// Filename: materialCollection.h
// Created by:  drose (16Mar02)
//
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//
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#ifndef MATERIALCOLLECTION_H
#define MATERIALCOLLECTION_H

#include "pandabase.h"
#include "pointerToArray.h"
#include "material.h"

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//       Class : MaterialCollection
// Description : 
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
class EXPCL_PANDA MaterialCollection {
PUBLISHED:
  MaterialCollection();
  MaterialCollection(const MaterialCollection &copy);
  void operator = (const MaterialCollection &copy);
  INLINE ~MaterialCollection();

  void add_material(Material *node_material);
  bool remove_material(Material *node_material);
  void add_materials_from(const MaterialCollection &other);
  void remove_materials_from(const MaterialCollection &other);
  void remove_duplicate_materials();
  bool has_material(Material *material) const;
  void clear();

  Material *find_material(const string &name) const;

  int get_num_materials() const;
  Material *get_material(int index) const;
  Material *operator [] (int index) const;

  void output(ostream &out) const;
  void write(ostream &out, int indent_level = 0) const;

private:
  typedef PTA(PT(Material)) Materials;
  Materials _materials;
};

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

#include "materialCollection.I"

#endif