/*=============================================================================
  
  NOTE: THIS FILE IS A HANDMADE WRAPPER FOR THE ManagedITK PROJECT.

  Project:   ManagedITK
  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    itkManagedMeshBase.cxx
  Language:  C++/CLI
  Author:    Dan Mueller
  Date:      $Date$
  Revision:  $Revision$

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  Copyright (c) 2008 Dan Mueller

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=============================================================================*/

#pragma once
#pragma warning( disable : 4635 ) // Disable warnings about XML doc comments

#ifndef __itkManagedMeshBase_cxx
#define __itkManagedMeshBase_cxx

// Include some useful ManagedITK files
#include "itkManagedPointSetBase.cxx"
#include "itkManagedCell.cxx"

// Use some managed namespaces
#using <mscorlib.dll>
#using <System.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Diagnostics;
using namespace System::Collections::Generic;

namespace itk
{

///<summary>
///This abstract class is a managed replacement for itk::Mesh.
///</summary>
///<remarks>
///An N-dimensional mesh structure.
///</remarks>
public ref class itkMeshBase abstract : itkPointSetBase
{

public:
    ///<summary>Get the number of cells comprising this mesh.</summary>
	property unsigned long NumberOfCells { virtual unsigned long get( ) = 0; }
	
    ///<summary>Return the pointer to the native CellsContainerPointer.</summary>
	virtual IntPtr GetCells( ) = 0;

    ///<summary>Return a managed array of cells.</summary>
    ///<remarks>This method steps through the cell array and duplicates each index in to managed memory. It operates irrespective of the mesh traits.</remarks>
	virtual array<itkCell^>^ GetCellsAsArray( ) = 0;

    ///<summary>Copy the array of cell indicies to the given memory location. For this method to be useful, all cells must have the same number of points (ie. all LINE_CELL, all TRIANGLE_CELL, etc).</summary>
    ///<param name="arrayptr">The memory location to write the cell indices. It is the caller's responsiblity to ensure enough memory has been allocated.</param>
	virtual void GetCellIndicesAsArray( IntPtr arrayptr ) = 0;

}; // end ref class

} // end namespace itk

#endif