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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 CONSTRAINT_SOLVER_H
#define CONSTRAINT_SOLVER_H

#include "LinearMath/btScalar.h"

class btPersistentManifold;
class btRigidBody;
class btCollisionObject;
class btTypedConstraint;
struct btContactSolverInfo;
struct btBroadphaseProxy;
class btIDebugDraw;
class btStackAlloc;
class   btDispatcher;
/// btConstraintSolver provides solver interface
class btConstraintSolver
{

public:

        virtual ~btConstraintSolver() {}
        
        virtual void prepareSolve (int /* numBodies */, int /* numManifolds */) {;}

        ///solve a group of constraints
        virtual btScalar solveGroup(btCollisionObject** bodies,int numBodies,btPersistentManifold** manifold,int numManifolds,btTypedConstraint** constraints,int numConstraints, const btContactSolverInfo& info,class btIDebugDraw* debugDrawer, btStackAlloc* stackAlloc,btDispatcher* dispatcher) = 0;

        virtual void allSolved (const btContactSolverInfo& /* info */,class btIDebugDraw* /* debugDrawer */, btStackAlloc* /* stackAlloc */) {;}

        ///clear internal cached data and reset random seed
        virtual void    reset() = 0;
};




#endif //CONSTRAINT_SOLVER_H