ViewRay.h

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#pragma once

#include <ICLGeom/GeomDefs.h>
#include <ICLUtils/Exception.h>
#include <ICLUtils/Point32f.h>
#include <iostream>

namespace icl{
  namespace geom{
    struct PlaneEquation;


    struct ViewRay{
      explicit ViewRay(const Vec &offset=Vec(), const Vec &direction=Vec(), bool autoNormalizeDirection=false);
      
      Vec offset;
      
      Vec direction;
      

      Vec getIntersection(const PlaneEquation &plane) const throw (utils::ICLException);

      enum TriangleIntersection{
        noIntersection,
        foundIntersection,
        wrongDirection,
        degenerateTriangle,
        rayIsCollinearWithTriangle
      };
      

      TriangleIntersection getIntersectionWithTriangle(const geom::Vec &a, const geom::Vec &b, const geom::Vec &c, 
                                                       geom::Vec *intersectionPoint=0, 
                                                       utils::Point32f *parametricCoords=0) const;
        

      float closestDistanceTo(const Vec &p) const;

      float closestSqrDistanceTo(const Vec &p) const;
      

      float closestDistanceTo(const ViewRay &other) const;
      

      Vec operator()(float lambda) const;
    };
  
    std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const ViewRay &vr);
  } // namespace geom
}