GlBezierCurve.h

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 * from LaBRI, University of Bordeaux
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#ifndef GLBEZIERCURVE_H_
#define GLBEZIERCURVE_H_

#include <tulip/AbstractGlCurve.h>

namespace tlp {

/**
 * @ingroup OpenGL
 * @brief A class to draw Bezier curves
 *
 * This class allows to draw Bezier curves defined by an arbitrary number of control points.
 * Bezier curves are named after their inventor, Dr. Pierre Bezier. He was an engineer with the
 * Renault car company and set out in the early 1960's to develop a curve formulation which would
 * lend itself to shape design.
 * Bezier curves are widely used in computer graphics to model smooth curves. A Bezier curve is
 * completely contained in the convex hull of its control points and passes through its first and
 * last control points. The curve is also always tangent to the first and last convex hull polygon segments.
 * In addition, the curve shape tends to follow the polygon shape.
 *
 */
class TLP_GL_SCOPE GlBezierCurve : public AbstractGlCurve {

public:

  GlBezierCurve();

  /**
   * @brief GlBezierCurve constructor
   *
   * @param controlPoints a vector of control points (size must be greater or equal to 2)
   * @param startColor the color at the start of the curve
   * @param endColor the color at the end of the curve
   * @param startSize the width at the start of the curve
   * @param endSize the width at the end of the curve
   * @param nbCurvePoints the number of curve points to generate
   */
  GlBezierCurve(const std::vector<Coord> &controlPoints, const Color &startColor, const Color &endColor,
                const float &startSize, const float &endSize, const unsigned int nbCurvePoints = 200);

  ~GlBezierCurve();

  void drawCurve(std::vector<Coord> &controlPoints, const Color &startColor, const Color &endColor, const float startSize, const float endSize, const unsigned int nbCurvePoints=200);

protected :

  Coord computeCurvePointOnCPU(const std::vector<Coord> &controlPoints, float t);

  void computeCurvePointsOnCPU(const std::vector<Coord> &controlPoints, std::vector<Coord> &curvePoints, unsigned int nbCurvePoints);

  std::string genCurveVertexShaderSpecificCode();

};

}
#endif /* GLBEZIERCURVE_H_ */