G4VViewer.hh

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// John Allison  27th March 1996
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// Class description
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// Abstract interface class for graphics viewers.

#ifndef G4VVIEWER_HH
#define G4VVIEWER_HH

#include "globals.hh"

#include "G4ViewParameters.hh"

class G4VSceneHandler;

class G4VViewer {

public: // With description

  friend std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& os, const G4VViewer& v);

  G4VViewer (G4VSceneHandler&, G4int id, const G4String& name = "");
  virtual ~G4VViewer ();

  virtual void Initialise ();
  // Called immediately after construction for those operations that
  // must await complete contruction of viewer and all its bases.  For
  // example, if this class (G4VViewer) is inherited virtually, as in
  // the OpenGL sub-category, it will not be fully constructed until
  // *after* the the derived viewer (this is the rule about order of
  // construction for virtual inheritance), so the derived viewer may
  // not use information in G4VViewer in its contructor.  Hence such
  // code must be in Initialise().

  // View manipulation functions.

  virtual void ResetView ();
  // Reset view parameters to default, including sub-class parameters, if any.
  // The sub-class should always invoke the base class implementation, i.e:
  // virtual void SubClass::ResetView () {
  //   G4VViewer::ResetView();
  //   // Then reset sub-class parameters
  //   ...

  virtual void SetView () = 0;
  // Take view parameters and work out model/view transformation,
  // projection transformation, lighting, etc.

  virtual void ClearView () = 0;
  // Clear screen/viewing buffers.

  virtual void DrawView () = 0;
  // Draw view of the scene currently attached to the scene handler -
  // see example of a minimal function at end of this file.
  
  void RefreshView ();
  // Simply invokes SetView, ClearView, DrawView.

  virtual void ShowView ();
  // Show view (for graphics systems which require to process
  // all drawn objects before finalising the view).

  virtual void FinishView ();
  // Called at the end of drawing scene.  Used to flush streams, or
  // swap buffers.  (Perhaps it is inappropriately named, perhaps its
  // function could be incorporated into EndModeling ().  It marks the
  // end of scene drawing; be aware hits and digi drawing may Follow.
  // It is not yet the end of all drawing; that is signalled by
  // ShowView ().)

  // Access functions.
  const G4String&         GetName           () const;
  const G4String&         GetShortName      () const;
  void                    SetName           (const G4String&);
  G4int                   GetViewId         () const;
  G4VSceneHandler*        GetSceneHandler   () const;
  const G4ViewParameters& GetViewParameters        () const;
  const G4ViewParameters& GetDefaultViewParameters () const;
  void SetViewParameters         (const G4ViewParameters& vp);
  void SetDefaultViewParameters  (const G4ViewParameters& vp);

  // Public utility functions.

  const G4VisAttributes*  GetApplicableVisAttributes
                                            (const G4VisAttributes*) const;

  void SetNeedKernelVisit (G4bool need);
  // Sets individual need-visit flag.

  void NeedKernelVisit ();
  // Flags all views the need to re-visit the GEANT4 kernel to refresh
  // the scene.

  void ProcessView ();
  // Used by DrawView ().  Invokes SetView ().  The basic logic is here.

protected:

  // Data members
  G4VSceneHandler&        fSceneHandler;     // Abstract scene for this view.
  G4int            fViewId;    // Id of this instance.
  G4String         fName;
  G4String         fShortName; // Up to first ' ' character, if any.
  G4ViewParameters fVP;        // View parameters.
  G4ViewParameters fDefaultVP; // Default view parameters.

  // Other parameters.
  G4bool           fNeedKernelVisit;  // See DrawView() for comments.
};

#include "G4VViewer.icc"

/*********************************************

Here is a minimal DrawView () as it might be implemented in the
concrete viewer.

void G4VViewer::DrawView () {  // Default - concrete view usually overrides.

  // First, a view should decide when to re-visit the G4 kernel.
  // Sometimes it might not be necessary, e.g., if the scene is stored
  // in a graphical database (e.g., OpenGL's display lists) and only
  // the viewing angle has changed.  But graphics systems without a
  // graphical database will always need to visit the G4 kernel.

  NeedKernelVisit ();  // Default is - always visit G4 kernel.
  // Note: this routine sets the fNeedKernelVisit flag of *all* the views of
  // the scene.

  ProcessView ();             // The basic logic is here.

  // Then a view may have more to do, e.g., display the graphical
  // database.  That code should come here before finally...

  FinishView ();              // Flush streams and/or swap buffers.
}

*********************************************/

#endif