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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2011 Thibaut Girka <thib@sitedethib.com>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+## by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 only.
+##
+## This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+##
+
+from pytouhou.lib.sdl cimport load_png, create_rgb_surface
+
+import os
+
+
+cdef class TextureManager:
+    def __init__(self, loader, window):
+        self.loader = loader
+        self.window = window
+
+
+    cdef void load(self, dict anms):
+        for anm in sorted(anms.values(), key=is_ascii):
+            for entry in anm:
+                if not hasattr(entry, 'texture'):
+                    texture = decode_png(self.loader, entry.first_name, entry.secondary_name)
+                #elif not isinstance(entry.texture, self.texture_class):
+                #    texture = entry.texture
+                entry.texture = self.load_texture(texture)
+        anms.clear()
+
+
+    cdef load_texture(self, Surface surface):
+        return self.window.create_texture_from_surface(surface)
+
+
+def is_ascii(anm):
+    return anm[0].first_name.endswith('ascii.png')
+
+
+cdef Surface decode_png(loader, first_name, secondary_name):
+    image_file = load_png(loader.get_file(os.path.basename(first_name)))
+    width, height = image_file.surface.w, image_file.surface.h
+
+    # Support only 32 bits RGBA. Paletted surfaces are awful to work with.
+    #TODO: verify it doesn’t blow up on big-endian systems.
+    new_image = create_rgb_surface(width, height, 32, 0x000000ff, 0x0000ff00, 0x00ff0000, 0xff000000)
+    new_image.blit(image_file)
+
+    if secondary_name:
+        alpha_file = load_png(loader.get_file(os.path.basename(secondary_name)))
+        assert (width == alpha_file.surface.w and height == alpha_file.surface.h)
+
+        new_alpha_file = create_rgb_surface(width, height, 24)
+        new_alpha_file.blit(alpha_file)
+
+        new_image.set_alpha(new_alpha_file)
+
+    return new_image