#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>;
#endif

typedef TSmartPointerT<TImage> TImageP;

#endif