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#ifndef __VCGLIB_SIMPLE__
#define __VCGLIB_SIMPLE__

#include <vector>
 
namespace vcg {

template <class STL_CONT, class ATTR_TYPE>
class SimpleTempData{
public:
typedef typename ATTR_TYPE attr_type;

STL_CONT& c;
std::vector<ATTR_TYPE> data;

SimpleTempData(STL_CONT  &_c):c(_c){};

// access to data
ATTR_TYPE & operator[](const STL_CONT::value_type *v){return data[v-&*c.begin()];}
ATTR_TYPE & operator[](const int & i){return data[i];}

// start temporary attribute
void Start(){data.reserve(c.capacity());data.resize(c.size());}

// stop temporary attribute
void Stop(){data.clear();}

// update temproary data size 
bool UpdateSize(){
		if(data.size() != c.size())
			{
				data.resize(c.size());
				return false;
			}
		return true;
	}
};

}; // end namespace vcg

#endif