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-/****************************************************************************
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-Revision 1.3  2004/05/12 10:19:30  ganovelli
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-Revision 1.2  2004/03/09 21:26:47  cignoni
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-Revision 1.1  2004/03/03 15:00:51  cignoni
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-****************************************************************************/
-#ifndef __VCGLIB_PLY_IO_MASK
-#define __VCGLIB_PLY_IO_MASK
-
-/**
-@name Load and Save in Ply format
-*/
-//@{
-#include<wrap/callback.h>
-#include<wrap/ply/plylib.h>
-
-namespace vcg {
-namespace ply {
-
-  
-class PLYMask
-{
-public:
-
-  /*
-  Bitmask for specifying what data has to be loaded or saved or it is present in a given plyfile;
-*/
-
-enum {
-	PM_NONE         = 0x0000,
-
-  PM_VERTCOORD    = 0x0001,
-	PM_VERTFLAGS    = 0x0002, 
-	PM_VERTCOLOR    = 0x0004,
-	PM_VERTQUALITY  = 0x0008,
-	PM_VERTNORMAL   = 0x0010,
-	PM_VERTTEXCOORD = 0x0020,
-
-	PM_FACEINDEX    = 0x0040,
-	PM_FACEFLAGS    = 0x0080,
-	PM_FACECOLOR    = 0x0100,
-	PM_FACEQUALITY  = 0x0200,
-	PM_FACENORMAL   = 0x0400,
-	PM_WEDGCOLOR    = 0x0800,
-	PM_WEDGTEXCOORD = 0x1000,
-	PM_WEDGTEXMULTI = 0x2000, // Se ha anche l'indice di texture esplicito
-	PM_WEDGNORMAL   = 0x4000,
-
-	PM_CAMERA       = 0x8000,
-
-	PM_TETRAINDEX    = 0x010000,
-	PM_TETRAFLAGS    = 0x020000,
-	PM_TETRACOLOR    = 0x040000,
-	PM_TETRAQUALITY  = 0x080000,
-	PM_TETRANORMAL   = 0x100000,
-
-	PM_FLAGS        = PM_VERTFLAGS + PM_FACEFLAGS + PM_TETRAFLAGS,
-
-	PM_ALL          = 0xFFFF
-};
-
-
-static void SMFlags2String( int mask, char str[] )
-{
-	str[0] = 0;
-
-	strcat(str,"V:");
-	if( mask & PM_VERTFLAGS    ) strcat(str,"flag,");
-	if( mask & PM_VERTCOLOR    ) strcat(str,"color,");
-	if( mask & PM_VERTQUALITY  ) strcat(str,"quality,");
-	if( mask & PM_VERTTEXCOORD ) strcat(str,"tcoord,");
-	if( mask & PM_VERTNORMAL ) strcat(str,"normal,");
-
-	strcat(str," F:");
-	if( mask & PM_FACEFLAGS    ) strcat(str,"mask,");
-	if( mask & PM_FACECOLOR    ) strcat(str,"color,");
-	if( mask & PM_FACEQUALITY  ) strcat(str,"quality,");
-	if( mask & PM_FACENORMAL   ) strcat(str,"normal,");
-
-	strcat(str," W:");
-	if( mask & PM_WEDGCOLOR    ) strcat(str,"color,");
-	if( mask & PM_WEDGTEXCOORD ) strcat(str,"tcoord,");
-	if( mask & PM_WEDGNORMAL  ) strcat(str,"normal,");
-
-	if( mask & PM_CAMERA ) strcat(str," camera");
-}
-
-}; // end class
-} // end namespace ply
-} // end namespace vcg
-#endif