ICompositeContainer.h

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/********************************************************************
*
*   Project     Artec 3D Scanning SDK
*
*   Purpose:    Container for sequence of composite meshes
*
*   Copyright:  Artec Group
*
********************************************************************/
#ifndef _ICOMPOSITECONTAINER_H_
#define _ICOMPOSITECONTAINER_H_

#include <artec/sdk/base/Errors.h>
#include <artec/sdk/base/BaseSdkDefines.h>
#include <artec/sdk/base/IRef.h>
#include <artec/sdk/base/Matrix.h>

namespace artec { namespace sdk { namespace base
{

class IBlob;
class ICompositeMesh;
class ICompositeContainer;

extern "C"
{
    /**
    * Create new CompositeContainer
    * @param pContainer - destination CompositeContainer
    *
    * @return 
    *  error code
    */
    ErrorCode ABASESDK_LINK_SPEC createCompositeContainer(ICompositeContainer** pContainer);

    /**
    * Clone all CompositeContainer content
    * @param out - destination CompositeContainer
    * @param in  - CompositeContainer to take elements from 
    *
    * @return 
    *  error code
    */
    ErrorCode ABASESDK_LINK_SPEC cloneCompositeContainer(ICompositeContainer* out, const ICompositeContainer* in);
}

/**
*   @brief   Collection of composite meshes with attributes
*
*   @details CompositeContainer is a collection (container) of composites with its own transformation and 
*   additional information (container attributes).
*   Each composite consists of composite mesh, transformation matrix and composite-mesh attributes.
*   @nosubgrouping
*/
class ICompositeContainer : public IRef
{
public:
    /// @{ @name Scan-element operations

    /// @{ @brief   Access container element (composite mesh) by index.
    /// @details Index must be in range [0, getSize()-1]. Replacing frame mesh at index position
    /// using setElement() will not affect transformation matrix and attributes
    virtual ICompositeMesh* getElement(int index) const = 0;
    virtual ErrorCode setElement(int index, ICompositeMesh* mesh) = 0;
    /// @}

    /// @{ @brief Add/remove composite to container.
    /// @details Transformation matrix is identity by default.
    virtual ErrorCode add(ICompositeMesh* mesh) = 0;
    virtual ErrorCode add(ICompositeMesh* mesh, const Matrix4x4D& transformMatrix, IBlob* meshAttributes = NULL) = 0;
    virtual ErrorCode remove(int index) = 0;
    /// @}

    /// @{ @brief Access composite mesh orientation by index.
    /// @details Index must be in range [0, getSize()-1]. Replacing transformation matrix at index position
    /// using setTransformation() will not affect composite mesh and attributes.
    /// Matrix with zero elements will be returned if element index is out of range.
    virtual const Matrix4x4D& getTransformation(int index) const = 0;
    virtual ErrorCode setTransformation(int index, const Matrix4x4D& transformMatrix) = 0;
    /// @}

    /// @{ @brief Access composite mesh attributes by index.
    /// @details Index must be in range [0, getSize()-1]. Replacing the attributes at index position
    /// using setAttributes() will not affect composite mesh and transformation matrix
    virtual IBlob* getAttributes(int index) const = 0;
    virtual ErrorCode setAttributes(int index, IBlob* attributes) = 0;
    /// @}  

    /// @}
    /// @{ @name Container-attribute operations

    /// @{ Access container transformation
    virtual const Matrix4x4D& getContainerTransformation() const = 0;
    virtual void setContainerTransformation(const Matrix4x4D& transformMatrix) = 0;
    /// @}  

    /// @{ Access container attributes
    virtual IBlob* getContainerAttributes() const = 0;
    virtual void setContainerAttributes(IBlob* attributes) = 0;
    /// @}  

    /// @}
    /// @{ @name General container operations
    
    /// Get element number in container
    virtual int getSize() const = 0;

    /// Delete all container elements
    virtual void clear() = 0;

    /// @}  
};

} } } // namespace artec::sdk::base

#endif // _ICOMPOSITECONTAINER_H_