'};
    die "saveGds2Record can not handle both -data and -asciiData options $!" if ((defined $dataString)&&((defined $data[0])&&($data[0] ne '')));

    my $data = '';
    if ($type eq 'RECORD') ## special case...
    {
        return $data[0];
    }
    else
    {
        my $numDataElements = 0;
        my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};

        my $scale = $arg{'-scale'};
        if (! defined $scale)
        {
            $scale=1;
        }
        if ($scale <= 0)
        {
            die "saveGds2Record expects a positive scale -scale => $scale $!";
        }

        my $snap = $arg{'-snap'};
        if (! defined $snap) ## default is one resolution unit
        {
            $snap = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            $snap = $snap*$resolution; ## i.e. 0.001 -> 1
        }
        if ($snap < 1)
        {
            die "saveGds2Record expects a snap >= 1/resolution -snap => $snap $!";
        }

        if ((defined $data[0])&&($data[0] ne ''))
        {
            $data = $data[0];
            $numDataElements = @$data;
            if ($numDataElements) ## passed in anonymous array
            {
                @data = @$data; ## deref
            }
            else
            {
                $numDataElements = @data;
            }
        }

        my $recordDataType = $RecordTypeData{$type};
        if (defined $dataString)
        {
            $dataString=~s|^\s+||; ## clean-up
            $dataString=~s|\s+$||;
            $dataString=~s|\s+| |g if ($dataString !~ m|'|); ## don't compress spaces in strings...
            $dataString=~s|'$||; #'for strings
            $dataString=~s|^'||; #'for strings
            if (($recordDataType == BIT_ARRAY)||($recordDataType == ACSII_STRING))
            {
                $data = $dataString;
            }
            else
            {
                $dataString=~s|\s*[\s,;:/\\]+\s*| |g; ## incase commas etc... (non-std) were added by hand
                @data = split(' ',$dataString);
                $numDataElements = @data;
                if ($recordDataType == INTEGER_4)
                {
                    my @xyTmp=();
                    for(my $i=0;$i<$numDataElements;$i++) ## e.g. 3.4 in -> 3400 out
                    {
                        if ($data[$i]>=0) {push @xyTmp,int((($data[$i])*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
                        else              {push @xyTmp,int((($data[$i])*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
                    }
                    @data=@xyTmp;
                }
            }
        }
        my $byte;
        my $length = 0;
        if ($recordDataType == BIT_ARRAY)
        {
            $length = 2;
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == INTEGER_2)
        {
            $length = 2 * $numDataElements;
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == INTEGER_4)
        {
            $length = 4 * $numDataElements;
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == REAL_8)
        {
            $length = 8 * $numDataElements;
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == ACSII_STRING)
        {
            my $slen = length $data;
            $length = $slen + ($slen % 2); ## needs to be an even number
        }

        my $recordLength = pack 'S',($length + 4); #1 2 bytes for length 3rd for recordType 4th for dataType
        $record .= $recordLength;
        my $recordType = pack 'C',$RecordTypeNumbers{$type};
        $record .= $recordType;

        my $dataType   = pack 'C',$RecordTypeData{$type};
        $record .= $dataType;

        if ($recordDataType == BIT_ARRAY)     ## bit array
        {
            my $bitLength = $length * 8;
            $record .= pack("B$bitLength",$data);
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == INTEGER_2)  ## 2 byte signed integer
        {
            foreach my $num (@data)
            {
                $record .= pack('s',$num);
            }
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == INTEGER_4)  ## 4 byte signed integer
        {
            foreach my $num (@data)
            {
                $num = scaleNum($num,$scale) if ($scale != 1);
                $num = snapNum($num,$snap) if ($snap != 1);
                $record .= pack('i',$num);
            }
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == REAL_8)  ## 8 byte real
        {
            foreach my $num (@data)
            {
                my $real = $num;
                my $negative = FALSE;
                if($num < 0.0)
                {
                    $negative = TRUE;
                    $real = 0 - $num;
                }

                my $exponent = 0;
                while($real >= 1.0)
                {
                    $exponent++;
                    $real = ($real / 16.0);
                }

                if ($real != 0)
                {
                    while($real < 0.0625)
                    {
                        --$exponent;
                        $real = ($real * 16.0);
                    }
                }

                if($negative) { $exponent += 192; }
                else          { $exponent += 64; }
                $record .= pack('C',$exponent);

                for (my $i=1; $i<=7; $i++)
                {
                    if ($real>=0) {$byte = int(($real*256.0)+$G_epsilon);}
                    else          {$byte = int(($real*256.0)-$G_epsilon);}
                    $record .= pack('C',$byte);
                    $real = $real * 256.0 - ($byte + 0.0);
                }
            }
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == ACSII_STRING)  ## ascii string (null padded)
        {
            $record .= pack("a$length",$data);
        }
    }
    $\=$saveEnd;
    $record;
}
################################################################################

=head2  printGds2Record() - low level method to print a gds2 record given record type
  and data (if required). Data of more than one item should be given as a list.

  usage:
    printGds2Record(
            -type=>string,
            -data=>data_If_Needed, ##optional for some types
            -scale=>#.#,           ##optional number to scale data to. I.E -scale=>0.5 #default is NOT to scale
            -snap=>#.#,            ##optional number to snap data to I.E. -snap=>0.005 #default is 1 resolution unit, typically 0.001
    );

  examples:
    my $gds2File = new GDS2(-fileName => ">$fileName");

    $gds2File -> printGds2Record(-type=>'header',-data=>3);
    $gds2File -> printGds2Record(-type=>'bgnlib',-data=>[99,12,1,22,33,0,99,12,1,22,33,9]);
    $gds2File -> printGds2Record(-type=>'libname',-data=>"testlib");
    $gds2File -> printGds2Record(-type=>'units',-data=>[0.001, 1e-9]);
    $gds2File -> printGds2Record(-type=>'bgnstr',-data=>[99,12,1,22,33,0,99,12,1,22,33,9]);
    ...
    $gds2File -> printGds2Record(-type=>'endstr');
    $gds2File -> printGds2Record(-type=>'endlib');

  Note: the special record type of 'record' can be used to copy a complete record
  just read in:
    while (my $record = $gds2FileIn -> readGds2Record())
    {
        $gds2FileOut -> printGds2Record(-type=>'record',-data=>$record);
    }

=cut

sub printGds2Record
{
    my ($self,%arg) = @_;

    my $type = $arg{'-type'};
    unless (defined $type)
    {
        die "printGds2Record expects a type name. Missing -type => 'name' $!";
    }
    else
    {
        $type = uc $type;
    }
    my @data = $arg{'-data'};
    my $dataString = $arg{'-asciiData'};
    die "printGds2Record can not handle both -data and -asciiData options $!" if ((defined $dataString)&&((defined $data[0])&&($data[0] ne '')));

    my $fh = $self -> {'FileHandle'};
    my $saveEnd=$\;
    $\='';

    my $data = '';
    @data = () unless (defined $data[0]);
    my $recordLength; ## 1st 2 bytes for length 3rd for recordType 4th for dataType
    if ($type eq 'RECORD') ## special case...
    {
        if ($isLittleEndian)
        {
            my $length = substr($data[0],0,2);
            $recordLength = unpack 'v',$length;
            $self -> {'BytesDone'} += $recordLength;
            $length = reverse $length;
            print($fh $length);

            my $recordType = substr($data[0],2,1);
            print($fh $recordType);
            $recordType = unpack 'C',$recordType;
            $type = $RecordTypeStrings[$recordType]; ## will use code below.....

            my $dataType = substr($data[0],3,1);
            print($fh $dataType);
            $dataType = unpack 'C',$dataType;
            if ($recordLength > 4)
            {
                my $lengthLeft = $recordLength - 4; ## length left
                my $recordDataType = $RecordTypeData{$type};

                if (($recordDataType == INTEGER_2) || ($recordDataType == BIT_ARRAY))
                {
                    my $binData = unpack 'b*',$data[0];
                    my $intData = substr($binData,32); #skip 1st 4 bytes (length, recordType dataType)

                    my ($byteInt2String,$byte2);
                    for(my $i=0; $i<($lengthLeft/2); $i++)
                    {
                        $byteInt2String = reverse(substr($intData,0,16,''));
                        $byte2=pack 'B16',reverse($byteInt2String);
                        print($fh $byte2);
                    }
                }
                elsif ($recordDataType == INTEGER_4)
                {
                    my $binData = unpack 'b*',$data[0];
                    my $intData = substr($binData,32); #skip 1st 4 bytes (length, recordType dataType)
                    my ($byteInt4String,$byte4);
                    for(my $i=0; $i<($lengthLeft/4); $i++)
                    {
                        $byteInt4String = reverse(substr($intData,0,32,''));
                        $byte4=pack 'B32',reverse($byteInt4String);
                        print($fh $byte4);
                    }
                }
                elsif ($recordDataType == REAL_8)
                {
                    my $binData = unpack 'b*',$data[0];
                    my $realData = substr($binData,32); #skip 1st 4 bytes (length, recordType dataType)
                    my ($bit64String,$mantissa,$byteString,$byte);
                    for(my $i=0; $i<($lengthLeft/8); $i++)
                    {
                        $bit64String = substr($realData,($i*64),64);
                        print($fh pack 'b8',$bit64String);
                        $mantissa = substr($bit64String,8,56);
                        for(my $j=0; $j<7; $j++)
                        {
                            $byteString = substr($mantissa,($j*8),8);
                            $byte=pack 'b8',$byteString;
                            print($fh $byte);
                        }
                    }
                }
                elsif ($recordDataType == ACSII_STRING)  ## ascii string (null padded)
                {
                    print($fh pack("a$lengthLeft",substr($data[0],4)));
                }
                elsif ($recordDataType == REAL_4)  ## 4 byte real
                {
                    die "4-byte reals are not supported $!";
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            print($fh $data[0]);
            $recordLength = length $data[0];
            $self -> {'BytesDone'} += $recordLength;
        }
    }
    else #if ($type ne 'RECORD')
    {
        my $numDataElements = 0;
        my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
        my $uUnits = $self -> {'UUnits'};

        my $scale = $arg{'-scale'};
        if (! defined $scale)
        {
            $scale=1;
        }
        if ($scale <= 0)
        {
            die "printGds2Record expects a positive scale -scale => $scale $!";
        }

        my $snap = $arg{'-snap'};
        if (! defined $snap) ## default is one resolution unit
        {
            $snap = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            $snap = int(($snap*$resolution)+$G_epsilon); ## i.e. 0.001 -> 1
        }
        if ($snap < 1)
        {
            die "printGds2Record expects a snap >= 1/resolution -snap => $snap $!";
        }

        if ((defined $data[0])&&($data[0] ne ''))
        {
            $data = $data[0];
            $numDataElements = @$data;
            if ($numDataElements) ## passed in anonymous array
            {
                @data = @$data; ## deref
            }
            else
            {
                $numDataElements = @data;
            }
        }

        my $recordDataType = $RecordTypeData{$type};

        if (defined $dataString)
        {
            $dataString=~s|^\s+||; ## clean-up
            $dataString=~s|\s+$||;
            $dataString=~s|\s+| |g if ($dataString !~ m|'|); ## don't compress spaces in strings...
            $dataString=~s|'$||; #'# for strings
            $dataString=~s|^'||; #'# for strings
            if (($recordDataType == BIT_ARRAY)||($recordDataType == ACSII_STRING))
            {
                $data = $dataString;
            }
            else
            {
                $dataString=~s|\s*[\s,;:/\\]+\s*| |g; ## in case commas etc... (non-std) were added by hand
                @data = split(' ',$dataString);
                $numDataElements = @data;
                if ($recordDataType == INTEGER_4)
                {
                    my @xyTmp=();
                    for(my $i=0;$i<$numDataElements;$i++) ## e.g. 3.4 in -> 3400 out
                    {
                        if ($data[$i]>=0) {push @xyTmp,int((($data[$i])*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
                        else              {push @xyTmp,int((($data[$i])*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
                    }
                    @data=@xyTmp;
                }
            }
        }
        my $byte;
        my $length = 0;
        if ($recordDataType == BIT_ARRAY)
        {
            $length = 2;
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == INTEGER_2)
        {
            $length = 2 * $numDataElements;
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == INTEGER_4)
        {
            $length = 4 * $numDataElements;
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == REAL_8)
        {
            $length = 8 * $numDataElements;
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == ACSII_STRING)
        {
            my $slen = length $data;
            $length = $slen + ($slen % 2); ## needs to be an even number
        }
        $self -> {'BytesDone'} += $length;
        if ($isLittleEndian)
        {
            $recordLength = pack 'v',($length + 4);
            $recordLength = reverse $recordLength;
        }
        else
        {
            $recordLength = pack 'S',($length + 4);
        }
        print($fh $recordLength);

        my $recordType = pack 'C',$RecordTypeNumbers{$type};
        $recordType = reverse $recordType if ($isLittleEndian);
        print($fh $recordType);

        my $dataType   = pack 'C',$RecordTypeData{$type};
        $dataType = reverse $dataType if ($isLittleEndian);
        print($fh $dataType);

        if ($recordDataType == BIT_ARRAY)     ## bit array
        {
            my $bitLength = $length * 8;
            my $value = pack("B$bitLength",$data);
            print($fh $value);
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == INTEGER_2)  ## 2 byte signed integer
        {
            my $value;
            foreach my $num (@data)
            {
                $value = pack('s',$num);
                $value = reverse $value if ($isLittleEndian);
                print($fh $value);
            }
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == INTEGER_4)  ## 4 byte signed integer
        {
            my $value;
            foreach my $num (@data)
            {
                $num = scaleNum($num,$scale) if ($scale != 1);
                $num = snapNum($num,$snap) if ($snap != 1);
                $value = pack('i',$num);
                $value = reverse $value if ($isLittleEndian);
                print($fh $value);
            }
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == REAL_8)  ## 8 byte real
        {
            my ($real,$negative,$exponent,$value);
            foreach my $num (@data)
            {
                $real = $num;
                $negative = FALSE;
                if($num < 0.0)
                {
                    $negative = TRUE;
                    $real = 0 - $num;
                }

                $exponent = 0;
                while($real >= 1.0)
                {
                    $exponent++;
                    $real = ($real / 16.0);
                }

                if ($real != 0)
                {
                    while($real < 0.0625)
                    {
                        --$exponent;
                        $real = ($real * 16.0);
                    }
                }
                if($negative) { $exponent += 192; }
                else          { $exponent += 64; }
                $value = pack('C',$exponent);
                $value = reverse $value if ($isLittleEndian);
                print($fh $value);

                for (my $i=1; $i<=7; $i++)
                {
                    if ($real>=0) {$byte = int(($real*256.0)+$G_epsilon);}
                    else          {$byte = int(($real*256.0)-$G_epsilon);}
                    my $value = pack('C',$byte);
                    $value = reverse $value if ($isLittleEndian);
                    print($fh $value);
                    $real = $real * 256.0 - ($byte + 0.0);
                }
            }
        }
        elsif ($recordDataType == ACSII_STRING)  ## ascii string (null padded)
        {
            print($fh pack("a$length",$data));
        }
    }
    $\=$saveEnd;
}
################################################################################

=head2 printRecord - prints a record just read

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printRecord(
                  -data => $record
                );

=cut

sub printRecord
{
    my ($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $record = $arg{'-data'};
    if (! defined $record)
    {
        die "printGds2Record expects a data record. Missing -data => \$record $!";
    }
    my $type = $arg{'-type'};
    if (defined $type)
    {
        die "printRecord does not take -type. Perhaps you meant to use printGds2Record? $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'record',-data=>$record);
}
################################################################################

################################################################################

=head1 Low Level Generic Read Methods

=cut

################################################################################

=head2 readGds2Record - reads record header and data section

  usage:
  while ($gds2File -> readGds2Record)
  {
      if ($gds2File -> returnRecordTypeString eq 'LAYER')
      {
          $layersFound[$gds2File -> layer] = 1;
      }
  }

=cut

sub readGds2Record
{
    my $self = shift;
    return "" if ($self -> {'EOLIB'});
    $self -> readGds2RecordHeader();
    $self -> readGds2RecordData();
    $self -> {'INHEADER'} = FALSE;
    $self -> {'INDATA'}   = TRUE; ## actually just done w/ it
    $self -> {'Record'};
}
################################################################################

=head2 readGds2RecordHeader - only reads gds2 record header section (2 bytes)

  slightly faster if you just want a certain thing...
  usage:
  while ($gds2File -> readGds2RecordHeader)
  {
      if ($gds2File -> returnRecordTypeString eq 'LAYER')
      {
          $gds2File -> readGds2RecordData;
          $layersFound[$gds2File -> returnLayer] = 1;
      }
  }

=cut

sub readGds2RecordHeader
{
    my $self = shift;

    $self -> skipGds2RecordData() if ((! $self -> {'INDATA'}) && ($self -> {'INHEADER'} != UNKNOWN)) ; # need to read record data before header unless 1st time
    $self -> {'Record'} = '';
    $self -> {'RecordType'} = UNKNOWN;
    $self -> {'INHEADER'} = TRUE; ## will actually be just just done with it by the time we can check this ...
    $self -> {'INDATA'}   = FALSE;
    return '' if ($self -> {'EOLIB'}); ## no sense reading null padding..

    my $buffer = '';
    return 0 if (! read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$buffer,4));
    my $data;
    #if (read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$data,2)) ### length
    $data = substr($buffer,0,2);
    {
        $data = reverse $data if ($isLittleEndian);
        $self -> {'Record'} = $data;
        $self -> {'Length'} = unpack 'S',$data;
        $self -> {'BytesDone'} += $self -> {'Length'};
    }

    #if (read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$data,1)) ## record type
    $data = substr($buffer,2,1);
    {
        $data = reverse $data if ($isLittleEndian);
        $self -> {'Record'} .= $data;
        $self -> {'RecordType'} = unpack 'C',$data;
        $self -> {'EOLIB'} = TRUE if (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == ENDLIB);

        if ($self -> {'UsingPrettyPrint'})
        {
            putStrSpace('')   if (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == ENDSTR);
            putStrSpace('  ') if (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == BGNSTR);

            putElmSpace('  ') if ((($self -> {'RecordType'}) == TEXT) || (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == PATH) ||
                                 (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == BOUNDARY) || (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == SREF) ||
                                 (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == AREF));
            if (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == ENDEL)
            {
                putElmSpace('');
                $self -> {'InTxt'} = FALSE;
                $self -> {'InBoundary'} = FALSE;
            }
            $self -> {'InTxt'} = TRUE if (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == TEXT);
            $self -> {'InBoundary'} = TRUE if (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == BOUNDARY);
            if ((($self -> {'RecordType'}) == LIBNAME) || (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == STRNAME))

            {
                $self -> {'DateFld'} = 0;
            }
            $self -> {'DateFld'} = 1 if ((($self -> {'RecordType'}) == BGNLIB) || (($self -> {'RecordType'}) == BGNSTR));
        }
    }

    #if (read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$data,1)) ## data type
    $data = substr($buffer,3,1);
    {
        $data = reverse $data if ($isLittleEndian);
        $self -> {'Record'} .= $data;
        $self -> {'DataType'} = unpack 'C',$data;
    }
    #printf("P:Length=%-5d RecordType=%-2d DataType=%-2d\n",$self -> {'Length'},$self -> {'RecordType'},$self -> {'DataType'}); ##DEBUG
    return 1;
}
################################################################################

=head2 readGds2RecordData - only reads record data section

  slightly faster if you just want a certain thing...
  usage:
  while ($gds2File -> readGds2RecordHeader)
  {
      if ($gds2File -> returnRecordTypeString eq 'LAYER')
      {
          $gds2File -> readGds2RecordData;
          $layersFound[$gds2File -> returnLayer] = 1;
      }
  }

=cut

sub readGds2RecordData
{
    my $self = shift;

    $self -> readGds2RecordHeader() if ($self -> {'INHEADER'} != TRUE); # program did not read HEADER - needs to...
    return $self -> {'Record'} if ($self -> {'DataType'} == NO_REC_DATA); # no sense going on...
    $self -> {'INHEADER'} = FALSE; # not in HEADER - need to read HEADER next time around...
    $self -> {'INDATA'}   = TRUE;  # rather in DATA - actually will be at the end of data by the time we test this...
    $self -> {'RecordData'} = '';
    $self -> {'RecordData'} = ();
    $self -> {'CurrentDataList'} = '';
    my $bytesLeft = $self -> {'Length'} - 4; ## 4 should have been just read by readGds2RecordHeader
    my $data;
    if ($self -> {'DataType'} == BIT_ARRAY)     ## bit array
    {
        $self -> {'DataIndex'}=0;
        read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$data,$bytesLeft);
        $data = reverse $data if ($isLittleEndian);
        my $bitsLeft = $bytesLeft * 8;
        $self -> {'Record'} .= $data;
        $self -> {'RecordData'}[0] = unpack "B$bitsLeft",$data;
        $self -> {'CurrentDataList'} = ($self -> {'RecordData'}[0]);
    }
    elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == INTEGER_2)  ## 2 byte signed integer
    {
        my $tmpListString = '';
        my $i = 0;
        while ($bytesLeft)
        {
            read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$data,2);
            $data = reverse $data if ($isLittleEndian);
            $self -> {'Record'} .= $data;
            $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i] = unpack 's',$data;
            $tmpListString .= ',';
            $tmpListString .= $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            $i++;
            $bytesLeft -= 2;
        }
        $self -> {'DataIndex'} = $i - 1;
        $self -> {'CurrentDataList'} = $tmpListString;
    }
    elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == INTEGER_4)  ## 4 byte signed integer
    {
        my $tmpListString = '';
        my $i = 0;
        my $buffer = '';
        read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$buffer,$bytesLeft); ## try fewer reads
        for(my $start=0; $start < $bytesLeft; $start += 4)
        {
            $data = substr($buffer,$start,4);
            $data = reverse $data if ($isLittleEndian);
            $self -> {'Record'} .= $data;
            $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i] = unpack 'i',$data;
            $tmpListString .= ',';
            $tmpListString .= $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            $i++;
        }
        $self -> {'DataIndex'} = $i - 1;
        $self -> {'CurrentDataList'} = $tmpListString;
    }
    elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == REAL_4)  ## 4 byte real
    {
        die "4-byte reals are not supported $!";
    }
    elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == REAL_8)  ## 8 byte real - UNITS, MAG, ANGLE
    {
        my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
        my $tmpListString = '';
        my $i = 0;
        my ($negative,$exponent,$mantdata,$byteString,$byte,$mantissa,$real);
        while ($bytesLeft)
        {
            read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$data,1); ## sign bit and 7 exponent bits
            $self -> {'Record'} .= $data;
            $negative = unpack 'B',$data; ## sign bit
            $exponent = unpack 'C',$data;
            if ($negative)
            {
                $exponent -= 192; ## 128 + 64
            }
            else
            {
                $exponent -= 64;
            }
            read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$data,7); ## mantissa bits
            $mantdata = unpack 'b*',$data;
            $self -> {'Record'} .= $data;
            $mantissa = 0.0;
            for(my $j=0; $j<7; $j++)
            {
                $byteString = substr($mantdata,0,8,'');
                $byte = pack 'b*',$byteString;
                $byte = unpack 'C',$byte;
                $mantissa += $byte / (256.0**($j+1));
            }
            $real = $mantissa * (16**$exponent);
            $real = (0 - $real) if ($negative);
            if ($RecordTypeStrings[$self -> {'RecordType'}] eq 'UNITS')
            {
                if ($self -> {'UUnits'} == -1.0)
                {
                    $self -> {'UUnits'} = $real;
                }
                elsif ($self -> {'DBUnits'} == -1.0)
                {
                    $self -> {'DBUnits'} = $real;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                ### this works because UUnits and DBUnits are 1st reals in GDS2 file
                $real = int(($real+($self -> {'UUnits'}/$resolution))/$self -> {'UUnits'})*$self -> {'UUnits'} if ($self -> {'UUnits'} != 0); ## "rounds" off
            }
            $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i] = $real;
            $tmpListString .= ',';
            $tmpListString .= $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            $i++;
            $bytesLeft -= 8;
        }
        $self -> {'DataIndex'} = $i - 1;
        $self -> {'CurrentDataList'} = $tmpListString;
    }
    elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == ACSII_STRING)  ## ascii string (null padded)
    {
        $self -> {'DataIndex'} = 0;
        read($self -> {'FileHandle'},$data,$bytesLeft);
        $self -> {'Record'} .= $data;
        $self -> {'RecordData'}[0] = unpack "a$bytesLeft",$data;
        $self -> {'RecordData'}[0] =~ s|\0||g; ## take off ending nulls
        $self -> {'CurrentDataList'} = ($self -> {'RecordData'}[0]);
    }
    return 1;
}
################################################################################

=head1 Low Level Generic Evaluation Methods

=cut

################################################################################

=head2 returnRecordType - returns current (read) record type as integer

  usage:
  if ($gds2File -> returnRecordType == 6)
  {
      print "found STRNAME";
  }

=cut

sub returnRecordType
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> {'RecordType'};
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnRecordTypeString - returns current (read) record type as string

  usage:
  if ($gds2File -> returnRecordTypeString eq 'LAYER')
  {
      code goes here...
  }

=cut

sub returnRecordTypeString
{
    my $self = shift;
    $RecordTypeStrings[($self -> {'RecordType'})];
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnRecordAsString - returns current (read) record as a string

  usage:
  while ($gds2File -> readGds2Record)
  {
      print $gds2File -> returnRecordAsString;
  }

=cut

sub returnRecordAsString()
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $compact = $arg{'-compact'};
    $compact = FALSE if (! defined $compact);
    my $string = '';
    $self -> {'UsingPrettyPrint'} = TRUE;
    my $inText = $self -> {'InTxt'};
    my $inBoundary = $self -> {'InBoundary'};
    my $dateFld = $self -> {'DateFld'};
    if (! $compact)
    {
        $string .= getStrSpace() if ($self -> {'RecordType'} != BGNSTR);
        $string .= getElmSpace() if (!(
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == BOUNDARY) ||
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == PATH) ||
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == TEXT) ||
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == SREF) ||
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == AREF)
                    ));
    }
    my $recordType = $RecordTypeStrings[$self -> {'RecordType'}];
    if ($compact)
    {
        $string .= $CompactRecordTypeStrings[$self -> {'RecordType'}];
    }
    else
    {
        $string .= $recordType;
    }
    my $i = 0;
    while ($i <= $self -> {'DataIndex'})
    {
        if ($self -> {'DataType'} == BIT_ARRAY)
        {
            my $bitString = $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            if ($isLittleEndian)
            {
                $bitString =~ m|(........)(........)|;
                $bitString = "$2$1";
            }
            if ($compact)
            {
                $string .= ' fx' if($bitString =~ m/^1/);
                if ($inText && ($self -> {'RecordType'} != STRANS))
                {
                    $string .= ' f';
                    $string .= '0' if ($bitString =~ m/00....$/);
                    $string .= '1' if ($bitString =~ m/01....$/);
                    $string .= '2' if ($bitString =~ m/10....$/);
                    $string .= '3' if ($bitString =~ m/11....$/);
                    $string .= ' t' if ($bitString =~ m/00..$/);
                    $string .= ' m' if ($bitString =~ m/01..$/);
                    $string .= ' b' if ($bitString =~ m/10..$/);
                    $string .= 'l' if ($bitString =~ m/00$/);
                    $string .= 'c' if ($bitString =~ m/01$/);
                    $string .= 'r' if ($bitString =~ m/10$/);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                $string .= '  '.$bitString;
            }
        }
        elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == INTEGER_2)
        {
            if ($compact)
            {
                if ($dateFld)
                {
                    my $num = $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
                    if ($dateFld =~ m/^[17]$/)
                    {
                        if ($dateFld eq '1')
                        {
                            if ($recordType eq 'BGNLIB')
                            {
                               $string .= 'm=';
                            }
                            else
                            {
                               $string .= 'c=';
                            }
                        }
                        elsif ($dateFld eq '7')
                        {
                            if ($recordType eq 'BGNLIB')
                            {
                               $string .= ' a=';
                            }
                            else
                            {
                               $string .= ' m=';
                            }
                        }
                        $num += 1900 if ($num < 1900);
                    }
                    $num = sprintf("%02d",$num);
                    $string .= '-' if ($dateFld =~ m/^[2389]/);
                    $string .= ':' if ($dateFld =~ m/^[56]/);
                    $string .= ':' if ($dateFld =~ m/^1[12]/);
                    $string .= ' ' if (($dateFld eq '4') || ($dateFld eq '10'));
                    $string .= $num;
                }
                else
                {
                    $string .= ' ' unless ($string =~ m/ (a|m|pt|dt|tt)$/i);
                    $string .= $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
                }
            }
            else
            {
                $string .= '  ';
                $string .= $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            }
            if ($recordType eq 'UNITS')
            {
                $string =~ s|(\d)\.e|$1e|; ## perl on Cygwin prints "1.e-9" others "1e-9"
                $string =~ s|(\d)e\-0+|$1e-|; ## different perls print 1e-9 1e-09 1e-009 etc... standardize to 1e-9
            }
        }
        elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == INTEGER_4)
        {
            if ($compact)
            {
                $string .= ' ' if ($i);
            }
            else
            {
                $string .= '  ';
            }
            $string .= cleanFloatNum($self -> {'RecordData'}[$i]*($self -> {'UUnits'}));
            if ($compact && $i && ($i == $#{$self -> {'RecordData'}}))
            {
                $string =~ s/ +[\d\.\-]+ +[\d\.\-]+$// if ($inBoundary); #remove last point
                $string .= ')';
            }
        }
        elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == REAL_8)
        {
            if ($compact)
            {
                $string .= ' ' unless ($string =~ m/ (a|m|pt|dt|tt)$/i);
            }
            else
            {
                $string .= '  ';
            }
            my $num = $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            if ($num =~ m/e/i)
            {
                $num = cleanExpNum($num);
            }
            else
            {
                $num = cleanFloatNum($num);
            }
            $string .= $num;
            if ($recordType eq 'UNITS')
            {
                $string =~ s|(\d)\.e|$1e|; ## perl on Cygwin prints "1.e-9" others "1e-9"
                $string =~ s|(\d)e\-0+|$1e-|; ## different perls print 1e-9 1e-09 1e-009 etc... standardize to shorter 1e-9
            }
        }
        elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == ACSII_STRING)
        {
            $string .= ' ' if (! $compact);
            $string .= " '".$self -> {'RecordData'}[$i]."'";
        }
        $i++;
        $dateFld++ if ($dateFld);
    }

    if ($compact)
    {
        $G_gdtString .= $string;
        if (($G_gdtString =~ m/}$/ || $G_gdtString =~ m/^(gds2|lib|m).*\d$/) || ($G_gdtString =~ m/^cell.*'$/))
        {
            $string = "$G_gdtString\n";
            $string =~ s/{ /{/; #a little more compact
            $string =~ s/(dt0|pt0|tt0|m1|w0|f0) //g; #these are all default in true GDT format
            $G_gdtString = "";
        }
        else
        {
            $string = "";
        }
    }

    $string;
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnXyAsArray - returns current (read) XY record as an array

  usage:
    $gds2File -> returnXyAsArray(
                    -asInteger => 0|1    ## (optional) default is true. Return integer
                                         ## array or if false return array of reals.
                    -withClosure => 0|1  ## (optional) default is true. Whether to
                                         ##return a rectangle with 5 or 4 points.
               );

  example:
  while ($gds2File -> readGds2Record)
  {
      my @xy = $gds2File -> returnXyAsArray if ($gds2File -> isXy);
  }

=cut

sub returnXyAsArray()
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $asInteger = $arg{'-asInteger'};
    $asInteger = TRUE unless (defined $asInteger);
    my $withClosure = $arg{'-withClosure'};
    $withClosure = TRUE unless (defined $withClosure);
    my @xys=();
    if ($self -> isXy)
    {
        my $i = 0;
        my $stopPoint = $self -> {'DataIndex'};
        if ($withClosure)
        {
            return @{$self -> {'RecordData'}} if ($asInteger);
        }
        else
        {
            $stopPoint -= 2;
        }
        my $num=0;
        while ($i <= $stopPoint)
        {
            if ($asInteger)
            {
                $num = $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            }
            else
            {
                $num = cleanFloatNum($self -> {'RecordData'}[$i]*($self -> {'UUnits'}));
            }
            push @xys,$num;
            $i++;
        }
    }
    @xys;
}
################################################################################


=head2 returnRecordAsPerl - returns current (read) record as a perl command to facilitate the creation of parameterized gds2 data with perl.

  usage:
  #!/usr/local/bin/perl
  use GDS2;
  my $gds2File = new GDS2(-fileName=>"test.gds");
  while ($gds2File -> readGds2Record)
  {
      print $gds2File -> returnRecordAsPerl;
  }

=cut

sub returnRecordAsPerl()
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;

    my $gds2File = $arg{'-gds2File'};
    $gds2File = '$gds2File' unless (defined $gds2File);

    my $PGR = $arg{'-printGds2Record'};
    $PGR = 'printGds2Record' unless (defined $PGR);

    my $string = '';
    $self -> {'UsingPrettyPrint'} = TRUE;
    $string .= getStrSpace() if ($self -> {'RecordType'} != BGNSTR);
    $string .= getElmSpace() if (!(
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == TEXT) ||
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == PATH) ||
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == BOUNDARY) ||
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == SREF) ||
                        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == AREF)
                    ));
    if (
        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == TEXT) ||
        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == PATH) ||
        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == BOUNDARY) ||
        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == SREF) ||
        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == AREF) ||
        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ENDEL) ||
        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ENDSTR) ||
        ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ENDLIB)
       )
    {
        $string .= $gds2File.'->'.$PGR.'(-type=>'."'".$RecordTypeStrings[$self -> {'RecordType'}]."'".');';
    }
    else
    {
        $string .= $gds2File.'->'.$PGR.'(-type=>'."'".$RecordTypeStrings[$self -> {'RecordType'}]."',-data=>";
        my $i = 0;
        my $maxi = $self -> {'DataIndex'};
        if ($maxi >= 1) {$string .= '['}
        while ($i <= $maxi)
            {
            if ($self -> {'DataType'} == BIT_ARRAY)
            {
                my $bitString = $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
                if ($isLittleEndian)
                {
                    $bitString =~ m|(........)(........)|;
                    $bitString = "$2$1";
                }
                $string .= "'$bitString'";
            }
            elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == INTEGER_2)
            {
                $string .= $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            }
            elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == INTEGER_4)
            {
                $string .= $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            }
            elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == REAL_8)
            {
                $string .= $self -> {'RecordData'}[$i];
            }
            elsif ($self -> {'DataType'} == ACSII_STRING)
            {
                $string .= "'".$self -> {'RecordData'}[$i]."'";
            }
            if ($i < $maxi) {$string .= ', '}
            $i++;
        }
        if ($maxi >= 1) {$string .= ']'}
        $string .= ');';
    }
    $string;
}
################################################################################


=head1 Low Level Specific Write Methods

=cut

################################################################################

=head2 printAngle - prints ANGLE record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printAngle(-num=>#.#);

=cut

sub printAngle
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $angle = $arg{'-num'};
    $angle=0 unless (defined $angle);
    $angle=posAngle($angle);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ANGLE',-data => $angle) if ($angle);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printAttrtable - prints ATTRTABLE record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printAttrtable(-string=>$string);

=cut

sub printAttrtable
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $string = $arg{'-string'};
    unless (defined $string)
    {
        die "printAttrtable expects a string. Missing -string => 'text' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ATTRTABLE',-data => $string);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printBgnextn - prints BGNEXTN record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printBgnextn(-num=>#.#);

=cut

sub printBgnextn
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printBgnextn expects a extension number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
    if ($num >= 0) {$num = int(($num*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
    else           {$num = int(($num*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'BGNEXTN',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printBgnlib - prints BGNLIB record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printBgnlib(
                            -isoDate => 0|1 ## (optional) use ISO 4 digit date 2001 vs 101
                           );

=cut

sub printBgnlib
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $isoDate = $arg{'-isoDate'};
    if (! defined $isoDate)
    {
        $isoDate = 0;
    }
    elsif ($isoDate != 0)
    {
        $isoDate = 1;
    }
    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time);
    $mon++;
    $year += 1900 if ($isoDate); ## Cadence likes year left "as is". GDS format supports year number up to 65535 -- 101 vs 2001
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'BGNLIB',-data=>[$year,$mon,$mday,$hour,$min,$sec,$year,$mon,$mday,$hour,$min,$sec]);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printBox - prints BOX record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printBox;

=cut

sub printBox
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'BOX');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printBoxtype - prints BOXTYPE record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printBoxtype(-num=>#);

=cut

sub printBoxtype
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printBoxtype expects a number. Missing -num => # $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'BOXTYPE',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printColrow - prints COLROW record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printBoxtype(-columns=>#, -rows=>#);

=cut

sub printColrow
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $columns = $arg{'-columns'};
    if ((! defined $columns)||($columns <= 0))
    {
        $columns=1;
    }
    else
    {
        $columns=int($columns);
    }
    my $rows = $arg{'-rows'};
    if ((! defined $rows)||($rows <= 0))
    {
        $rows=1;
    }
    else
    {
        $rows=int($rows);
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'COLROW',-data => [$columns,$rows]);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printDatatype - prints DATATYPE record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printDatatype(-num=>#);

=cut

sub printDatatype
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $dataType = $arg{'-num'};
    $dataType=0 unless (defined $dataType);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'DATATYPE',-data => $dataType);
}
################################################################################

sub printEflags
{
    my $self = shift;
    die "EFLAGS type not supported $!";
}
################################################################################

=head2 printElkey - prints ELKEY record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printElkey(-num=>#);

=cut

sub printElkey
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printElkey expects a number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ELKEY',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printEndel - closes an element definition

=cut

sub printEndel
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDEL');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printEndextn - prints path end extension record

  usage:
    $gds2File printEndextn -> (-num=>#.#);

=cut

sub printEndextn
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printEndextn expects a extension number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
    if ($num >= 0) {$num = int(($num*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
    else           {$num = int(($num*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDEXTN',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printEndlib - closes a library definition

=cut

sub printEndlib
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDLIB');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printEndstr - closes a structure definition

=cut

sub printEndstr
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDSTR');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printEndmasks - prints a ENDMASKS

=cut

sub printEndmasks
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'ENDMASKS');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printFonts - prints a FONTS record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printFonts(-string=>'names_of_font_files');

=cut

sub printFonts
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $string = $arg{'-string'};
    unless (defined $string)
    {
        die "printFonts expects a string. Missing -string => 'text' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'FONTS',-data => $string);
}
################################################################################

sub printFormat
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printFormat expects a number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'FORMAT',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

sub printGenerations
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'GENERATIONS');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printHeader - Prints a rev 3 header

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printHeader(
                  -num => #  ## optional, defaults to 3. valid revs are 0,3,4,5,and 600
                );

=cut

sub printHeader
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $rev = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $rev)
    {
        $rev=3;
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type=>'HEADER',-data=>$rev);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printLayer - prints a LAYER number

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printLayer(
                  -num => #  ## optional, defaults to 0.
                );

=cut

sub printLayer
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $layer = $arg{'-num'};
    $layer = 0 unless (defined $layer);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'LAYER',-data => $layer);
}
################################################################################

sub printLibdirsize
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'LIBDIRSIZE');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printLibname - Prints library name

  usage:
    printLibname(-name=>$name);

=cut

sub printLibname
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $libName = $arg{'-name'};
    unless (defined $libName)
    {
        die "printLibname expects a library name. Missing -name => 'name' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'LIBNAME',-data => $libName);
}
################################################################################

sub printLibsecur
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'LIBSECUR');
}
################################################################################

sub printLinkkeys
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printLinkkeys expects a number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'LINKKEYS',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

sub printLinktype
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printLinktype expects a number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'LINKTYPE',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printPathtype - prints a PATHTYPE number

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printPathtype(
                  -num => #  ## optional, defaults to 0.
                );

=cut

sub printPathtype
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $pathType = $arg{'-num'};
    $pathType=0 if (! defined $pathType);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'PATHTYPE',-data => $pathType) if ($pathType);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printMag - prints a MAG number

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printMag(
                  -num => #.#  ## optional, defaults to 0.0
                );

=cut

sub printMag
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $mag = $arg{'-num'};
    $mag=0 if ((! defined $mag)||($mag <= 0));
    $mag = cleanFloatNum($mag);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'MAG',-data => $mag) if ($mag);
}
################################################################################

sub printMask
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $string = $arg{'-string'};
    unless (defined $string)
    {
        die "printMask expects a string. Missing -string => 'text' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'MASK',-data => $string);
}
################################################################################

sub printNode
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'NODE');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printNodetype - prints a NODETYPE number

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printNodetype(
                  -num => #
                );

=cut

sub printNodetype
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printNodetype expects a number. Missing -num => # $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'NODETYPE',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

sub printPlex
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printPlex expects a number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'PLEX',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printPresentation - prints a text presentation record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printPresentation(
                  -font => #,  ##optional, defaults to 0, valid numbers are 0-3
                  -top, ||-middle, || -bottom, ## vertical justification
                  -left, ||-center, || -right, ## horizontal justification
                );

  example:
    gds2File -> printPresentation(-font=>0,-top,-left);

=cut

sub printPresentation
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $font = $arg{'-font'};
    if ((! defined $font) || ($font < 0) || ($font > 3))
    {
        $font=0;
    }
    $font = sprintf("%02d",$font);

    my $vertical;
    my $top = $arg{'-top'};
    my $middle = $arg{'-middle'};
    my $bottom = $arg{'-bottom'};
    if    (defined $top)    {$vertical = '00';}
    elsif (defined $bottom) {$vertical = '10';}
    else                    {$vertical = '01';} ## middle
    my $horizontal;
    my $left   = $arg{'-left'};
    my $center = $arg{'-center'};
    my $right  = $arg{'-right'};
    if    (defined $left)  {$horizontal = '00';}
    elsif (defined $right) {$horizontal = '10';}
    else                   {$horizontal = '01';} ## center

    my $bitstring = '0'x10;
    $bitstring .= "$font$vertical$horizontal";
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'PRESENTATION',-data => $bitstring);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printPropattr - prints a property id number

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printPropattr( -num => # );

=cut

sub printPropattr
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printPropattr expects a number. Missing -num => # $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'PROPATTR',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printPropvalue - prints a property value string

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printPropvalue( -string => $string );

=cut

sub printPropvalue
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $string = $arg{'-string'};
    unless (defined $string)
    {
        die "printPropvalue expects a string. Missing -string => 'text' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'PROPVALUE',-data => $string);
}
################################################################################

sub printReflibs
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $string = $arg{'-string'};
    unless (defined $string)
    {
        die "printReflibs expects a string. Missing -string => 'text' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'REFLIBS',-data => $string);
}
################################################################################

sub printReserved
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printReserved expects a number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'RESERVED',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printSname - prints a SNAME string

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printSname( -name => $cellName );

=cut

sub printSname
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $string = $arg{'-name'};
    if (! defined $string)
    {
        die "printSname expects a cell name. Missing -name => 'text' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'SNAME',-data => $string);
}
################################################################################

sub printSpacing
{
    my $self = shift;
    die "SPACING type not supported $!";
}
################################################################################

sub printSrfname
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'SRFNAME');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printStrans - prints a STRANS record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printStrans( -reflect );

=cut

sub printStrans
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $reflect = $arg{'-reflect'};
    if ((! defined $reflect)||($reflect <= 0))
    {
        $reflect=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $reflect=1;
    }
    my $data=$reflect.'0'x15; ## 16 'bit' string
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'STRANS',-data => $data);
}
################################################################################

sub printStrclass
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'STRCLASS');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printString - prints a STRING record

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printSname( -string => $text );

=cut

sub printString
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $string = $arg{'-string'};
    unless (defined $string)
    {
        die "printString expects a string. Missing -string => 'text' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'STRING',-data => $string);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printStrname - prints a structure name string

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printStrname( -name => $cellName );

=cut

sub printStrname
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $strName = $arg{'-name'};
    unless (defined $strName)
    {
        die "printStrname expects a structure name. Missing -name => 'name' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'STRNAME',-data => $strName);
}
################################################################################

sub printStrtype
{
    my $self = shift;
    die "STRTYPE type not supported $!";
}
################################################################################

sub printStyptable
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $string = $arg{'-string'};
    unless (defined $string)
    {
        die "printStyptable expects a string. Missing -string => 'text' $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'STYPTABLE',-data => $string);
}
################################################################################

sub printTapecode
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printTapecode expects a number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'TAPECODE',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

sub printTapenum
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printTapenum expects a number. Missing -num => #.# $!";
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'TAPENUM',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

sub printTextnode
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'TEXTNODE');
}
################################################################################

=head2 printTexttype - prints a text type number

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printTexttype( -num => # );

=cut

sub printTexttype
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $num = $arg{'-num'};
    unless (defined $num)
    {
        die "printTexttype expects a number. Missing -num => # $!";
    }
    $num = 0 if ($num < 0);
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'TEXTTYPE',-data => $num);
}
################################################################################

sub printUinteger
{
    my $self = shift;
    die "UINTEGER type not supported $!";
}
################################################################################

=head2 printUnits - Prints units record.

  options:
    -uUnit   => real number ## (optional) default is 0.001
    -dbUnit  => real number ## (optional) default is 1e-9

=cut

sub printUnits
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;

    my $uUnit = $arg{'-uUnit'};
    if (! defined $uUnit)
    {
        $uUnit = 0.001;
    }
    else
    {
        $self -> {'Resolution'} = (1 / $uUnit); ## default is 1000 - already set in new()
    }
    $self -> {'UUnits'} = $uUnit;
    #################################################
    my $dbUnit = $arg{'-dbUnit'};
    unless (defined $dbUnit)
    {
        $dbUnit = 1e-9;
    }
    $self -> {'DBUnits'} = $dbUnit;
    #################################################

    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'UNITS',-data => [$uUnit,$dbUnit]);
}
################################################################################

sub printUstring
{
    my $self = shift;
    die "USTRING type not supported $!";
}
################################################################################

=head2 printWidth - prints a width number

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printWidth( -num => # );

=cut

sub printWidth
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    my $width = $arg{'-num'};
    if ((! defined $width)||($width <= 0))
    {
        $width=0;
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'WIDTH',-data => $width) if ($width);
}
################################################################################

=head2 printXy - prints an XY array

  usage:
    $gds2File -> printXy( -xyInt => \@arrayGds2Ints );
    -or-
    $gds2File -> printXy( -xy => \@arrayReals );

    -xyInt most useful if reading and modifying... -xy if creating from scratch

=cut

sub printXy
{
    my($self,%arg) = @_;
    #### -xyInt most useful if reading and modifying... -xy if creating from scratch
    my $xyInt = $arg{'-xyInt'}; ## $xyInt should be a reference to an array of internal GDS2 format integers
    my $xy = $arg{'-xy'}; ## $xy should be a reference to an array of reals
    my $resolution = $self -> {'Resolution'};
    if (! ((defined $xy) || (defined $xyInt)))
    {
        die "printXy expects an xy array reference. Missing -xy => \\\@array $!";
    }
    if (defined $xyInt)
    {
        $xy = $xyInt;
        $resolution=1;
    }
    my @xyTmp=(); ##don't pollute array passed in
    for(my $i=0;$i<=$#$xy;$i++) ## e.g. 3.4 in -> 3400 out
    {
        if ($xy -> [$i] >= 0) {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)+$G_epsilon);}
        else                  {push @xyTmp,int((($xy -> [$i])*$resolution)-$G_epsilon);}
    }
    $self -> printGds2Record(-type => 'XY',-data => \@xyTmp);
}
################################################################################


=head1 Low Level Specific Evaluation Methods

=cut

=head2 returnFilePosition - return current byte position (NOT zero based)

  usage:
    my $position = $gds2File -> returnFilePosition;

=cut

sub returnFilePosition()
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> {'BytesDone'};
}
################################################################################

sub tellSize() ## old name
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> {'BytesDone'};
}
################################################################################


=head2 returnBgnextn - returns bgnextn if record is BGNEXTN else returns 0

  usage:

=cut

sub returnBgnextn
{
    my $self = shift;
    ## 2 byte signed integer
    if ($self -> isBgnextn) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnDatatype - returns datatype # if record is DATATYPE else returns -1

  usage:
    $dataTypesFound[$gds2File -> returnDatatype] = 1;

=cut

sub returnDatatype
{
    my $self = shift;
    ## 2 byte signed integer
    if ($self -> isDatatype) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { UNKNOWN; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnEndextn- returns endextn if record is ENDEXTN else returns 0

  usage:

=cut

sub returnEndextn
{
    my $self = shift;
    ## 2 byte signed integer
    if ($self -> isEndextn) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################


=head2 returnLayer - returns layer # if record is LAYER else returns -1

  usage:
    $layersFound[$gds2File -> returnLayer] = 1;

=cut

sub returnLayer
{
    my $self = shift;
    ## 2 byte signed integer
    if ($self -> isLayer) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { UNKNOWN; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnPathtype - returns pathtype # if record is PATHTYPE else returns -1

  usage:

=cut

sub returnPathtype
{
    my $self = shift;
    ## 2 byte signed integer
    if ($self -> isPathtype) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { UNKNOWN; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnPropattr - returns propattr # if record is PROPATTR else returns -1

  usage:

=cut

sub returnPropattr
{
    my $self = shift;
    ## 2 byte signed integer
    if ($self -> isPropattr) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { UNKNOWN; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnPropvalue - returns propvalue string if record is PROPVALUE else returns ''

  usage:

=cut

sub returnPropvalue
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> isPropvalue) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { ''; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnSname - return string if record type is SNAME else ''

=cut

sub returnSname
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> isSname) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { ''; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnString - return string if record type is STRING else ''

=cut

sub returnString
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> isString) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { ''; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnStrname - return string if record type is STRNAME else ''

=cut

sub returnStrname
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> isStrname) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { ''; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnTexttype - returns texttype # if record is TEXTTYPE else returns -1

  usage:
    $TextTypesFound[$gds2File -> returnTexttype] = 1;

=cut

sub returnTexttype
{
    my $self = shift;
    ## 2 byte signed integer
    if ($self -> isTexttype) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { UNKNOWN; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnWidth - returns width # if record is WIDTH else returns -1

  usage:

=cut

sub returnWidth
{
    my $self = shift;
    ## 4 byte signed integer
    if ($self -> isWidth) { $self -> {'RecordData'}[0]; }
    else { UNKNOWN; }
}
################################################################################

################################################################################

=head1 Low Level Specific Boolean Methods

=cut

################################################################################

=head2 isAref - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is an aref

=cut

sub isAref
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == AREF) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isBgnlib - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a bgnlib

=cut

sub isBgnlib
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == BGNLIB) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isBgnstr - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a bgnstr

=cut

sub isBgnstr
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == BGNSTR) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isBoundary - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a boundary

=cut

sub isBoundary
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == BOUNDARY) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isDatatype - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is datatype

=cut

sub isDatatype
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == DATATYPE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isEndlib - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is endlib

=cut

sub isEndlib
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ENDLIB) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isEndel - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is endel

=cut

sub isEndel
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ENDEL) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isEndstr - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is endstr

=cut

sub isEndstr
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ENDSTR) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################


=head2 isHeader - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a header

=cut

sub isHeader
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == HEADER) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isLibname - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a libname

=cut

sub isLibname
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == LIBNAME) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isPath - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a path

=cut

sub isPath
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == PATH) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isSref - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is an sref

=cut

sub isSref
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == SREF) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isSrfname - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is an srfname

=cut

sub isSrfname
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == SRFNAME) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isText - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a text

=cut

sub isText
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == TEXT) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isUnits - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is units

=cut

sub isUnits
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == UNITS) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isLayer - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is layer

=cut

sub isLayer
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == LAYER) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isStrname - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is strname

=cut

sub isStrname
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == STRNAME) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isWidth - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is width

=cut

sub isWidth
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == WIDTH) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isXy - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is xy

=cut

sub isXy
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == XY) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isSname - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is sname

=cut

sub isSname
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == SNAME) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isColrow - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is colrow

=cut

sub isColrow
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == COLROW) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isTextnode - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a textnode

=cut

sub isTextnode
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == TEXTNODE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isNode - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a node

=cut

sub isNode
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == NODE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isTexttype - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a texttype

=cut

sub isTexttype
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == TEXTTYPE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isPresentation - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a presentation

=cut

sub isPresentation
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == PRESENTATION) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isSpacing - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a spacing

=cut

sub isSpacing
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == SPACING) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isString - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a string

=cut

sub isString
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == STRING) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isStrans - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a strans

=cut

sub isStrans
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == STRANS) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isMag - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a mag

=cut

sub isMag
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == MAG) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isAngle - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a angle

=cut

sub isAngle
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ANGLE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isUinteger - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a uinteger

=cut

sub isUinteger
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == UINTEGER) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isUstring - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a ustring

=cut

sub isUstring
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == USTRING) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isReflibs - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a reflibs

=cut

sub isReflibs
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == REFLIBS) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isFonts - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a fonts

=cut

sub isFonts
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == FONTS) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isPathtype - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a pathtype

=cut

sub isPathtype
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == PATHTYPE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isGenerations - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a generations

=cut

sub isGenerations
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == GENERATIONS) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isAttrtable - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a attrtable

=cut

sub isAttrtable
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ATTRTABLE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isStyptable - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a styptable

=cut

sub isStyptable
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == STYPTABLE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isStrtype - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a strtype

=cut

sub isStrtype
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == STRTYPE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isEflags - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a eflags

=cut

sub isEflags
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == EFLAGS) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isElkey - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a elkey

=cut

sub isElkey
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ELKEY) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isLinktype - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a linktype

=cut

sub isLinktype
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == LINKTYPE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isLinkkeys - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a linkkeys

=cut

sub isLinkkeys
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == LINKKEYS) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isNodetype - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a nodetype

=cut

sub isNodetype
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == NODETYPE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isPropattr - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a propattr

=cut

sub isPropattr
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == PROPATTR) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isPropvalue - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a propvalue

=cut

sub isPropvalue
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == PROPVALUE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isBox - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a box

=cut

sub isBox
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == BOX) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isBoxtype - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a boxtype

=cut

sub isBoxtype
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == BOXTYPE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isPlex - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a plex

=cut

sub isPlex
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == PLEX) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isBgnextn - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a bgnextn

=cut

sub isBgnextn
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == BGNEXTN) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isEndextn - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a endextn

=cut

sub isEndextn
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ENDEXTN) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isTapenum - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a tapenum

=cut

sub isTapenum
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == TAPENUM) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isTapecode - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a tapecode

=cut

sub isTapecode
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == TAPECODE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isStrclass - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a strclass

=cut

sub isStrclass
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == STRCLASS) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isReserved - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a reserved

=cut

sub isReserved
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == RESERVED) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isFormat - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a format

=cut

sub isFormat
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == FORMAT) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isMask - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a mask

=cut

sub isMask
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == MASK) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isEndmasks - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a endmasks

=cut

sub isEndmasks
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == ENDMASKS) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isLibdirsize - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a libdirsize

=cut

sub isLibdirsize
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == LIBDIRSIZE) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

=head2 isLibsecur - return 0 or 1 depending on whether current record is a libsecur

=cut

sub isLibsecur
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == LIBSECUR) { 1; }
    else { 0; }
}
################################################################################

################################################################################
## support functions

sub getRecordData
{
    my $self = shift;
    my $dt = $self -> {'DataType'};
    if ($dt==NO_REC_DATA)
    {
        return '';
    }
    elsif ($dt==INTEGER_2 || $dt==INTEGER_4 || $dt==REAL_8)
    {
        my $stuff = $self -> {'CurrentDataList'};
        $stuff =~ s|^,||;
        return(split(/,/,$stuff));
    }
    elsif ($dt==ACSII_STRING)
    {
        my $stuff = $self -> {'CurrentDataList'};
        $stuff =~ s|\0||g;
        return($stuff);
    }
    else ## bit_array
    {
        return ($self -> {'CurrentDataList'});
    }
}
################################################################################

sub readRecordTypeAndData
{
    my $self = shift;
    return ($RecordTypeStrings[$self -> {'RecordType'}],$self -> {'RecordData'});
}
################################################################################

sub skipGds2RecordData
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> readGds2RecordHeader() if ($self -> {'INHEADER'} != TRUE); ## safety - need to read HEADER if INHEADER == UNKNOWN or FALSE
    $self -> {'INHEADER'} = FALSE;
    $self -> {'INDATA'}   = TRUE;  # in DATA - actually will be at the end of data by the time we test this...
    ## 4 should have been just read by readGds2RecordHeader
    seek($self -> {'FileHandle'},$self -> {'Length'} - 4,SEEK_CUR); ## seek seems to run a little faster than read
    $self -> {'DataIndex'} = UNKNOWN;
    return 1;
}
################################################################################

### return number of XY coords if XY record
sub returnNumCoords
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> {'RecordType'} == XY)  ## 4 byte signed integer
    {
        int(($self -> {'Length'} - 4) / 8);
    }
    else
    {
        0;
    }
}
################################################################################

sub roundNum
{
    my $self = shift;
    my $num = shift;
    my $places = shift;
    sprintf("%.${places}f",$num);
}
################################################################################

sub scaleNum($$)
{
    my $num=shift;
    my $scale=shift;
    die "1st number passed into scaleNum() must be an integer $!" if ($num !~ m|^-?\d+|);
    $num = $num * $scale;
    $num = int($num+0.5) if ($num =~ m|\.|);
    $num;
}
################################################################################

sub snapNum($$)
{
    my $num=shift;
    die "1st number passed into snapNum() must be an integer $!" if ($num !~ m|^-?\d+$|);
    my $snap=shift;
    my $snapLength = length("$snap");
    my $lean=1; ##init
    $lean = -1 if($num < 0);
    ## snap to grid..
    my $littlePart=substr($num,-$snapLength,$snapLength);
    if($num<0)
    {
        $littlePart = -$littlePart;
    }
    $littlePart = int(($littlePart/$snap)+(0.5*$lean))*$snap;
    my $bigPart=substr($num,0,-$snapLength);
    if ($bigPart =~ m|^[-]?$|)
    {
        $bigPart=0;
    }
    else
    {
        $bigPart *= 10**$snapLength;
    }
    $num = $bigPart + $littlePart;
    $num;
}
################################################################################

sub DESTROY
{
    my $self = shift;
    #warn "DESTROYing $self";
}
################################################################################

################################################################################
## some vendor tools have trouble w/ negative angles and angles >= 360
## so we normalize to positive equivalent
################################################################################
sub posAngle($)
{
    my $angle = shift;
    $angle += 360.0 while ($angle < 0.0);
    $angle -= 360.0 while ($angle >= 360.0);
    $angle = cleanFloatNum($angle);
    $angle;
}
################################################################################

=head2 recordSize - return current record size

  usage:
    my $len = $gds2File -> recordSize;


=cut

sub recordSize()
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> {'Length'};
}
################################################################################

=head2 dataSize - return current record size - 4 (length of data)

  usage:
    my $dataLen = $gds2File -> dataSize;


=cut

sub dataSize()
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self -> {'Length'} - 4;
}
################################################################################

=head2 returnUnitsAsArray - return user units and database units as a 2 element array

  usage:
    my ($uu,$dbu) = $gds2File -> returnUnitsAsArray;


=cut

sub returnUnitsAsArray
{
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self -> isUnits) { ($self -> {'UUnits'}, $self -> {'DBUnits'}); }
    else { () }
}
################################################################################

#######
sub subbyte() ## GDS2::version();
{
    my($what,$where,$howmuch) = @_;
    unpack("x$where C$howmuch", $what);
}
################################################################################

=head2 version - return GDS2 module version string

=cut

#######
sub version() ## GDS2::version();
{
    return $GDS2::VERSION;
}
################################################################################

=head2 version - return GDS2 module revision string

=cut

#######
sub revision() ## GDS2::revision();
{
    return $GDS2::revision;
}
################################################################################

sub getElmSpace
{
    return $ElmSpace;
}
################################################################################

sub putElmSpace
{
    $ElmSpace = shift;
}
################################################################################

sub getStrSpace
{
    return $StrSpace;
}
################################################################################

sub putStrSpace
{
    $StrSpace = shift;
}
################################################################################

1;
}

__END__