--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ui/ItemIcon.lua	Tue May 20 21:43:23 2014 -0500
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+local _, AskMrRobot = ...
+
+-- initialize the ItemIcon class (inherit from a dummy frame)
+AskMrRobot.ItemIcon = AskMrRobot.inheritsFrom(AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame)
+
+-- item icon contructor
+function AskMrRobot.ItemIcon:new(name, parent)
+	-- create a new frame (if one isn't supplied)
+	local o = AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame:new(name, parent)
+
+	-- use the ItemIcon class
+	setmetatable(o, { __index = AskMrRobot.ItemIcon })
+
+	-- the item icon
+	o.itemIcon = o:CreateTexture(nil, "BACKGROUND")
+	o.itemIcon:SetPoint("TOPLEFT")
+	o.itemIcon:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT")
+
+	-- return the instance of the ItemIcon
+	return o
+end
+
+function AskMrRobot.ItemIcon:SetRoundBorder()
+	self:SetBackdrop({edgeFile = "Interface\\AddOns\\AskMrRobot\\Media\\round-edge", edgeSize = 8})
+end
+
+function AskMrRobot.ItemIcon:SetSquareBorder()
+	self:SetBackdrop({edgeFile = "Interface\\AddOns\\AskMrRobot\\Media\\square-edge", edgeSize = 8})
+end
+
+-- set the item icon and tooltip from the specified item link
+function AskMrRobot.ItemIcon:SetItemLink(link)
+	AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame.SetItemLink(self, link)
+	if link then
+		self.itemIcon:SetTexture(GetItemIcon(AskMrRobot.getItemIdFromLink(link)))
+		self.itemIcon:SetTexCoord(0, 1, 0, 1)
+	else
+		self.itemIcon:SetTexture(nil)
+	end
+end