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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 SPU_SUBSIMPLEX_RAY_CAST_H
#define SPU_SUBSIMPLEX_RAY_CAST_H

#include "../SpuNarrowPhaseCollisionTask/SpuVoronoiSimplexSolver.h"
#include "../SpuNarrowPhaseCollisionTask/SpuCollisionShapes.h"
#include "SpuRaycastTask.h"

class btConvexShape;

struct SpuCastResult
{
        float m_fraction;
        btVector3 m_normal;
};

/// btSubsimplexConvexCast implements Gino van den Bergens' paper
///"Ray Casting against bteral Convex Objects with Application to Continuous Collision Detection"
/// GJK based Ray Cast, optimized version
/// Objects should not start in overlap, otherwise results are not defined.
class SpuSubsimplexRayCast
{
        SpuVoronoiSimplexSolver* m_simplexSolver;
        void* m_shapeB;
        SpuConvexPolyhedronVertexData* m_convexDataB;
        int m_shapeTypeB;
        float m_marginB;

public:
        SpuSubsimplexRayCast (void* shapeB, SpuConvexPolyhedronVertexData* convexDataB, int shapeTypeB, float marginB,
                                                  SpuVoronoiSimplexSolver* simplexSolver);

        //virtual ~btSubsimplexConvexCast();

        ///SimsimplexConvexCast calculateTimeOfImpact calculates the time of impact+normal for the linear cast (sweep) between two moving objects.
        ///Precondition is that objects should not penetration/overlap at the start from the interval. Overlap can be tested using btGjkPairDetector.
        bool calcTimeOfImpact(const btTransform& fromRay,
                                                  const btTransform& toRay,
                                                  const btTransform& fromB,
                                                  const btTransform& toB,
                                                  SpuCastResult& result);

};

#endif //SUBSIMPLEX_RAY_CAST_H