meshcollisionshape.h

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#ifndef _physicsmeshcollisionshape_h
#define _physicsmeshcollisionshape_h

#include "Physics/collisionshape.h"

class btConcaveShape;

namespace Mezzanine
{
    namespace Physics
    {
        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        /// @class MeshCollisionShape
        /// @headerfile collisionshape.h
        /// @brief This is the base class for all Mesh shapes.
        /// @details A Mesh shape is any shape that uses a series of triangles to determine it's
        /// bounds.  As a rule all Mesh Shapes are considered Concave(even though the triangles don't
        /// need to form a concave shape, there is no way to assure the physics engine of that).  Mesh
        /// shapes are not very performant, and should only be used with static objects, such as terrain.
        ///////////////////////////////////////
        class MEZZ_LIB MeshCollisionShape : public CollisionShape
        {
        protected:
            /// @brief Sets the internal pointers on the base classes.
            void SetPointers(btConcaveShape* Shape);
        public:
            /// @brief Class Constructor.
            MeshCollisionShape();
            /// @brief Class Destructor.
            virtual ~MeshCollisionShape();
            /// @copydoc CollisionShape::GetType()
            virtual CollisionShape::ShapeType GetType() const = 0;
            /// @copydoc CollisionShape::GetBulletShape
            virtual btConcaveShape* GetBulletConcaveShape() const;

            /// @copydoc CollisionShape::GetBulletShape
            virtual void ProtoSerialize(XML::Node& CurrentRoot) const;
            /// @copydoc CollisionShape::GetBulletShape
            virtual void ProtoDeSerialize(const XML::Node& OneNode);
            /// @brief Get the name of the the XML tag this class will leave behind as its instances are serialized.
            /// @return A string containing "MeshCollisionShape"
            static String SerializableName();
        };//MeshCollisionShape
    }//Physics
}//Mezzanine

/// @copydoc operator << (std::ostream& stream, const Mezzanine::Physics::CollisionShape& ShapeToSerialize)
std::ostream& MEZZ_LIB operator << (std::ostream& stream, const Mezzanine::Physics::MeshCollisionShape& ShapeToSerialize);
/// @copydoc operator >> (std::istream& stream, Mezzanine::Physics::CollisionShape& x)
std::istream& MEZZ_LIB operator >> (std::istream& stream, Mezzanine::Physics::MeshCollisionShape& x);
/// @copydoc operator >> (const Mezzanine::XML::Node& OneNode, Mezzanine::Physics::CollisionShape& x)
void MEZZ_LIB operator >> (const Mezzanine::XML::Node& OneNode, Mezzanine::Physics::MeshCollisionShape& x);


#endif