--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ui/ItemTooltipFrame.lua	Tue May 20 21:43:23 2014 -0500
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+local _, AskMrRobot = ...
+
+-- initialize the ItemLink class
+AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame = AskMrRobot.inheritsFrom(AskMrRobot.Frame)
+
+-- item link contructor
+function AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame:new(name, parent)
+	-- create a new frame
+	local o = AskMrRobot.Frame:new(name, parent)
+
+	-- use the ItemTooltipFrame class
+	setmetatable(o, { __index = AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame })
+
+	o.tooltipShown = false
+
+	-- initialize the enter/leave scripts for showing the tooltips
+	o:SetScript("OnEnter", AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame.OnEnterTooltipFrame)
+	o:SetScript("OnLeave", AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame.OnLeaveTooltipFrame)
+
+	-- return the instance of the ItemTooltipFrame
+	return o
+end
+
+function AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame:OnEnterTooltipFrame()
+	if self.itemLink then
+		GameTooltip:SetOwner(self, "ANCHOR_CURSOR")
+
+		GameTooltip:SetHyperlink(self.itemLink)
+
+		GameTooltip:Show()
+		self.tooltipShown = true
+	end
+end
+
+function AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame:OnLeaveTooltipFrame()
+	GameTooltip:Hide()
+	self.tooltipShown = false
+end
+
+-- set the tooltip from the specified item link
+function AskMrRobot.ItemTooltipFrame:SetItemLink(link)
+	if self.tooltipShown then
+		GameTooltip:Hide()
+	end
+	self.itemLink = link
+end