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// .NAME vtkAttributesErrorMetric -  Objects that compute
// attribute-based error during cell tessellation.
//
// .SECTION Description
// It is a concrete error metric, based on an attribute criterium:
// the variation of the active attribute/component value from a linear ramp
//
// .SECTION See Also
// vtkGenericCellTessellator vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric

#ifndef __vtkAttributesErrorMetric_h
#define __vtkAttributesErrorMetric_h

#include "vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric.h"

class vtkGenericAttributeCollection;
class vtkGenericDataSet;

class VTK_FILTERING_EXPORT vtkAttributesErrorMetric : public vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric
{
public:
  // Description:
  // Construct the error metric with a default relative attribute accuracy
  // equal to 0.1.
  static vtkAttributesErrorMetric *New();
  
  // Description:
  // Standard VTK type and error macros.
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkAttributesErrorMetric,vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);
  
  // Description:
  // Absolute tolerance of the active scalar (attribute+component).
  // Subdivision is required if the square distance between the real attribute
  // at the mid point on the edge and the interpolated attribute is greater
  // than AbsoluteAttributeTolerance.
  // This is the attribute accuracy.
  // 0.01 will give better result than 0.1.
  vtkGetMacro(AbsoluteAttributeTolerance, double);
  
  // Description:
  // Set the absolute attribute accuracy to `value'. See
  // GetAbsoluteAttributeTolerance() for details.
  // It is particularly useful when some concrete implementation of
  // vtkGenericAttribute does not support GetRange() request, called
  // internally in SetAttributeTolerance(). It may happen when the
  // implementation support higher order attributes but
  // cannot compute the range.
  // \pre valid_range_value: value>0
  void SetAbsoluteAttributeTolerance(double value);
  
  // Description:
  // Relative tolerance of the active scalar (attribute+component).
  // Subdivision is required if the square distance between the real attribute
  // at the mid point on the edge and the interpolated attribute is greater
  // than AttributeTolerance.
  // This is the attribute accuracy.
  // 0.01 will give better result than 0.1.
  vtkGetMacro(AttributeTolerance, double);
  
  // Description:
  // Set the relative attribute accuracy to `value'. See
  // GetAttributeTolerance() for details.
  // \pre valid_range_value: value>0 && value<1
  void SetAttributeTolerance(double value);

  // Description:
  // Does the edge need to be subdivided according to the distance between
  // the value of the active attribute/component at the midpoint and the mean
  // value between the endpoints?
  // The edge is defined by its `leftPoint' and its `rightPoint'.
  // `leftPoint', `midPoint' and `rightPoint' have to be initialized before
  // calling RequiresEdgeSubdivision().
  // Their format is global coordinates, parametric coordinates and
  // point centered attributes: xyx rst abc de...
  // `alpha' is the normalized abscissa of the midpoint along the edge.
  // (close to 0 means close to the left point, close to 1 means close to the
  // right point)
  // \pre leftPoint_exists: leftPoint!=0
  // \pre midPoint_exists: midPoint!=0
  // \pre rightPoint_exists: rightPoint!=0
  // \pre clamped_alpha: alpha>0 && alpha<1
  // \pre valid_size: sizeof(leftPoint)=sizeof(midPoint)=sizeof(rightPoint)
  //          =GetAttributeCollection()->GetNumberOfPointCenteredComponents()+6
  int RequiresEdgeSubdivision(double *leftPoint, double *midPoint, double *rightPoint,
                              double alpha);
  
  // Description:
  // Return the error at the mid-point. The type of error depends on the state
  // of the concrete error metric. For instance, it can return an absolute
  // or relative error metric.
  // See RequiresEdgeSubdivision() for a description of the arguments.
  // \pre leftPoint_exists: leftPoint!=0
  // \pre midPoint_exists: midPoint!=0
  // \pre rightPoint_exists: rightPoint!=0
  // \pre clamped_alpha: alpha>0 && alpha<1
  // \pre valid_size: sizeof(leftPoint)=sizeof(midPoint)=sizeof(rightPoint)
  //          =GetAttributeCollection()->GetNumberOfPointCenteredComponents()+6
  // \post positive_result: result>=0
  double GetError(double *leftPoint, double *midPoint,
                  double *rightPoint, double alpha);
  
protected:
  vtkAttributesErrorMetric();
  virtual ~vtkAttributesErrorMetric();
  
  // Description:
  // Compute the square absolute attribute tolerance, only if the cached value
  // is obsolete.
  void ComputeSquareAbsoluteAttributeTolerance();
  
  double AttributeTolerance;
  
  double SquareAbsoluteAttributeTolerance; // cached value computed from
  // AttributeTolerance and active attribute/component
  
  double AbsoluteAttributeTolerance;
  int DefinedByAbsolute;
  
  vtkTimeStamp SquareAbsoluteAttributeToleranceComputeTime;
  
  double Range; // cached value computed from active attribute/component
  
  vtkGenericAttributeCollection *AttributeCollection;

private:
  vtkAttributesErrorMetric(const vtkAttributesErrorMetric&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkAttributesErrorMetric&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif

