/*
  EXPLICITPLACEMENT.hpp  -  special Placement yielding an absolute location (Time,Track) for a MObject
 
  Copyright (C)         CinelerraCV
    2007,               Christian Thaeter <ct@pipapo.org>
 
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*/


#ifndef MOBJECT_EXPLICITPLACEMENT_H
#define MOBJECT_EXPLICITPLACEMENT_H

#include "proc/mobject/placement.hpp"



namespace mobject
  {



  /**
   * Special kind of Placement, where the location of the
   * MObject has been nailed down to a fixed position.
   * The Session allways contains one special EDL, which
   * actually is a snapshot of all EDLs contents fixed
   * and reduced to simple positions. This so called Fixture
   * contains only ExplicitPlacement objects and is processed
   * by the Builder to create the render engine  node network.
   *
   * @see Placement#resolve factory method for deriving an ExplicitPlacement 
   */
  class ExplicitPlacement : public Placement<MObject>
    {
    public:
      const Time time;
      const Track track;

      /** no need to resolve any further, as this ExplicitPlacement
       *  already \i is the result of a resolve()-call.
       */
      virtual const 
      ExplicitPlacement resolve ()  const 
        { 
          return *this; 
        }

    private:
      ExplicitPlacement (Placement<MObject>& base, Time ti, Track tra)
        : Placement(base),
          time(ti), track(tra)
        { };
        
      friend class session::LocatingPin;
    };



} // namespace mobject
#endif