//
// C++ Interface: ITerrainMaterialFinalizer
//
// Description: 
//
//
// Author: Erik Ogenvik <erik@ogenvik.org>, (C) 2010
//
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#ifndef EMBER_OGREVIEW_ITERRAINMATERIALFINALIZER_H
#define EMBER_OGREVIEW_ITERRAINMATERIALFINALIZER_H

#include "components/ogre/terrain/Types.h"


namespace Ember::OgreView::Terrain {

struct TerrainPageSurfaceCompilerTechnique;

/**
 *
 * @author Erik Ogenvik <erik@ogenvik.org>
 *
 * @brief Implementation of this interface are tasked with creating new compilation techniques for terrain page surfaces.
 *
 * These techniques often are tightly bound to both Ogre and SceneManager instances, which is the main reason this is provided as an interface.
 */
struct ICompilerTechniqueProvider {

	/**
	 * @brief Dtor.
	 */
	virtual ~ICompilerTechniqueProvider() = default;

	/**
	 * @brief Creates a new compiler technique.
	 *
	 * @param geometry The geometry to compile a material for.
	 * @param terrainPageSurfaces The surfaces attached to the geometry.
	 * @param terrainPageShadow An optional shadow for the geometry.
	 */
	virtual std::unique_ptr<TerrainPageSurfaceCompilerTechnique> createTechnique(const TerrainPageGeometryPtr& geometry,
																				 const SurfaceLayerStore& terrainPageSurfaces) const = 0;

};


}


#endif
