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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 SUBSIMPLEX_CONVEX_CAST_H
#define SUBSIMPLEX_CONVEX_CAST_H

#include "btConvexCast.h"
#include "btSimplexSolverInterface.h"
class btConvexShape;

/// 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 btSubsimplexConvexCast : public btConvexCast
{
        btSimplexSolverInterface* m_simplexSolver;
        const btConvexShape*    m_convexA;
        const btConvexShape*    m_convexB;

public:

        btSubsimplexConvexCast (const btConvexShape*    shapeA,const btConvexShape*     shapeB,btSimplexSolverInterface* 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.
        virtual bool    calcTimeOfImpact(
                        const btTransform& fromA,
                        const btTransform& toA,
                        const btTransform& fromB,
                        const btTransform& toB,
                        CastResult& result);

};

#endif //SUBSIMPLEX_CONVEX_CAST_H