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+#ifndef SHOT_QT_H
+#define SHOT_QT_H
+
+
+/** This function read a shot from a parsed XML node.
+
+  */
+
+template <class ShotType>
+    bool ReadShotFromQDomNode(
+        ShotType &shot, /// the shot that will contain the read node
+        const QDomNode &node /// The XML node to be read)
+{
+  if(QString::compare(node.nodeName(),"CamParam")==0)
+  {
+    QDomNamedNodeMap attr = node.attributes();
+    vcg::Point3d tra;
+    tra[0] = attr.namedItem("SimTra").nodeValue().section(' ',0,0).toDouble();
+    tra[1] = attr.namedItem("SimTra").nodeValue().section(' ',1,1).toDouble();
+    tra[2] = attr.namedItem("SimTra").nodeValue().section(' ',2,2).toDouble();
+    shot.Extrinsics.SetTra(-tra);
+
+    vcg::Matrix44d rot;
+    QStringList values =  attr.namedItem("SimRot").nodeValue().split(" ", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+    for(int y = 0; y < 4; y++)
+      for(int x = 0; x < 4; x++)
+        rot[y][x] = values[x + 4*y].toDouble();
+    shot.Extrinsics.SetRot(rot);
+
+    vcg::Camera<double> &cam = shot.Intrinsics;
+    cam.FocalMm = attr.namedItem("Focal").nodeValue().toDouble();
+    cam.ViewportPx.X() = attr.namedItem("Viewport").nodeValue().section(' ',0,0).toInt();
+    cam.ViewportPx.Y() = attr.namedItem("Viewport").nodeValue().section(' ',1,1).toInt();
+    cam.CenterPx[0] = attr.namedItem("Center").nodeValue().section(' ',0,0).toInt();
+    cam.CenterPx[1] = attr.namedItem("Center").nodeValue().section(' ',1,1).toInt();
+    cam.PixelSizeMm[0] = attr.namedItem("ScaleF").nodeValue().section(' ',0,0).toDouble();
+    cam.PixelSizeMm[1] = attr.namedItem("ScaleF").nodeValue().section(' ',1,1).toDouble();
+    cam.k[0] = attr.namedItem("LensDist").nodeValue().section(' ',0,0).toDouble();
+    cam.k[1] = attr.namedItem("LensDist").nodeValue().section(' ',1,1).toDouble();
+
+    // scale correction
+    float scorr = attr.namedItem("ScaleCorr").nodeValue().toDouble();
+    if(scorr != 0.0) {
+      cam.PixelSizeMm[0] *= scorr;
+      cam.PixelSizeMm[1] *= scorr;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+#endif // SHOT_QT_H