// Filename: renderEffect.h
// Created by:  drose (14Mar02)
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
// Copyright (c) 2001, Disney Enterprises, Inc.  All rights reserved
//
// All use of this software is subject to the terms of the Panda 3d
// Software license.  You should have received a copy of this license
// along with this source code; you will also find a current copy of
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//
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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef RENDEREFFECT_H
#define RENDEREFFECT_H

#include "pandabase.h"

#include "typedWritableReferenceCount.h"
#include "indirectCompareTo.h"
#include "pointerTo.h"
#include "pset.h"
#include "luse.h"

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//       Class : RenderEffect
// Description : This is the base class for a number of special render
//               effects that may be set on scene graph nodes to
//               change the way they render.  This includes
//               BillboardEffect, DecalEffect, etc.
//
//               RenderEffect represents render properties that must
//               be applied as soon as they are encountered in the
//               scene graph, rather than propagating down to the
//               leaves.  This is different from RenderAttrib, which
//               represents properties like color and texture that
//               don't do anything until they propagate down to a
//               GeomNode.
//
//               You should not attempt to create or modify a
//               RenderEffect directly; instead, use the make() method
//               of the appropriate kind of effect you want.  This
//               will allocate and return a new RenderEffect of the
//               appropriate type, and it may share pointers if
//               possible.  Do not modify the new RenderEffect if you
//               wish to change its properties; instead, create a new
//               one.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
class EXPCL_PANDA RenderEffect : public TypedWritableReferenceCount {
protected:
  RenderEffect();
private:
  RenderEffect(const RenderEffect &copy);
  void operator = (const RenderEffect &copy);

public:
  virtual ~RenderEffect();

  INLINE int compare_to(const RenderEffect &other) const;

  virtual bool safe_to_transform() const;
  virtual bool safe_to_combine() const;
  virtual CPT(RenderEffect) xform(const LMatrix4f &mat) const;

PUBLISHED:
  virtual void output(ostream &out) const;
  virtual void write(ostream &out, int indent_level) const;

protected:
  static CPT(RenderEffect) return_new(RenderEffect *effect);

  virtual int compare_to_impl(const RenderEffect *other) const;

private:
  typedef pset<const RenderEffect *, IndirectCompareTo<RenderEffect> > Effects;
  static Effects _effects;

  Effects::iterator _saved_entry;

public:
  virtual void write_datagram(BamWriter *manager, Datagram &dg);
  static TypedWritable *change_this(TypedWritable *old_ptr, BamReader *manager);
  virtual void finalize();

protected:
  static TypedWritable *new_from_bam(RenderEffect *effect, BamReader *manager);
  void fillin(DatagramIterator &scan, BamReader *manager);
  
public:
  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
    return _type_handle;
  }
  static void init_type() {
    TypedWritableReferenceCount::init_type();
    register_type(_type_handle, "RenderEffect",
                  TypedWritableReferenceCount::get_class_type());
  }
  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
    return get_class_type();
  }
  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {init_type(); return get_class_type();}

private:
  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
};

INLINE ostream &operator << (ostream &out, const RenderEffect &effect) {
  effect.output(out);
  return out;
}

#include "renderEffect.I"

#endif