source: obsolete/trunk/UPV/GTGeometry/include/GeoTreeSimplifier.h @ 138

#ifndef __GEO_TREE_SIMPLIFIER__
#define __GEO_TREE_SIMPLIFIER__

#include "GeoMesh.h"
#include "GeoTreeSimpSequence.h"


namespace Geometry
{
        /// Tree Simplifier interface 
        /*** This module is used by LODTree to simplify leaves of a tree. It contains functions that generate simplified
        versions of 3D objects made out of quads (represented as pairs of texture-mapped triangles). Given a 3D object, this
        module computes a sequence of geometric transformations that reduce the object’s geometric detail while preserving
        its appearance.\n\n

        For each simplification step, the module returns a simplification sequence containing the leaf collapsed, the two 
        leaves being removed, and the resulting leaf for that contraction.\n\n

        
Inputs:\n
        - A pointer to the Geometry::Mesh object containing the tree to be simplified.
        .

Outputs:\n
        -# The simplified mesh, contained in a Geometry::Mesh object.
        -# Simplification sequence, represented by a Geometry::TreeSimplificationSequence object.
        */

        class TreeSimplifier
        {
        public:
                /// Class constructor. Retrieves a pointer to a valid Mesh object to simplify
                TreeSimplifier (const Geometry::Mesh *);

                /// Class destructor.
                ~TreeSimplifier (void);

                /// Copy constructor
                //TreeSimplifier(const TreeSimplifier&);

                /// Assignment operator
                //TreeSimplifier& operator =(const TreeSimplifier&);

                /// Starts the simplification process. Receives as a parameter the LOD factor in a range of [0,1].
                void Simplify (Geometry::Real);
        
                /// Returns the simplified mesh.
                Mesh *GetMesh ();

                /// Returns the simplification sequence for leaves.
                TreeSimplificationSequence *GetSimplificationSequence();
        };

}

#endif