+package Font::TTF::Prep;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Font::TTF::Prep - Preparation hinting program. Called when ppem changes
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is a minimal class adding nothing beyond a table, but is a repository
+for prep type information for those processes brave enough to address hinting.
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
+use Font::TTF::Utils;
+
+@ISA = qw(Font::TTF::Table);
+
+$VERSION = 0.0001;
+
+
+=head2 $t->read
+
+Reads the data using C<read_dat>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub read
+{
+ $_[0]->read_dat;
+ $_[0]->{' read'} = 1;
+}
+
+
+=head2 $t->out_xml($context, $depth)
+
+Outputs Prep program as XML
+
+=cut
+
+sub out_xml
+{
+ my ($self, $context, $depth) = @_;
+ my ($fh) = $context->{'fh'};
+ my ($dat);
+
+ $self->read;
+ $dat = Font::TTF::Utils::XML_binhint($self->{' dat'});
+ $dat =~ s/\n(?!$)/\n$depth$context->{'indent'}/omg;
+ $fh->print("$depth<code>\n");
+ $fh->print("$depth$context->{'indent'}$dat");
+ $fh->print("$depth</code>\n");
+ $self;
+}
+
+
+=head2 $t->XML_end($context, $tag, %attrs)
+
+Parse all that hinting code
+
+=cut
+
+sub XML_end
+{
+ my ($self) = shift;
+ my ($context, $tag, %attrs) = @_;
+
+ if ($tag eq 'code')
+ {
+ $self->{' dat'} = Font::TTF::Utils::XML_hintbin($context->{'text'});
+ return $context;
+ } else
+ { return $self->SUPER::XML_end(@_); }
+}
+
+1;
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+None known
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Martin Hosken Martin_Hosken@sil.org. See L<Font::TTF::Font> for copyright and
+licensing.
+
+=cut
+