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+/****************************************************************************
+* VCGLib                                                            o o     *
+* Visual and Computer Graphics Library                            o     o   *
+*                                                                _   O  _   *
+* Copyright(C) 2004                                                \/)\/    *
+* Visual Computing Lab                                            /\/|      *
+* ISTI - Italian National Research Council                           |      *
+*                                                                    \      *
+* All rights reserved.                                                      *
+*                                                                           *
+* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify      *   
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by      *
+* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or         *
+* (at your option) any later version.                                       *
+*                                                                           *
+* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+* GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)          *
+* for more details.                                                         *
+*                                                                           *
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef __VCGLIB_TEXCOORD2__
+#define __VCGLIB_TEXCOORD2__
+
+#include <vcg/space/point2.h>
+
+namespace vcg {
+/** \addtogroup space */
+/*@{*/
+
+/**
+	Templated class for a set of 2D texture coord. It for each is templated over two parameters: 
+  the type of the tex coord and the number of texcoord to be stored. This class is intended to be used when many textures
+  id are shared over the same surface, so for each coord the id of the texture is stored. If no id is needed see the vcg::TexCoord2Simple class.
+*/
+
+template<class T = float, int NMAX = 1>
+class TexCoord2  
+{
+public:
+  typedef Point2<T>  PointType;
+  typedef T ScalarType;
+  
+
+private:
+	PointType _t[NMAX];
+	short     _n[NMAX];
+public:
+  
+  TexCoord2(T u, T v) { _t[0][0]=u; _t[0][1]=v; };
+  TexCoord2() {  };
+  
+  inline const PointType &P() const { return _t[0]; }; 	
+  inline PointType &P() { return _t[0]; }; 	
+
+  inline const PointType &P(const int i) const { assert(i>0 && i<NMAX); return _t[0]; }; 	
+  inline PointType &P(const int i) { assert(i>0 && i<NMAX); return _t[0]; }; 	
+  
+	inline T & U() { return _t[0][0]; }
+	inline T & V() { return _t[0][1]; }
+	inline const T & U() const { return _t[0][0]; }
+	inline const T & V() const { return _t[0][1]; }
+	inline T & U(const int i) { assert(i>0 && i<NMAX);  return _t[i][0]; }
+	inline T & V(const int i) { assert(i>0 && i<NMAX);  return _t[i][1]; }
+	inline const T & U(const int i) const { assert(i>0 && i<NMAX); return _t[i][0]; }
+	inline const T & V(const int i) const { assert(i>0 && i<NMAX); return _t[i][1]; }
+  
+	inline short     & N() { return _n[0]; }
+	inline const short N() const { return _n[0]; }
+  
+	inline short     & N(const int i) { assert(i>0 && i<NMAX); return _n[i]; }
+	inline const short N(const int i) const { assert(i>0 && i<NMAX); return _n[i]; }
+	
+  
+  /* <OLD_METHODS> (lowercase ones). DEPRECATED. TO BE REMOVED SOON.*/
+	/**/inline T & u() { return _t[0][0]; }
+	/**/inline T & v() { return _t[0][1]; }
+	/**/inline const T & u() const { return _t[0][0]; }
+	/**/inline const T & v() const { return _t[0][1]; }
+	/**/inline T & u(const int i) { return _t[i][0]; }
+	/**/inline T & v(const int i) { return _t[i][1]; }
+	/**/inline const T & u(const int i) const { return _t[i][0]; }
+	/**/inline const T & v(const int i) const { return _t[i][1]; }
+  /**/
+	/**/inline short     & n() { return _n[0]; }
+	/**/inline const short n() const { return _n[0]; }
+  /**/
+	/**/inline short     & n(const int i) { return _n[i]; }
+	/**/inline const short n(const int i) const { return _n[i]; }
+	/**/
+	/**/inline Point2<T> & t(const int i) { return _t[i]; }
+	/**/inline Point2<T> t(const int i) const { return _t[i]; }
+  /**/
+	/**/inline Point2<T> & t() { return _t[0]; }
+	/**/inline Point2<T> t() const { return _t[0]; }
+  /* </OLD_METHODS> */
+	
+	inline bool operator == ( TexCoord2 const & p ) const
+		{
+		 for(int i=0;i<NMAX;++i)
+			 if(p._t[i] != _t[i] || p._n[i] != _n[i]) return false;
+		 return true;
+		}
+
+  inline bool operator != ( TexCoord2 const & p ) const
+		{
+		 for(int i=0;i<NMAX;++i)
+			 if(p._t[i] != _t[i] || p._n[i] != _n[i]) return true;
+		 return false;
+		}
+
+	inline bool operator < ( TexCoord2 const & p ) const
+		{
+		 for(int i=0;i<NMAX;++i)
+			 if(p._t[i] != _t[i]) return p._t[i] < _t[i];
+		 return false;
+		}
+
+	enum { n_coords=NMAX };
+};
+
+/**
+	Templated class for a single 2D texture coord.
+*/
+template<class T = float >
+class TexCoord2Simple
+{
+public:
+  typedef Point2<T>  PointType;
+  typedef T ScalarType;
+
+private:
+	Point2<T> _t;
+
+	inline short & static_n() const
+	{
+		static short _n = 0;
+		return _n;
+	}
+
+public:
+
+	inline T & U() { return _t[0]; }
+	inline T & V() { return _t[1]; }
+	inline const T & U() const { return _t[0]; }
+	inline const T & V() const { return _t[1]; }
+	inline T & U(const int i) { assert(i==0); return _t[0]; }
+	inline T & V(const int i) { assert(i==0); return _t[1]; }
+	inline const T & U(const int i) const { assert(i==0); return _t[0]; }
+	inline const T & V(const int i) const { assert(i==0); return _t[1]; }
+
+	inline Point2<T> & P(const int i) { assert(i==0); return _t; }
+	inline Point2<T> P(const int i) const { assert(i==0); return _t; }
+
+	inline Point2<T> & P() { return _t; }
+	inline Point2<T> P() const { return _t; }
+
+	inline short & N() { assert(static_n()==0); return static_n(); }
+	inline short   N() const { assert(static_n()==0); return 0; }
+
+	inline short & N(const int i) { assert(i==0); return static_n(); }
+	inline short   N(const int i) const { assert(i==0); return 0; }
+
+
+/* <OLD_METHODS> (lowercase ones). DEPRECATED. TO BE REMOVED SOON.*/
+	inline T & u() { return _t[0]; }
+	inline T & v() { return _t[1]; }
+	inline const T & u() const { return _t[0]; }
+	inline const T & v() const { return _t[1]; }
+	inline T & u(const int i) { assert(i==0); return _t[0]; }
+	inline T & v(const int i) { assert(i==0); return _t[1]; }
+	inline const T & u(const int i) const { assert(i==0); return _t[0]; }
+	inline const T & v(const int i) const { assert(i==0); return _t[1]; }
+
+	inline Point2<T> & t(const int i) { assert(i==0); return _t; }
+	inline Point2<T> t(const int i) const { assert(i==0); return _t; }
+
+	inline Point2<T> & t() { return _t; }
+	inline Point2<T> t() const { return _t; }
+
+	inline short & n() { assert(static_n()==0); return static_n(); }
+	inline short   n() const { assert(static_n()==0); return 0; }
+
+	inline short & n(const int i) { assert(i==0); return static_n(); }
+	inline short   n(const int i) const { assert(i==0); return 0; }
+
+/* </OLD_METHODS> */
+
+	inline bool operator == ( TexCoord2Simple const & p ) const
+		{
+			return _t==p._t;
+		}
+
+	enum { n_coords=1};
+
+};
+
+/*@}*/
+
+}
+
+#endif