/*
  BUILDERFACADE.hpp  -  Facade and service access point for the Builder Subsystem
 
  Copyright (C)         CinelerraCV
    2007,               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.
 
  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
  GNU General Public License for more details.
 
  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
*/


#ifndef MOBJECT_BUILDERFACADE_H
#define MOBJECT_BUILDERFACADE_H

#include "proc/engine/renderengine.hpp"



namespace mobject
  {


  /**
   * 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 extern 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
       */
      engine::RenderEngine & buildEngine () ;
      // TODO: allocation, GC??????
    };



} // namespace mobject
#endif