/*
  BUILDERFACADE.hpp  -  Facade and service access point for the Builder Subsystem

  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
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  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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*/


#ifndef MOBJECT_BUILDERFACADE_H
#define MOBJECT_BUILDERFACADE_H

#include "proc/mobject/builder/common.hpp"
#include "proc/engine/renderengine.hpp"



namespace mobject {
  
  LUMIERA_ERROR_DECLARE (BUILDER_LIFECYCLE);  ///< Builder activated while in non operational state
  
  /**
   * Provides unified access to the builder functionality.
   * While individual components of the builder subsystem may be called
   * if necessary or suitable, it is usually better to do all external
   * invocations via the high level methods of this Facade.
   */
  class BuilderFacade
    {
    public:
      /**
       * Main Operation of the Builder:
       * create a render engine for a given part of the timeline
       * @deprecated thats a placeholder! the real invocation is now
       *             in the course of being worked out ////////////TODO 12/2010
       */
      engine::RenderEngine & buildEngine () ;
      // TODO: allocation, GC??????
    };
  
  
  
} // namespace mobject
#endif