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+/****************************************************************************
+* VCGLib                                                            o o     *
+* Visual and Computer Graphics Library                            o     o   *
+*                                                                _   O  _   *
+* Copyright(C) 2006                                                \/)\/    *
+* 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.                                                         *
+*                                                                           *
+****************************************************************************/
+/****************************************************************************
+  History
+
+$Log: not supported by cvs2svn $
+
+****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef __VCG_LIB_EXPORTER_SVG
+#define __VCG_LIB_EXPORTER_SVG
+
+namespace vcg 
+{
+	namespace edge 
+	{
+		namespace io 
+		{
+
+/**
+ * SVG exporter.
+ *
+ * This exporter save a mesh of EdgeMesh type in the SVG format.
+ * Most of the features of the SVG format are not supported. 
+ * The given EdgeMesh is saved as a set lines. It is possible to 
+ * set the width and the color of the lines.
+ */
+template <class EdgeMeshType>
+class ExporterSVG
+{
+
+// definitions
+public:
+
+	//! Stroke colors.
+	enum StrokeColor 
+	{
+		BLACK, 
+		SILVER,
+		GRAY,
+		WHITE,
+		MAROON,
+		RED,
+		PURPLE,
+		FUCHSIA,
+		GREEN,
+		LIME,
+		OLIVE,
+		YELLOW,
+		NAVY,
+		BLUE,
+		TEAL,
+		AQUA
+	};
+
+	//! Stroke linecap types.
+	enum StrokeLineCap
+	{
+		BUTT,
+		ROUND,
+		SQUARE
+	};
+
+// private data members
+private:
+
+	//! Line width.
+	int lwidth;
+
+	//! Stroke color (see StrokeColor).
+	std::string stroke_color;
+
+	//! Stroke linecap (see StrokeLineCap).
+	std::string stroke_linecap;
+
+// public methods
+public:
+
+	ExporterSVG(void)
+	{
+		lwidth = 5;
+		stroke_color = "black";
+		stroke_linecap = "round";
+	}
+
+	static void setLineWidth(int width)
+	{
+		lwidth = width;
+	}
+
+	static void setColor(enum StrokeColor color)
+	{
+		if (color == BLACK)
+			stroke_color = "black";
+		else if (color == SILVER)
+			stroke_color = "silver";
+		else if (color == GRAY)
+			stroke_color = "gray";
+		else if (color == WHITE)
+			stroke_color = "white";
+		else if (color == MAROON)
+			stroke_color = "maroon";
+		else if (color == RED)
+			stroke_color = "red";
+		else if (color == PURPLE)
+			stroke_color = "purple";
+		else if (color == FUCHSIA)
+			stroke_color = "fuchsia";
+		else if (color == GREEN)
+			stroke_color = "green";
+		else if (color == OLIVE)
+			stroke_color = "olive";
+		else if (color == LIME)
+			stroke_color = "lime";
+		else if (color == YELLOW)
+			stroke_color = "yellow";
+		else if (color == NAVY)
+			stroke_color = "navy";
+		else if (color == BLUE)
+			stroke_color = "blue";
+		else if (color == TEAL)
+			stroke_color = "teal";
+		else if (color == AQUA)
+			stroke_color = "aqua";
+	}
+
+	static void setLineCap(enum StrokeLineCap linecap)
+	{
+		if (linecap == BUTT)
+			stroke_linecap = "butt";
+		else if (linecap == ROUND)
+			stroke_linecap = "round";
+		else if (linecap == SQUARE)
+			stroke_linecap = "square";
+	}
+	
+	bool Save(EdgeMeshType  *mp, const char * filename)
+	{
+		FILE * o = fopen(filename,"w");
+		if (o==NULL)
+			return false;
+
+		// initial xml tags
+		fprintf(o, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n");
+		fprintf(o, "<!-- Created with vcg library -->\n");
+		fprintf(o, "<svg width=\"10cm\" height=\"10cm\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" \n");
+		fprintf(o, "  xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" \n");
+		fprintf(o, "  xmlns:cc=\"http://web.resource.org/cc/\" \n");
+		fprintf(o, "  xmlns:rdf=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\" \n");
+		fprintf(o, "  xmlns:svg=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" \n");
+		fprintf(o, "  xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" \n");
+		fprintf(o, "  id=\"svg2\"> \n");
+		fprintf(o, "  <defs id=\"defs4\"/> \n");
+		fprintf(o, "  <metadata id=\"metadata7\"> \n");
+		fprintf(o, "    <rdf:RDF> \n");
+		fprintf(o, "    <cc:Work rdf:about=\"\"> \n");
+		fprintf(o, "    <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format> \n");
+		fprintf(o, "    <dc:type rdf:resource=\"http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage\" /> \n");
+		fprintf(o, "    </cc:Work> \n");
+		fprintf(o, "    </rdf:RDF> \n");
+		fprintf(o, "  </metadata> \n");
+
+		Save(mp,o);
+
+		fprintf(o, "</svg>");
+
+		// final xml tags
+
+		fclose(o);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	void Save(EdgeMeshType *mp, FILE* o)
+	{
+		EdgeMeshType::EdgeIterator i;
+
+		Point3f pmin = mp->bbox.min;
+		float scale = 1000.0f / max(mp->bbox.DimX(), mp->bbox.DimZ());
+
+		// line settings
+		fprintf(o, "      <g stroke=\"%s\" stroke-linecap=\"%s\" > \n", 
+			stroke_color.c_str(), stroke_linecap.c_str());
+
+		for(i = mp->edges.begin(); i != mp->edges.end(); ++i)
+		{
+			Point3f p1 = (*i).V(0)->P();
+			Point3f p2 = (*i).V(1)->P();
+
+			fprintf(o, "        <line x1=\"%f\" y1=\"%f\" x2=\"%f\" y2=\"%f\" \n", 
+				(p1[0] - pmin[0]) * scale, (p1[2] - pmin[2]) * scale,
+				(p2[0] - pmin[0]) * scale, (p2[2] - pmin[2]) * scale );
+
+			fprintf(o, "          stroke-width = \"%d\" ",lwidth);
+			fprintf(o, "/>\n");
+		}
+
+		fprintf(o, "  </g>\n");
+	}
+
+};
+
+
+		};  // namespace io
+	};  // namespace edge
+};  // namespace vcg
+#endif  // __VCG_LIB_EXPORTER_SVG