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 *   $Revision: 990 $                                                         *
 *   $Date: 2014-02-05 10:01:07 +0100 (Mi, 05. Feb 2014) $                   *
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#ifndef OPENMESH_HANDLES_HH
#define OPENMESH_HANDLES_HH


//== INCLUDES =================================================================

#include <OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h>
#include <iostream>


//== NAMESPACES ===============================================================

namespace OpenMesh {

//== CLASS DEFINITION =========================================================


/// Base class for all handle types
class BaseHandle
{ 
public:
  
  explicit BaseHandle(int _idx=-1) : idx_(_idx) {}

  /// Get the underlying index of this handle
  int idx() const { return idx_; }

  /// The handle is valid iff the index is not equal to -1.
  bool is_valid() const { return idx_ != -1; }

  /// reset handle to be invalid
  void reset() { idx_=-1; }
  /// reset handle to be invalid
  void invalidate() { idx_ = -1; }

  bool operator==(const BaseHandle& _rhs) const { 
    return (this->idx_ == _rhs.idx_); 
  }

  bool operator!=(const BaseHandle& _rhs) const { 
    return (this->idx_ != _rhs.idx_); 
  }

  bool operator<(const BaseHandle& _rhs) const { 
    return (this->idx_ < _rhs.idx_); 
  }


  // this is to be used only by the iterators
  void __increment() { ++idx_; }
  void __decrement() { --idx_; }


private:

  int idx_; 
};


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

/// Write handle \c _hnd to stream \c _os
inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& _os, const BaseHandle& _hnd) 
{
  return (_os << _hnd.idx());
}


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


/// Handle for a vertex entity
struct VertexHandle : public BaseHandle
{
  explicit VertexHandle(int _idx=-1) : BaseHandle(_idx) {}
};


/// Handle for a halfedge entity
struct HalfedgeHandle : public BaseHandle
{
  explicit HalfedgeHandle(int _idx=-1) : BaseHandle(_idx) {}
};


/// Handle for a edge entity
struct EdgeHandle : public BaseHandle
{
  explicit EdgeHandle(int _idx=-1) : BaseHandle(_idx) {}
};


/// Handle for a face entity
struct FaceHandle : public BaseHandle
{
  explicit FaceHandle(int _idx=-1) : BaseHandle(_idx) {}
};


//=============================================================================
} // namespace OpenMesh
//=============================================================================
#endif // OPENMESH_HANDLES_HH
//=============================================================================
