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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright(C) 2011  Pierre Mazière
+#
+# This file is part of weboob.
+#
+# weboob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# weboob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+import hashlib
+import Image
+
+class VirtKeyboardError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        Exception.__init__(self, msg)
+
+
+class VirtKeyboard(object):
+    def __init__(self, file,coords,color=None):
+        # file: virtual keyboard image
+        # coords: dictionary <value to return>:<tuple(x1,y1,x2,y2)>
+        # color: color of the symbols in the image
+        #        depending on the image, it can be a single value or a tuple
+        self.color=color
+        img=Image.open(file)
+        self.bands=img.getbands()
+        (self.width,self.height)=img.size
+        self.pixar=img.load()
+        self.coords={}
+        self.md5={}
+        for i in coords.keys():
+            if self.color is None:
+                self.coords[i]=coords[i]
+            else:
+                coord=self.get_symbol_coords(coords[i])
+                if coord==(-1,-1,-1,-1):
+                    continue
+                self.coords[i]=coord
+            self.md5[i]=self.checksum(self.coords[i])
+
+    def get_symbol_coords(self,(x1,y1,x2,y2)):
+        newY1=-1
+        newY2=-1
+        for y in range(y1,min(y2+1,self.height)):
+            empty_line=True
+            for x in range(x1,min(x2+1,self.width)):
+                if self.pixar[x,y] == self.color:
+                    empty_line=False
+                    if newY1==-1:
+                        newY1=y
+                        break;
+                    else:
+                        break
+            if newY1!=-1 and empty_line:
+                newY2=y-1
+                break
+        newX1=-1
+        newX2=-1
+        for x in range(x1,min(x2+1,self.width)):
+            empty_column=True
+            for y in range(y1,min(y2+1,self.height)):
+                if self.pixar[x,y] == self.color:
+                    empty_column=False
+                    if newX1==-1:
+                        newX1=x
+                        break
+                    else:
+                        break
+            if newX1!=-1 and empty_column:
+                newX2=x-1
+                break
+        return (newX1,newY1,newX2,newY2)
+
+    def checksum(self,(x1,y1,x2,y2)):
+        s = ''
+        for y in range(y1,min(y2+1,self.height)):
+            for x in range(x1,min(x2+1,self.width)):
+                if self.pixar[x,y]==self.color:
+                    s += "."
+                else:
+                    s += " "
+        return hashlib.md5(s).hexdigest()
+
+    def get_symbol_code(self,md5sum):
+        for i in self.md5.keys():
+            if md5sum == self.md5[i]:
+                return i
+        raise VirtKeyboardError('Symbol not found')
+
+    def generate_MD5(self,dir):
+        for i in self.coords.keys():
+            width=self.coords[i][2]-self.coords[i][0]+1
+            height=self.coords[i][3]-self.coords[i][1]+1
+            img=Image.new(''.join(self.bands),(width,height))
+            matrix=img.load()
+            for y in range(height):
+                for x in range(width):
+                    matrix[x,y]=self.pixar[self.coords[i][0]+x,self.coords[i][1]+y]
+            img.save(dir+"/"+self.md5[i]+".png")
+