source: trunk/VUT/GtpVisibilityPreprocessor/src/Preprocessor.h @ 297

#ifndef _Preprocessor_H__
#define _Preprocessor_H__

#include <string>
using namespace std;
#include "Containers.h"
#include "Mesh.h"
#include "KdTree.h"
#include "ViewCellBsp.h"
//#include "SceneGraph.h"

class SceneGraph;

/** 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).
*/
  
  /** 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:
        /** Default constructor initialising e.g., KD tree and BSP tree.
        */
        Preprocessor();

   ~Preprocessor();

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

  /** Compute visibility method. This method has to be reimplemented by the actual
      Preprocessor implementation (e.g. SamplingPreprocessor, ExactPreprocessor,
      GlobalSamplingpreprocessor)
    */
  virtual bool ComputeVisibility() = 0;
  
  
  bool
  Export( const string filename,
          const bool scene,
          const bool kdtree,
          const bool bsptree
          );
  
  
  virtual void KdTreeStatistics(ostream &s);
  virtual void BspTreeStatistics(ostream &s);

  /// scene graph loaded from file
  SceneGraph *mSceneGraph;
  
  /// kD-tree organizing the scene graph (occluders + occludees) + viewcells
  KdTree *mKdTree;
  
  /// list of all loaded occluders
  ObjectContainer mOccluders;
  /// list of all loaded occludees
  ObjectContainer mOccludees;
  /// list of all loaded/generated viewcells
  ViewCellContainer mViewCells;
  
  /// BSP tree representing the viewcells
  BspTree *mBspTree;

  /// the root view cell of the bsp tree
  ViewCell *mRootViewCell;
};





#endif