// File:      Poly_CoherentLink.hxx
// Created:   25.12.07 12:47
// Author:    Alexander GRIGORIEV
// Copyright: Open Cascade 2007


#ifndef Poly_CoherentLink_HeaderFile
#define Poly_CoherentLink_HeaderFile

#include <Standard_TypeDef.hxx>

class Poly_CoherentTriangle;
class Poly_CoherentTriangulation;

/**
 * Link between two mesh nodes that is created by existing triangle(s).
 * Keeps reference to the opposite node of each incident triangle.
 * The referred node with index "0" is always on the left side of the link,
 * the one with the index "1" is always on the right side.
 * It is possible to find both incident triangles using the method
 * Poly_CoherentTriangulation::FindTriangle().
 * <p>
 * Any Link can store an arbitrary pointer that is called Attribute.
 */

class Poly_CoherentLink 
{
 public:
  // ---------- PUBLIC METHODS ----------

  /**
   * Empty constructor.
   */
  Standard_EXPORT Poly_CoherentLink ();

  /**
   * Constructor. Creates a Link that has no reference to 'opposite nodes'.
   * This constructor is useful to create temporary object that is not
   * inserted into any existing triangulation.
   */  
  inline Poly_CoherentLink              (const Standard_Integer iNode0,
                                         const Standard_Integer iNode1)
    : myAttribute (0L)
  {
    myNode[0] = iNode0; myNode[1] = iNode1;
    myOppositeNode[0] = -1; myOppositeNode[1] = -1;
  }

  /**
   * Constructor, takes a triangle and a side. A link is created always such
   * that myNode[0] < myNode[1]. Unlike the previous constructor, this one
   * assigns the 'opposite node' fields. This constructor is used when a
   * link is inserted into a Poly_CoherentTriangulation structure.  
   * @param theTri
   *   Triangle containing the link that is created
   * @param iSide
   *   Can be 0, 1 or 2. Index of the node
   */
  Standard_EXPORT Poly_CoherentLink     (const Poly_CoherentTriangle& theTri,
                                         Standard_Integer             iSide);

  /**
   * Return the node index in the current triangulation.
   * @param ind
   *   0 or 1 making distinction of the two nodes that constitute the Link.
   *   Node(0) always returns a smaller number than Node(1).
   */
  inline Standard_Integer       Node         (const Standard_Integer ind) const
  { return myNode[ind & 0x1]; }

  /**
   * Return the opposite node (belonging to the left or right incident triangle)
   * index in the current triangulation.
   * @param ind
   *   0 or 1 making distinction of the two involved triangles: 0 on the left,
   *   1 on the right side of the Link.
   */
  inline Standard_Integer       OppositeNode (const Standard_Integer ind) const
  { return myOppositeNode[ind & 0x1]; }

  /**
   * Query the attribute of the Link.
   */
  inline Standard_Address       GetAttribute () const
  { return myAttribute; }

  /**
   * Set the attribute of the Link.
   */
  inline void                   SetAttribute (const Standard_Address theAtt)
  { myAttribute = theAtt; }

  /**
   * Query the status of the link - if it is an invalid one.
   * An invalid link has Node members equal to -1.
   */
  inline Standard_Boolean       IsEmpty      () const
  { return myNode[0] < 0 || myNode[1] < 0; }

  /**
   * Invalidate this Link.
   */
  inline void                   Nullify      ()
  {
    myNode[0] = -1; myNode[1] = -1;
    myOppositeNode[0] = -1; myOppositeNode[1] = -1;
  }
  

 protected:
  // ---------- PROTECTED METHODS ----------



 private:
  // ---------- PRIVATE FIELDS ----------
  Standard_Integer              myNode[2];
  Standard_Integer              myOppositeNode[2];
  Standard_Address              myAttribute;

  friend class Poly_CoherentTriangulation;
};

#endif