//C++ header - Open Scene Graph - Copyright (C) 1998-2002 Robert Osfield
//Distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License (LGPL)
//as published by the Free Software Foundation.

#ifndef OSG_MATRIXTRANSFORM
#define OSG_MATRIXTRANSFORM 1

#include <osg/Transform>
#include <osg/AnimationPath>

namespace osg {

/** MatrixTransform - is a subclass of Transform which has an osg::Matrix
  * which represent a 4x4 transformation of its children from local cordinates
  * into the Transform's parent coordinates.
*/
class SG_EXPORT MatrixTransform : public Transform
{
    public :


        MatrixTransform();

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

        MatrixTransform(const Matrix& matix);

        META_Node(osg, MatrixTransform);

        /** Set the transform's matrix.*/
        void setMatrix(const Matrix& mat) { _matrix = mat; _inverseDirty=true; dirtyBound(); }
        
        /** Get the matrix. */
        inline const Matrix& getMatrix() const { return _matrix; }

        /** pre multiply the transforms matrix.*/
        void preMult(const Matrix& mat) { _matrix.preMult(mat); _inverseDirty=true; dirtyBound(); }
        
        /** post multiply the transforms matrix.*/
        void postMult(const Matrix& mat)  { _matrix.postMult(mat); _inverseDirty=true; dirtyBound(); }
    
        /** Get the inverse matrix. */
        inline const Matrix& getInverseMatrix() const
        {
            if (_inverseDirty)
            {
                _inverse.invert(_matrix);
                _inverseDirty = false;
            }
            return _inverse;
        }

        virtual bool computeLocalToWorldMatrix(Matrix& matrix,NodeVisitor*) const;

        virtual bool computeWorldToLocalMatrix(Matrix& matrix,NodeVisitor*) const;


    protected :
    
        virtual ~MatrixTransform();
        
        Matrix                              _matrix;
        mutable Matrix                      _inverse;
        mutable bool                        _inverseDirty;


};

}

#endif