/*
 Copyright (C) 2010 Erik Ogenvik <erik@ogenvik.org>

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 */

#ifndef EMBEROGRETERRAINHEIGHTMAPFLATSEGMENT_H_
#define EMBEROGRETERRAINHEIGHTMAPFLATSEGMENT_H_

#include "IHeightMapSegment.h"


namespace Ember::OgreView::Terrain {

/**
 * @author Erik Ogenvik <erik@ogenvik.org>
 * @brief Represents one segment (mapped to a Mercator::Segment) in the height map which is completely flat.
 * To save space we only need one single height, and don't need to allocate memory for a height map buffer.
 */
class HeightMapFlatSegment : public IHeightMapSegment {
public:
	explicit HeightMapFlatSegment(float height);

	~HeightMapFlatSegment() override;

	/**
	 * @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.
	 */
	float getHeight(int x, int y) const override;

	/**
	 * @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.
	 */
	void getHeightAndNormal(float x, float y, float& height, WFMath::Vector<3>& normal) const override;


protected:
	float mHeight;
};

}


#endif /* EMBEROGRETERRAINHEIGHTMAPFLATSEGMENT_H_ */
