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#ifndef __VCGLIB_IOTRIMESH_IO_PLY
#define __VCGLIB_IOTRIMESH_IO_PLY


/**
@name Load and Save in Ply format
*/
//@{
#include<wrap/callback.h>
#include<wrap/ply/plylib.h>

namespace vcg {
namespace tetra {
namespace io {

  
/** Additional data needed or useful for parsing a ply mesh.
This class can be passed to the ImporterPLY::Open() function for 
- retrieving additional per-vertex per-tetra data
- specifying a callback for long ply parsing
- knowing what data is  contained in a ply file
*/
class PlyInfo
{
public:
  typedef ::vcg::ply::PropDescriptor PropDescriptor ;

  PlyInfo()
  {
    status=0;
    mask=0;
    cb=0;
    vdn=fdn=0;
    VertexData=TetraData=0;
  }
  /// Store the error codes enconutered when parsing a ply
  int status;
  /// It returns a bit mask describing the field preesnt in the ply file
  int mask;  

  /// a Simple callback that can be used for long ply parsing. 
  // it returns the current position, and formats a string with a description of what th efunction is doing (loading vertexes, faces...)
  CallBackPos *cb;

  /// the number of per-vertex descriptor (usually 0)
  int vdn;
  /// The additional vertex descriptor that a user can specify to load additional per-vertex non-standard data stored in a ply
  PropDescriptor *VertexData;
  /// the number of per-face descriptor (usually 0)
  int fdn;
  
  /// The additional vertex descriptor that a user can specify to load additional per-face non-standard data stored in a ply
  PropDescriptor *TetraData;

  /// a string containing the current ply header. Useful for showing it to the user.
  std::string header;

enum Error
{
		// Funzioni superiori
	E_NO_VERTEX,			// 14
	E_NO_FACE,				// 15
	E_SHORTFILE,			// 16
	E_NO_3VERTINFACE,		// 17
	E_BAD_VERT_INDEX,		// 18
	E_NO_6TCOORD,			// 19
	E_DIFFER_COLORS,		// 20
};

}; // end class
} // end namespace tri
} // end namespace io
} // end namespace vcg
#endif