clipper3D.h

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#ifndef PCL_CLIPPER3D_H_
#define PCL_CLIPPER3D_H_
#include <pcl/point_cloud.h>
#include <vector>
#include <Eigen/StdVector>

namespace pcl
{
  /**
    * \brief Base class for 3D clipper objects
    * \author Suat Gedikli <gedikli@willowgarage.com>
    * \ingroup filters
    */
  template<typename PointT>
  class Clipper3D
  {
    public:
      typedef boost::shared_ptr< Clipper3D<PointT> > Ptr;
      typedef boost::shared_ptr< const Clipper3D<PointT> > ConstPtr;
 
      /**
        * \brief virtual destructor. Never throws an exception.
        */
      virtual ~Clipper3D () throw () {}

      /**
        * \brief interface to clip a single point
        * \param[in] point the point to check against
        * \return true, it point still exists, false if its clipped
        */
      virtual bool
      clipPoint3D (const PointT& point) const = 0;

      /**
        * \brief interface to clip a line segment given by two end points. The order of the end points is unimportant and will sty the same after clipping.
        * This means basically, that the direction of the line will not flip after clipping.
        * \param[in,out] pt1 start point of the line
        * \param[in,out] pt2 end point of the line
        * \return true if the clipped line is not empty, thus the parameters are still valid, false if line completely outside clipping space
        */
      virtual bool
      clipLineSegment3D (PointT& pt1, PointT& pt2) const = 0;

      /**
        * \brief interface to clip a planar polygon given by an ordered list of points
        * \param[in,out] polygon the polygon in any direction (ccw or cw) but ordered, thus two neighboring points define an edge of the polygon
        */
      virtual void
      clipPlanarPolygon3D (std::vector<PointT, Eigen::aligned_allocator<PointT> >& polygon) const = 0;

      /**
        * \brief interface to clip a planar polygon given by an ordered list of points
        * \param[in] polygon the polygon in any direction (ccw or cw) but ordered, thus two neighboring points define an edge of the polygon
        * \param[out] clipped_polygon the clipped polygon
        */
      virtual void
      clipPlanarPolygon3D (const std::vector<PointT, Eigen::aligned_allocator<PointT> >& polygon, std::vector<PointT, Eigen::aligned_allocator<PointT> >& clipped_polygon) const = 0;

      /**
        * \brief interface to clip a point cloud
        * \param[in] cloud_in input point cloud
        * \param[out] clipped indices of points that remain after clipping the input cloud
        * \param[in] indices the indices of points in the point cloud to be clipped.
        * \return list of indices of remaining points after clipping.
        */
      virtual void
      clipPointCloud3D (const pcl::PointCloud<PointT> &cloud_in, std::vector<int>& clipped, const std::vector<int>& indices = std::vector<int> ()) const = 0;

      /**
        * \brief polymorphic method to clone the underlying clipper with its parameters.
        * \return the new clipper object from the specific subclass with all its parameters.
        */
      virtual Clipper3D<PointT>*
      clone () const = 0;
  };
}

#endif // PCL_CLIPPER3D_H_