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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.                                                         *
+*                                                                           *
+****************************************************************************/
+/****************************************************************************
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+
+****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef __VCG_VERTEX_PLUS_COMPONENT
+#define __VCG_VERTEX_PLUS_COMPONENT
+
+#include <vcg/component.h>
+#include <vcg/traced_vector.h>
+
+
+namespace vcg {
+  namespace vert {
+/*
+Some naming Rules
+All the Components that can be added to a vertex should be defined in the namespace vert:
+
+*/
+
+/*------------------------- COORD -----------------------------------------*/ 
+
+template <class A, class T> class CoordOpt: public T {
+public:
+  typedef A CoordType;
+  typedef typename CoordType::ScalarType      ScalarType;
+	CoordType &P() { return CAT< TVector<VertType>,CoordType>::Get((VertType*)this); }
+  CoordType &UberP() { return CAT< TVector<VertType>,CoordType>::Get((VertType*)this); }
+};
+template <class T> class Coord3fOpt: public CoordOpt<vcg::Point3f, T> {};
+template <class T> class Coord3dOpt: public CoordOpt<vcg::Point3d, T> {};
+
+
+/*-------------------------- NORMAL ----------------------------------------*/ 
+/*-------------------------- TEXTURE ----------------------------------------*/ 
+
+/*------------------------- FLAGS -----------------------------------------*/ 
+
+/*-------------------------- COLOR ----------------------------------*/ 
+
+
+/*-------------------------- Quality  ----------------------------------*/ 
+
+
+/*----------------------------- VFADJ ------------------------------*/ 
+
+
+  } // end namespace vert
+}// end namespace vcg
+#endif
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