/*
  SEGMENTATION.hpp  -  Partitioning of a timeline for organising the render graph.
 
  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
    2008,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
 
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  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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*/


#ifndef MOBJECT_SESSION_SEGMENTATION_H
#define MOBJECT_SESSION_SEGMENTATION_H


#include "proc/mobject/session/segment.hpp"

#include <list>

using std::list;


namespace mobject {
  namespace session {


    /**
     * For the purpose of building and rendering, the fixture (for each timeline) 
     * is partitioned such that each segment is <i>structurally constant</i>. 
     * The Segmentation defines and maintains this partitioning. Further,
     * it is the general entry point for accessing the correct part of the engine
     * responsible for a given timeline time point.
     * @see SegmentationTool actually calculating the Segmentation
     */
    class Segmentation
      {

        /** segments of the engine in ordered sequence. */
        list<Segment> segments_;

      };



  } // namespace mobject::session

} // namespace mobject
#endif