RenderEffect.h

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    created:    Sat Jan 17 2009
    author:     Paul D Turner
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#ifndef _CEGUIRenderEffect_h_
#define _CEGUIRenderEffect_h_

#include "CEGUI/Base.h"

// Start of CEGUI namespace section
namespace CEGUI
{
class CEGUIEXPORT RenderEffect :
    public AllocatedObject<RenderEffect>
{
public:
    virtual ~RenderEffect() {};
    virtual int getPassCount() const = 0;

    virtual void performPreRenderFunctions(const int pass) = 0;

    virtual void performPostRenderFunctions() = 0;

    virtual bool realiseGeometry(RenderingWindow& window,
                                 GeometryBuffer& geometry) = 0;

    virtual bool update(const float elapsed, RenderingWindow& window) = 0;
};

} // End of  CEGUI namespace section

#endif  // end of guard _CEGUIRenderEffect_h_