#ifndef TIMAGE_INCLUDED

#define TIMAGE_INCLUDED

#include "tsmartpointer.h"

#include "tgeometry.h"

#include "traster.h"

#undef DVAPI

#undef DVVAR

#ifdef TIMAGE_EXPORTS

#define DVAPI DV_EXPORT_API

#define DVVAR DV_EXPORT_VAR

#else

#define DVAPI DV_IMPORT_API

#define DVVAR DV_IMPORT_VAR

#endif

class TPalette;

//-------------------------------------------------------------------

//! This is an abstract class representing an image.

/*!

	*/

class DVAPI TImage : public TSmartObject

{

	DECLARE_CLASS_CODE

	TPalette *m_palette;

public:

	/*!

		This class represents an interface to a generic image object.

		An image can be:

	\li raster, i.e. a data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels,

		or points of color or a vector image,

    \li vector, i.e. an image represented by geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), 

	    which are all based upon mathematical equations 

	*/

	TImage();

	virtual ~TImage();

	/*!

	This enum 

  */

	enum Type {

		NONE = 0,		  //!< Not a recognized image (should never happen).

		RASTER = 1,		  //!< A fullcolor raster image.

		VECTOR = 2,		  //!< A vector image.

		TOONZ_RASTER = 3, //!< A colormap raster image.

		MESH = 4		  //!< A textured mesh image.

	};

	/*!

		This method must return the type of the image. \sa Type.

  */

	virtual Type getType() const = 0;

	/*!

		This method must return the bounding box of the image.

		The bounding box is the minimum rectangle containing the image.

  */

	virtual TRectD getBBox() const = 0;

	/*!

		This method must return a pointer to a newly created image that is a clone of \e this. 

	*/

	virtual TImage *cloneImage() const = 0;

	/*!

		Returns a pointer to the palette associated to this image. A palette is a 

		limited set of colors, identified by indexes and composed by a combination of

		primitive colors, i.e. RGB color. 

	*/

	virtual TRasterP raster() const { return TRasterP(); }

	TPalette *getPalette() const { return m_palette; }

	/*!

		Sets the \e palette for this image.

	*/

	virtual void setPalette(TPalette *palette);

private:

	// not implemented

	TImage(const TImage &);

	TImage &operator=(const TImage &);

};

//-------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifdef _WIN32

template class DVAPI TSmartPointerT<timage>;</timage>

#endif

typedef TSmartPointerT<timage> TImageP;</timage>

#endif