#ifndef __GEO_STRIPIFIER__
#define __GEO_STRIPIFIER__

#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "GeoBase.h"
#include "GeoSerializable.h"
#include "GeoMesh.h"


namespace Geometry {
	/// Stripifier interface class.
	/** This module implements methods that extract triangle strips from triangle meshes. 
		\n

Inputs:\n
	- This module receives a pointer to a Geometry::Mesh object containing the model to be stripified.
	.

Outputs:\n
	- The stripified mesh, contained also in a Geometry::Mesh object.
	.

	*/
	class MeshStripifier
	{
	public:
		/// Class constructor, receives as a parameter a const pointer to the object that describes a mesh.
		MeshStripifier (const Geometry::Mesh *);

		/// virtual class destructor.
		virtual ~MeshStripifier (void);

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

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

		/// Starts the stripification process. This is a pure virtual method and must be overloaded in a derived class that implements a stripification algorithm.
		virtual void Stripify()=0;

		/// Returns the stripified mesh.
		Mesh *GetMesh ();
	};

	class CustomStripifier : public MeshStripifier
	{
	public:
		/// Class constructor, receives as a parameter a const pointer to the object that describes a mesh.
		CustomStripifier (const Geometry::Mesh *);

		/// Class destructor.
		virtual ~CustomStripifier (void);

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

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

		/// Starts the stripification process. This is a custom stripification method.
		void Stripify();

		/// Returns the stripified mesh.
		Mesh *GetMesh ();
	};

}

#endif