plane.h

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#ifndef _plane_h
#define _plane_h

#include "vector3.h"

#ifndef SWIG
    #include "XML/xml.h"
#endif

namespace Ogre
{
    class Plane;
}

namespace Mezzanine
{
    class AxisAlignedBox;
    class Ray;
    class Sphere;
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// @brief This is used to represent a flat infinite slice of the game world
    /// @details The Normal value represents how rotated the plane will be, and
    /// The Distance with represent how far you need to move down a line perpendicular
    /// to the plane, (ie the normal, which is defined by the Normal value) from the
    /// Origin.
    class MEZZ_LIB Plane
    {
    public:
        /// @enum Side
        /// @brief An enum used to describe which side of the plane the result of a query is on.
        enum Side
        {
            S_None     = 0,
            S_Positive = 1,
            S_Negative = 2,
            S_Both     = 3
        };
        /// @brief This is a type used for the return of a ray intersection test.
        /// @details This type provides more verbose return data that can be used for further tests.  @n @n
        /// The first member stores whether or not there was a hit.  The second member stores the point where it was hit.
        typedef std::pair<Boolean,Vector3> RayTestResult;

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Public Data Members

        /// @brief The rotation of the plane
        Vector3 Normal;
        /// @brief How from from the origin the plane is
        Real Distance;

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Construction and Destruction

        /// @brief Default constructor
        Plane();
        /// @brief Copy constructor.
        /// @param Other The other plane to copy from.
        Plane(const Plane& Other);
        /// @brief Descriptive constructor.
        /// @param Norm The positive direction of the plane.
        /// @param Constant The Constant with which to project the plane.
        Plane(const Vector3& Norm, const Real Constant);
        /// @brief Dual Vector constructor.
        /// @param Norm The positive direction of the plane.
        /// @param Point The "origin" point of the plane in 3D space.
        Plane(const Vector3& Norm, const Vector3& Point);
        /// @brief Triangle constructor.
        /// @param First This is one point in the triangle.
        /// @param Second This is another point in the triangle.
        /// @param Third This is one point in the triangle.
        Plane(const Vector3& First, const Vector3& Second, const Vector3& Third);
        /// @brief Compatibility constructor.
        /// @param InternalPlane This is the Ogre::Plane to copy from.
        explicit Plane(const Ogre::Plane& InternalPlane);
        /// @brief Class destructor.
        ~Plane();

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Utility

        /// @brief Defines the dimensions of this plane explicitly.
        /// @param Norm The positive direction of the plane.
        /// @param Constant The Constant with which to project the plane.
        void Define(const Vector3& Norm, const Real Constant);
        /// @brief Defines the dimensions of this plane based on an origin and direction.
        /// @param Norm The positive direction of the plane.
        /// @param Point The "origin" point of the plane in 3D space.
        void Define(const Vector3& Norm, const Vector3& Point);
        /// @brief Defines the dimensions of this plane from a triangle in 3D space.
        /// @param First This is one point in the triangle.
        /// @param Second This is another point in the triangle.
        /// @param Third This is one point in the triangle.
        void Define(const Vector3& First, const Vector3& Second, const Vector3& Third);

        /// @brief Gets which side of the plane a point in 3D space is.
        /// @param Point The point in 3D space to determine on which side of the plane it lies.
        /// @return Returns a Side enum value, indicating which side of the plane the point is on.
        Side GetSide(const Vector3& Point) const;
        /// @brief Gets which side of the plane a box shape is.
        /// @param Center The point in 3D space where the center of the box is.
        /// @param HalfSize Half of the total size on each axis.
        /// @return Returns a Side enum value indicating which side of the plane the box is on.
        Side GetSide(const Vector3& Center, const Vector3& HalfSize) const;
        /// @brief Gets the distance from the plane to a point in 3D space.
        /// @note This function will only return a true unit distance if the Normal member of this class is properly normalized.  Take care when altering it's value.
        /// @param Point The point in 3D space to get the distance to.
        /// @return Returns the distance from the plane to the specified point.  Positive values mean the point is on the positive side, and vice versa.
        Real GetDistance(const Vector3& Point) const;

        /// @brief Checks to see if a sphere overlaps with this Plane.
        /// @param ToCheck The sphere to check for overlap.
        /// @return Returns true if the provided sphere overlaps with this Plane, false otherwise.
        Boolean IsOverlapping(const Sphere& ToCheck) const;
        /// @brief Checks to see if an AABB overlaps with this Plane.
        /// @param ToCheck The AABB to check for overlap.
        /// @return Returns true if the AABB overlaps with this Plane, false otherwise.
        Boolean IsOverlapping(const AxisAlignedBox& ToCheck) const;
        /// @brief Checks to see if another Plane intersects this one.
        /// @param ToCheck The other Plane to check for intersection.
        /// @return Returns true if the provided Plane intersects with this Plane, false otherwise.
        Boolean IsOverlapping(const Plane& ToCheck) const;
        /// @brief Checks to see if a ray intersects this Plane.
        /// @param ToCheck The ray to check for a hit.
        /// @return Returns true if the ray intersects this Plane, false otherwise.
        RayTestResult Intersects(const Ray& ToCheck) const;

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Conversion Methods

        /// @brief Changes this Plane to match the Ogre Plane.
        /// @param InternalPlane The Ogre::Plane to copy.
        void ExtractOgrePlane(const Ogre::Plane& InternalPlane);
        /// @brief Gets an Ogre::Plane that contains this Planes information.
        /// @return This returns an Ogre::Plane that contains the same information as this Planes information.
        Ogre::Plane GetOgrePlane() const;

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Serialization

        /// @brief Convert this class to an XML::Node ready for serialization.
        /// @param ParentNode The point in the XML hierarchy that all this renderable should be appended to.
        void ProtoSerialize(XML::Node& ParentNode) const;
        /// @brief Take the data stored in an XML Node and overwrite this object with it.
        /// @param SelfRoot An XML::Node containing the data to populate this class with.
        void ProtoDeSerialize(const XML::Node& SelfRoot);

        /// @brief Get the name of the the XML tag the proxy class will leave behind as its instances are serialized.
        /// @return A string containing the name of this class.
        static String GetSerializableName();

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Operators

        /// @brief Assignment operator.
        /// @param Other The other Plane to copy from.
        void operator=(const Plane& Other);

        /// @brief The assignment operator from Ogre::Plane to Mezzanine::Plane.
        /// @param InternalPlane The Ogre::Plane to take data from.
        void operator=(const Ogre::Plane& InternalPlane);

        /// @brief Equality operator.
        /// @param Other The other Plane to compare with.
        /// @return Returns true if this Plane is the same as the other provided Plane, false otherwise.
        Boolean operator==(const Plane& Other) const;
        /// @brief Inequality operator.
        /// @param Other The other Plane to compare with.
        /// @return Returns true if this Plane is not the same as the other provided Plane, false otherwise.
        Boolean operator!=(const Plane& Other) const;
    };//Plane
}//Mezzanine

#ifndef SWIG
/// @brief Streaming output operator
/// @details This converts the data of the Plane into a snippet of xml Ideal for sending to a log or cout.
/// @param stream This is the stream we send our data to.
/// @return This returns an std::ostream which now contains our data.
std::ostream& MEZZ_LIB operator << (std::ostream& stream, const Mezzanine::Plane& x);

/// @brief Used to de-serialize from a stream.
/// @details This reads XML input and attempts to Populate a plane.
/// @param stream This is the stream we get our data from.
/// @param x The Mezzanine::Plane to store the deserialized Plane in.
/// @return This returns an std::ostream to allow operator chaining.
/// @throw Can throw any exception that any function in the Mezzanine::xml namespace could throw in addition to a Mezzanine::Exception if the serialization version doesn't match.
std::istream& MEZZ_LIB operator >> (std::istream& stream, Mezzanine::Plane& x);

/// @brief Converts an XML node into a Mezzanine::Plane
/// @details TThis will convert an XML::Node will a valid serialized Mezzanine::Vector3 into a Mezzanine::Vector3
/// @param OneNode This is the XML::Node we get our data from. It should contain a serialized Mezzanine::Plane.
/// @param x The Mezzanine::Plane to store the deserialized Plane in.
/// @return This returns an XML::Node refernce to allow operator chaining.
/// @throw Can throw any exception that any function in the Mezzanine::xml namespace could throw in addition to a Mezzanine::Exception if the serialization version doesn't match.
void MEZZ_LIB operator >> (const Mezzanine::XML::Node& OneNode, Mezzanine::Plane& x);
#endif

#endif