source: trunk/VUT/GtpVisibility/include/CullingManager.h @ 87

#ifndef _CullingManager_H__
#define _CullingManager_H__

#include "HierarchyInterface.h"

namespace GtpVisibility {

/** This abstract class implements an interface for a specific culling 
        algorithm. The algorithm is either used to render a scene or to make a visibility query.
*/
class CullingManager
{
public:
        /** Default constructor. 
                @remark an appropriate hierarchy interface must be provided for the algorithms to
                work on specific hierarchy
        */
        CullingManager();
        /** Renders the scene using a specific occlusion culling algorithm, e.g., coherent
                hierarchical culling or stop and wait.
        */
        virtual void RenderScene() = 0;
        /** Sets the hierarchy interface.
                @param hierarchyInterface
                @remark the hierarchy interface encapsulates the hierarchy we are working on
        */
        void SetHierarchyInterface(HierarchyInterface *hierarchyInterface);
        /** Sets the threshold for the visibiliy culling algorithm.
                @param visibilityThreshold number of visible pixels where an object 
                is still considered invisible.
        */
        void SetVisibilityThreshold(unsigned int visibilityThreshold);

        /** Returns number of frustum culled nodes.
        */
        unsigned int GetNumFrustumCulledNodes();
        /** Returns number of occlusion query culled nodes.
        */
        unsigned int GetNumQueryCulledNodes();
        /** Returns number of issued occlusion queries.
        */
        unsigned int GetNumQueriesIssued();
        /** basic initializations on beginning of each frame, e.g., 
                resets statistics.
        */
        void InitFrame();

protected:
        
        unsigned int mNumQueryCulledNodes;
        unsigned int mNumFrustumCulledNodes;
        unsigned int mVisibilityThreshold;
        unsigned int mNumQueriesIssued;

        HierarchyInterface *mHierarchyInterface;
};
} // namespace GtpVisibility
#endif // CullingManager