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+'use strict';
+/**
+ * This component is essentially a port of https://github.com/simplefocus/FlowType.JS
+ * to Reactjs in order to not being forced to use jQuery
+ *
+ * Author: Tim Daubenschütz
+ *
+ * Thanks to the guys at Simple Focus http://simplefocus.com/
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactAddons from 'react/addons';
+
+let FlowType = React.createClass({
+    propTypes: {
+
+        // standard FlowTypes.JS options
+        maximum: React.PropTypes.number,
+        minimum: React.PropTypes.number,
+        maxFont: React.PropTypes.number,
+        minFont: React.PropTypes.number,
+        fontRatio: React.PropTypes.number,
+
+        // react specific options
+        children: React.PropTypes.element.isRequired // only supporting one child element at once right now
+    },
+
+    // Establish default settings/variables
+    // ====================================
+    getDefaultProps() {
+        return {
+            maximum: 9999,
+            minimum: 1,
+            maxFont: 9999,
+            minFont: 1,
+            fontRatio: 35
+        };
+    },
+
+    getInitialState() {
+        return {
+            fontSize: 1
+        };
+    },
+
+    componentDidMount() {
+        window.addEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
+    },
+
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        window.removeEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
+    },
+
+    renderChildren() {
+        return ReactAddons.Children.map(this.props.children, (child) => {
+            return ReactAddons.addons.cloneWithProps(child, {
+                style: {
+                    fontSize: this.state.fontSize
+                }
+            });       
+        });
+    },
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <span>
+                {this.renderChildren()}
+            </span>
+        );
+    }
+});
+
+export default FlowType;
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