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Bullet Continuous Collision Detection and Physics Library
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Erwin Coumans  http://continuousphysics.com/Bullet/

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#ifndef CONVEX_HULL_SHAPE_H
#define CONVEX_HULL_SHAPE_H

#include "btPolyhedralConvexShape.h"
#include "BulletCollision/BroadphaseCollision/btBroadphaseProxy.h" // for the types
#include "LinearMath/btAlignedObjectArray.h"

///The btConvexHullShape implements an implicit convex hull of an array of vertices.
///Bullet provides a general and fast collision detector for convex shapes based on GJK and EPA using localGetSupportingVertex.
ATTRIBUTE_ALIGNED16(class) btConvexHullShape : public btPolyhedralConvexShape
{
        btAlignedObjectArray<btPoint3>  m_points;

public:
        BT_DECLARE_ALIGNED_ALLOCATOR();

        
        ///this constructor optionally takes in a pointer to points. Each point is assumed to be 3 consecutive btScalar (x,y,z), the striding defines the number of bytes between each point, in memory.
        ///It is easier to not pass any points in the constructor, and just add one point at a time, using addPoint.
        ///btConvexHullShape make an internal copy of the points.
        btConvexHullShape(const btScalar* points=0,int numPoints=0, int stride=sizeof(btPoint3));

        void addPoint(const btPoint3& point);

        btPoint3* getPoints()
        {
                return &m_points[0];
        }

        const btPoint3* getPoints() const
        {
                return &m_points[0];
        }

        int getNumPoints() const 
        {
                return m_points.size();
        }

        virtual btVector3       localGetSupportingVertex(const btVector3& vec)const;
        virtual btVector3       localGetSupportingVertexWithoutMargin(const btVector3& vec)const;
        virtual void    batchedUnitVectorGetSupportingVertexWithoutMargin(const btVector3* vectors,btVector3* supportVerticesOut,int numVectors) const;
        


        //debugging
        virtual const char*     getName()const {return "Convex";}

        
        virtual int     getNumVertices() const;
        virtual int getNumEdges() const;
        virtual void getEdge(int i,btPoint3& pa,btPoint3& pb) const;
        virtual void getVertex(int i,btPoint3& vtx) const;
        virtual int     getNumPlanes() const;
        virtual void getPlane(btVector3& planeNormal,btPoint3& planeSupport,int i ) const;
        virtual bool isInside(const btPoint3& pt,btScalar tolerance) const;

        ///in case we receive negative scaling
        virtual void    setLocalScaling(const btVector3& scaling);

};


#endif //CONVEX_HULL_SHAPE_H