// Filename: modelLoadRequest.h
// Created by:  drose (29Aug06)
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef MODELLOADREQUEST
#define MODELLOADREQUEST

#include "pandabase.h"

#include "asyncTask.h"
#include "filename.h"
#include "loaderOptions.h"
#include "pandaNode.h"
#include "pointerTo.h"

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//       Class : ModelLoadRequest
// Description : A class object that manages a single asynchronous
//               model load request.  Create a new ModelLoadRequest,
//               and add it to the loader via load_async(), to begin
//               an asynchronous load.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
class EXPCL_PANDA ModelLoadRequest : public AsyncTask {
PUBLISHED:
  INLINE ModelLoadRequest(const Filename &filename, 
                          const LoaderOptions &options);
  
  INLINE const Filename &get_filename() const;
  INLINE const LoaderOptions &get_options() const;
  
  INLINE bool is_ready() const;
  INLINE PandaNode *get_model() const;
  
protected:
  virtual bool do_task();
  
private:
  Filename _filename;
  LoaderOptions _options;
  bool _is_ready;
  PT(PandaNode) _model;
  
public:
  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
    return _type_handle;
  }
  static void init_type() {
    AsyncTask::init_type();
    register_type(_type_handle, "ModelLoadRequest",
                  AsyncTask::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;
};

#include "modelLoadRequest.I"

#endif