/*
  RENDERENGINE.hpp  -  a complete network of processing nodes usable for rendering

  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
    2008,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

*/


#ifndef ENGINE_RENDERENGINE_H
#define ENGINE_RENDERENGINE_H

#include <list>

#include "proc/engine/rendergraph.hpp"


using std::list;


namespace engine {
  
  
  /**
   * @todo this is planned to become the frontend
   * to the render node network, which can be considered
   * at the lower end of the middle layer; the actual 
   * render operations are mostly implemented by the backend
   * ////////TODO WIP as of 12/2010
   */
  class RenderEngine : public RenderGraph
    {
    public:
       ///// TODO: find out about the public operations
       // note: the play controller lives in the proc-layer,
       //       but is a subsystem separate of the sesison.
      
    private:
      list<RenderGraph> renderSegments;
      
    };

} // namespace engine
#endif