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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: vtkAbstractPicker.h,v $
  Language:  C++


Copyright (c) 1993-2001 Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen.

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#ifndef __vtkAbstractPicker_h
#define __vtkAbstractPicker_h

#include "vtkObject.h"
#include "vtkRenderer.h"

class VTK_EXPORT vtkAbstractPicker : public vtkObject
{
public:
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkAbstractPicker,vtkObject);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  vtkGetObjectMacro(Renderer,vtkRenderer);

  vtkGetVectorMacro(SelectionPoint,float,3);

  vtkGetVectorMacro(PickPosition,float,3);

  virtual int Pick(float selectionX, float selectionY, float selectionZ, 
         vtkRenderer *renderer) = 0;

  int Pick(float selectionPt[3], vtkRenderer *ren)
    {return this->Pick(selectionPt[0],selectionPt[1],selectionPt[2],ren);};  

  void SetStartPickMethod(void (*f)(void *), void *arg);

  void SetPickMethod(void (*f)(void *), void *arg);

  void SetEndPickMethod(void (*f)(void *), void *arg);

  void SetStartPickMethodArgDelete(void (*f)(void *));

  void SetPickMethodArgDelete(void (*f)(void *));

  void SetEndPickMethodArgDelete(void (*f)(void *));

  vtkSetMacro(PickFromList,int);
  vtkGetMacro(PickFromList,int);
  vtkBooleanMacro(PickFromList,int);

  void InitializePickList();

  void AddPickList(vtkProp *);

  void DeletePickList(vtkProp *);
  
  vtkPropCollection *GetPickList() {return this->PickList;}

protected:
  vtkAbstractPicker();
  ~vtkAbstractPicker();
  vtkAbstractPicker(const vtkAbstractPicker&) {};
  void operator=(const vtkAbstractPicker&) {};

  virtual void Initialize();

  vtkRenderer *Renderer; //pick occurred in this renderer's viewport
  float SelectionPoint[3]; //selection point in window (pixel) coordinates
  float PickPosition[3]; //selection point in world coordinates
  
  // the following are used to manage invocation of pick methods
  void (*StartPickMethod)(void *);
  void (*StartPickMethodArgDelete)(void *);
  void *StartPickMethodArg;
  void (*PickMethod)(void *);
  void *PickMethodArg;
  void (*PickMethodArgDelete)(void *);
  void (*EndPickMethod)(void *);
  void (*EndPickMethodArgDelete)(void *);
  void *EndPickMethodArg;
  
  // use the following to control picking from a list
  int PickFromList;
  vtkPropCollection *PickList;
};

#endif

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