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/** @addtogroup bv_lod
 *
 *  @brief
 *  Functions for generating view dependent level-of-detail data,
 *  particularly for meshes.
 */
/** @{ */
/* @file lod.h */
 
#ifndef BV_LOD_H
#define BV_LOD_H
 
#include "common.h"
#include "vmath.h"
#include "bu/ptbl.h"
#include "bv/defines.h"
 
__BEGIN_DECLS
 
/* Given a view, construct either an oriented bounding box or a view frustum
 * extruded to contain scene objects visible in the view.  Conceptually, think
 * of it as a framebuffer pane pushed through the scene in the direction the
 * camera is looking.  If the view width and height are not set or there is
 * some other problem, no volume is computed. This function is intended
 * primarily to be set as an updating callback for the bview structure. */
BV_EXPORT extern void
bv_view_bounds(struct bview *v);
 
/* Given a screen x,y coordinate, construct the set of all scene objects whose
 * AABB intersect with the OBB created by the projection of that pixel through
 * the scene. sset holds the struct bv_scene_obj pointers of the selected
 * objects.  */
BV_EXPORT int
bv_view_objs_select(struct bu_ptbl *sset, struct bview *v, int x, int y);
 
/* Given a screen x1,y1,x2,y2 rectangle, construct and return the set of all scene
 * objects whose AABB intersect with the OBB created by the projection of that
 * rectangle through the scene. */
BV_EXPORT int
bv_view_objs_rect_select(struct bu_ptbl *sset, struct bview *v, int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2);
 
/* Storing and reading from a lot of small, individual files doesn't work very
 * well on some platforms.  We provide a "context" to manage bookkeeping of data
 * across objects. The details are implementation internal - the application
 * will simply create a context with a file name and provide it to the various
 * LoD calls. */
struct bv_mesh_lod_context_internal;
struct bv_mesh_lod_context {
    struct bv_mesh_lod_context_internal *i;
};
 
/* Create an LoD context using "name". If data is already present associated
 * with that name it will be loaded, otherwise a new storage structure will be
 * initialized.  If creation or loading fails for any reason the return value
 * NULL.
 *
 * Note that "name" should be a full, unique path associated with the source
 * database.  libbu will manage where the context data is cached.
*/
BV_EXPORT struct bv_mesh_lod_context *
bv_mesh_lod_context_create(const char *name);
 
/* Free all memory associated with context c.  Note that this call does NOT
 * remove the on-disk data. */
BV_EXPORT void
bv_mesh_lod_context_destroy(struct bv_mesh_lod_context *c);
 
/* Remove cache data associated with key.  If key == 0, remove ALL cache data
 * associated with all LoD objects in c. (i.e. a full LoD cache reset for that
 * .g database).  If key == 0 AND c == NULL, clear all LoD cache data for all
 * .g databases associated with the current user's cache.
 */
BV_EXPORT void
bv_mesh_lod_clear_cache(struct bv_mesh_lod_context *c, unsigned long long key);
 
/**
 * Given a set of points and faces, calculate a lookup key and determine if the
 * cache has the LoD data for this particular mesh.  If it does not, do the
 * initial calculations to generate the cached LoD data needed for subsequent
 * lookups, otherwise just return the calculated key.
 *
 * This is potentially an expensive operation, particularly if the LoD data set
 * must be generated for the mesh.
 *
 * If user_key != 0, it will be used instead of the mesh data hash as the db
 * key to be used for subsequent lookups.  Typically calculated with
 * bu_data_hash from user supplied data, if the mesh data is not
 * the desired source of the key.
 *
 * Note: to clear pre-existing cached data, run bv_mesh_lod_clear_cache();
 *
 * @return the lookup key calculated from the data */
BV_EXPORT unsigned long long
bv_mesh_lod_cache(struct bv_mesh_lod_context *c, const point_t *v, size_t vcnt, const vect_t *vn, int *f, size_t fcnt, unsigned long long user_key, fastf_t fratio);
 
 
/**
 * Given a name, see if the context has a key associated with that name.
 * If so return it, else return zero.
 *
 * Users of this feature need to be aware that it is the responsibility
 * of the application to maintain the LoD cache data and keep it current -
 * it is quite possible, in a data sense, for the LoD data to be out of
 * date if something has changed the named geometry object and not updated
 * the cache.
 *
 * The advantage of this feature, if the application does maintain the
 * data correctly, is to make it possible to load a high level view of
 * a large model without having to hash the full mesh data of the model
 * to retrieve the data.
 */
BV_EXPORT unsigned long long
bv_mesh_lod_key_get(struct bv_mesh_lod_context *c, const char *name);
 
/**
 * Given a name and a key, instruct the context to associate that name with
 * the key.
 *
 * Returns 0 if successful, else error
 */
BV_EXPORT int
bv_mesh_lod_key_put(struct bv_mesh_lod_context *c, const char *name, unsigned long long key);
 
/**
 * Set up the bv_mesh_lod container using cached LoD information associated
 * with key.  If no cached data has been prepared, a NULL container is
 * returned - to prepare cached data, call bv_mesh_lod_cache with the original
 * mesh input data.  This call is intended to be usable in situations where
 * we don't want to pull the full mesh data set into memory, so we can't assume
 * the original data is present.
 *
 * Note: bv_mesh_lod assumes a non-changing mesh - if the mesh is changed after
 * it is created, the internal container does *NOT* automatically update.  In
 * that case the old struct should be destroyed and a new one created.
 *
 * A bv_mesh_lod return from this function will be initialized only to the
 * lowest level of data (i.e. the coarsest possible representation of the
 * object.) To tailor the data, use the bv_mesh_lod_view function.  For lower
 * level control, the bv_mesh_lod_level function may be used to explicitly
 * manipulate the loaded LoD (usually used for debugging, but also useful if an
 * application wishes to visualize levels explicitly.)
 */
BV_EXPORT struct bv_mesh_lod *
bv_mesh_lod_create(struct bv_mesh_lod_context *c, unsigned long long key);
 
/* Clean up the lod container. */
BV_EXPORT void
bv_mesh_lod_destroy(struct bv_mesh_lod *l);
 
/**
 * Given a scene object with mesh LoD data stored in s->draw_data, reduce
 * memory footprint (for use after client codes have completed use of a
 * particular level's info, but aren't done with the object.  Main use case
 * currently is OpenGL display lists - once generated, we can clear the
 * internally stored LoD data until the level changes.  Note that there is a
 * re-loading performance penalty as a trade-off to the memory savings. */
BV_EXPORT void
bv_mesh_lod_memshrink(struct bv_scene_obj *s);
 
/**
 * Given a scene object with mesh LoD data stored in s->draw_data and a bview,
 * load the appropriate level of detail for displaying the mesh in that view.
 * Set reset == 1 if the caller wants to undo a memshrink operation even if the
 * level isn't changed by the current view settings.
 *
 * Returns the level selected.  If v == NULL, return current level of l.  If
 * there is an error or l == NULL, return -1; */
BV_EXPORT int
bv_mesh_lod_view(struct bv_scene_obj *s, struct bview *v, int reset);
 
/**
 * Given a scene object with mesh LoD data stored in s->draw_data and a detail
 * level, load the appropriate data.  This is not normally used by client codes
 * directly, but may be needed if an app needs  manipulate the level of detail
 * without a view.  Set reset == 1 if the caller wants to undo a memshrink
 * operation even if the level isn't changed by the current view settings.
 *
 * Returns the level selected.  If level == -1, return current level of l.  If
 * there is an error, return -1; */
BV_EXPORT int
bv_mesh_lod_level(struct bv_scene_obj *s, int level, int reset);
 
/* Free a scene object's LoD data.  Suitable as a s_free_callback function
 * for a bv_scene_obj.  This function will also trigger any additional
 * "free" callback functions which might be defined for the LoD container. */
BV_EXPORT void
bv_mesh_lod_free(struct bv_scene_obj *s);
 
 
 
/* In order to preserve library barriers, a number of operations needed to
 * realize LoD drawing are defined at other library layers and made available
 * to the core LoD management logic with callbacks */
 
/* Set function callbacks for retrieving and freeing high levels of mesh detail */
BV_EXPORT void
bv_mesh_lod_detail_setup_clbk(struct bv_mesh_lod *lod, int (*clbk)(struct bv_mesh_lod *, void *), void *cb_data);
BV_EXPORT void
bv_mesh_lod_detail_clear_clbk(struct bv_mesh_lod *lod, int (*clbk)(struct bv_mesh_lod *, void *));
BV_EXPORT void
bv_mesh_lod_detail_free_clbk(struct bv_mesh_lod *lod, int (*clbk)(struct bv_mesh_lod *, void *));
 
__END_DECLS
 
#endif  /* BV_LOD_H */
/** @} */
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