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#ifndef BALL_VIEW_RENDERING_RENDERINGWINDOW_H
#define BALL_VIEW_RENDERING_RENDERINGWINDOW_H

#include <BALL/COMMON/global.h>
#include <BALL/VIEW/RENDERING/renderTarget.h>

#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_same.hpp>

#define BALLVIEW_IS_SAME_TYPE(aTypeA, aTypeB) (boost::is_same<aTypeA, aTypeB>::value)

#define BALLVIEW_STATIC_ASSERT_TYPE_IS_CHAR_OR_FLOAT(aType)                                       \
        BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(BALLVIEW_IS_SAME_TYPE(aType, char) || BALLVIEW_IS_SAME_TYPE(aType, float))

#define BALL_DEFAULT_PIXEL_TYPE float

namespace BALL
{
  namespace VIEW
  {        
    template<typename taPixelDatatype>
      class BALL_VIEW_EXPORT TRenderWindow : public RenderTarget
    {
      // only int or floats are allowed as template parameters
      BALLVIEW_STATIC_ASSERT_TYPE_IS_CHAR_OR_FLOAT(taPixelDatatype);

      // type of the pixel buffer pointer
      typedef boost::shared_array<taPixelDatatype> t_PixelPtr;

      public:

      TRenderWindow();

      virtual ~TRenderWindow();            

      /* Initialize window internals. After that call, window is ready to receive \link resize \endlink call             
       * returns false if the initialization fails
       */
      virtual bool init();

      virtual bool resize(const unsigned int width, const unsigned int height);

      virtual void refresh();


      /* =====================
       * RenderTarget methods
       * ===================== */ 

      /*
       * See \link RenderTarget \endlink for general description.
       * In addition there is a precondition that \link init \endlink must be called before 
       * getBuffer. If not, \link NoBufferAvailable \endlink exception is thrown.
       */
      virtual FrameBufferPtr getBuffer() throw(BALL::Exception::NoBufferAvailable);            

      /*
       * See \link RenderTarget \endlink for description.
       */
      virtual FrameBufferFormat getFormat() const;

      /*
       * See \link RenderTarget \endlink for description.
       */
      virtual void releaseBuffer(FrameBufferPtr buffer);      

      /* Prepare the window for rendering, e.g., make it current if necessary.
       */
      virtual void prepareRendering() {};

      virtual bool doNotResize() const { return do_not_resize_; }

      virtual void setDoNotResize(bool do_not_resize) { do_not_resize_ = do_not_resize; }
       

      protected:
      t_PixelPtr m_pixels;          // raw pixel buffer
      FrameBufferPtr m_framebuffer;           // frame buffer given out to the wild by getBuffer method
      FrameBufferFormat m_fmt;        // description of the buffer format
      const PixelFormat m_pfm;                // pixel format of the window
      bool m_bufferLocked;          // pixel buffer is being accessed by another object?            
      const Size m_minimalWidth;      // minimum with the window can have
      const Size m_minimalHeight;     // minimum height the window can have
      bool do_not_resize_;
    };

    typedef TRenderWindow<BALL_DEFAULT_PIXEL_TYPE> RenderWindow;

  } // namespace VIEW

} // namespace BALL

#endif // BALL_VIEW_RENDERING_RENDERINGWINDOW_H