source: trunk/VUT/GtpVisibilityPreprocessor/include/Preprocessor.h @ 261

#ifndef _Preprocessor_H__
#define _Preprocessor_H__

#include "Containers.h"
#include "Mesh.h"
#include "KdTree.h"
#include "ViewCellBsp.h"
#include "SceneGraph.h"
#include <string>

/** Namespace for the external visibility preprocessor

    This namespace includes all classes which are created by the VUT (Vienna University
    of Technology) for the External Visibility Preprocessor of the GTP (GameTools Project)
    (www.gametools.org).
 */
namespace GtpVisibilityPreprocessor {
  /** Main class of the visibility preprocessor. Responsible for loading and
      saving of the input and output files. Initiates construction of the kD-tree,
      viewcell loading/generation and the visibility computation itself.
  */
  class Preprocessor {
  public:
    /** Load the input scene. 
        @param filename file to load
        @return true on success
    */
    virtual bool LoadScene(const string filename);

    /** Load the input viewcells. The input viewcells should be given as a collection
        of meshes. Each mesh is assume to form a bounded polyhedron defining the interior of
        the viewcell. The method then builds a BSP tree of these view cells.
        @param filename file to load
        @return true on success
    */
    virtual bool LoadViewCells(const string filename);

    /** Generate the viewCells automatically. The particular algorithm to be used depends
        on the environment setting. Initially the generated viewcells will cover the whole
        bounding volume of the scene. They can be pruned later depending on the results
        of visibility computations.
        @return true on successful viewcell generation.
    */
    virtual bool GenerateViewCells();
    
    /** Export all preprocessed data in a XML format understandable by the
        PreprocessingInterface of the GtpVisibilityPreprocessor Module. The file can be compressed depending
        on the environement settings.
        @return true on successful export
    */
    virtual bool ExportPreprocessedData(const string filename);

    /** Build the KdTree of currently loaded occluders/occludees/viewcells. The construction
        is driven by the environment settings, which also sais which of the three types of
        entities should be used to drive the heuristical construction (only occluders by default)
    */
    virtual bool BuildKdTree();

    /** Compute visibility method. This method has to be reimplemented by the actual
        Preprocessor implementation (e.g. SamplingPreprocessor, ExactPreprocessor,
        GlobalSamplingpreprocessor)
    */
    virtual bool ComputeVisibility() = 0;


  protected:
    /// scene graph loaded from file
    SceneGraph *mSceneGraph;
    /// BSP tree representing the viewcells
    BspTree *mViewCellBspTree;
    /// kD-tree organizing the scene graph (occluders + occludees) + viewcells
    KdTree *mKdTree;

    /// list of all loaded occluders
    MeshContainer mOccluders;
    /// list of all loaded occludees
    MeshContainer mOccludees;
    /// list of all loaded/generated viewcells
    ViewCellContainer mViewcells;

  };
  
};




#endif