/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2008 Robert Osfield 
 *
 * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under  
 * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or 
 * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
 * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the 
 * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
*/

#ifndef OSGVOLUME_VOLUMETECHNIQUE
#define OSGVOLUME_VOLUMETECHNIQUE 1

#include <osg/Object>

#include <osgUtil/UpdateVisitor>
#include <osgUtil/CullVisitor>

#include <osgVolume/Export>

namespace osgVolume {

class Brick;

class OSGVOLUME_EXPORT VolumeTechnique : public osg::Object
{
    public:

        VolumeTechnique();

        /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy.*/
        VolumeTechnique(const VolumeTechnique&,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
        
        META_Object(osgVolume, VolumeTechnique);

        Brick* getBrick() { return _brick; }
        const Brick* getBrick() const { return _brick; }

        virtual void init();

        virtual void update(osgUtil::UpdateVisitor* nv);

        virtual void cull(osgUtil::CullVisitor* nv);

        /** Clean scene graph from any terrain technique specific nodes.*/
        virtual void cleanSceneGraph();

        /** Traverse the terrain subgraph.*/
        virtual void traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv);

    protected:
    
        void setDirty(bool dirty);

        virtual ~VolumeTechnique();
        
        friend class osgVolume::Brick;

        Brick*    _brick;

};

}

#endif