#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();

protected:

	unsigned int mNumQueryCulledNodes;
	unsigned int mNumFrustumCulledNodes;
	unsigned int mVisibilityThreshold;

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