/*
 Copyright (C) 2010 Erik Hjortsberg <erik.hjortsberg@gmail.com>

 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
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 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */

#ifndef EMBEROGRETERRAINIHEIGHTMAPSEGMENT_H_
#define EMBEROGRETERRAINIHEIGHTMAPSEGMENT_H_

#include "Types.h"

namespace WFMath
{
	template<int> class Vector;
}

namespace Ember {
namespace OgreView {
namespace Terrain {

/**
 * @author Erik Hjortsberg <erik.hjortsberg@gmail.com>
 * @brief Represents one segment (mapped to a Mercator::Segment) in the height map.
 */
class IHeightMapSegment {
public:

	virtual ~IHeightMapSegment() {}

	/**
	 * @brief Gets the height at the specified location.
	 * This is a crude and fast lookup method which won't take into account slopes.
	 * @see getHeightAndNormal()
	 * @param x The x location, in world units.
	 * @param y The y location, in world units.
	 * @returns The height at the location.
	 */
	virtual float getHeight(int x, int y) const = 0;

    /**
     * @brief Gets the height and normal at the location.
     * This calculates slopes and provides a precise height. It's therefore more time consuming than getHeight().
	 * @param x The x location, in world units.
	 * @param y The y location, in world units.
	 * @param height The height will be stored here.
	 * @param normal The normal will be stored here.
     */
	virtual void getHeightAndNormal(float x, float y, float& height, WFMath::Vector<3>& normal) const = 0;
};
}
}

}

#endif /* EMBEROGRETERRAINIHEIGHTMAPSEGMENT_H_ */
