#ifndef _vtkMetaVolumeMesh_h_
#define _vtkMetaVolumeMesh_h_

#include <vtkMetaDataSet.h>

class vtkUnstructuredGrid;


/**
   \class vtkMetaVolumeMesh vtkMetaVolumeMesh.h "vtkMetaVolumeMesh.h"
   \brief Concrete implementation of vtkMetaDataSet for volumic mesh handling
   \author Nicolas Toussaint
   
   This class is a powerfull vtk Addon class that helps handling a vtkDataSet.
   Specific case of a volumic mesh, hendles, read and writes vtkUntructuredGrid object
   
   \see
   vtkMetaImageData vtkMetaSurfaceMesh vtkMetaDataSet
   vtkMetaDataSetSequence vtkDataManager
*/


class VTK_EXPORT vtkMetaVolumeMesh: public vtkMetaDataSet
{
 public:

  static vtkMetaVolumeMesh* New();
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkMetaVolumeMesh,vtkMetaDataSet);

  //BTX
  enum
  {
    FILE_IS_VTK = 1,
  };
  //ETX

  virtual void Read (const char* filename);
  
  virtual void Write (const char* filename);
  
  vtkUnstructuredGrid* GetUnstructuredGrid (void) const;

  
  static bool         IsVtkExtension (const char* ext);
  static unsigned int CanReadFile (const char* filename);

  virtual const char* GetDataSetType (void) const
  {
    return "VolumeMesh";
  }
  
 protected:
  vtkMetaVolumeMesh();
  ~vtkMetaVolumeMesh();

  virtual void Initialize (void);
  virtual void ReadVtkFile(const char* filename);
  virtual void WriteVtkFile (const char* filename);


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

};

#endif