minetest/src/util/pointedthing.h

/*
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#ifndef UTIL_POINTEDTHING_HEADER
#define UTIL_POINTEDTHING_HEADER

#include "../irrlichttypes.h"
#include "../irr_v3d.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

enum PointedThingType
{
	POINTEDTHING_NOTHING,
	POINTEDTHING_NODE,
	POINTEDTHING_OBJECT
};

//! An active object or node which is selected by a ray on the map.
struct PointedThing
{
	//! The type of the pointed object.
	PointedThingType type;
	/*!
	 * Only valid if type is POINTEDTHING_NODE.
	 * The coordinates of the node which owns the
	 * nodebox that the ray hits first.
	 * This may differ from node_real_undersurface if
	 * a nodebox exceeds the limits of its node.
	 */
	v3s16 node_undersurface;
	/*!
	 * Only valid if type is POINTEDTHING_NODE.
	 * The coordinates of the last node the ray intersects
	 * before node_undersurface. Same as node_undersurface
	 * if the ray starts in a nodebox.
	 */
	v3s16 node_abovesurface;
	/*!
	 * Only valid if type is POINTEDTHING_NODE.
	 * The coordinates of the node which contains the
	 * point of the collision and the nodebox of the node.
	 */
	v3s16 node_real_undersurface;
	/*!
	 * Only valid if type isn't POINTEDTHING_NONE.
	 * First intersection point of the ray and the nodebox.
	 */
	v3f intersection_point;
	/*!
	 * Only valid if type isn't POINTEDTHING_NONE.
	 * Normal vector of the intersection.
	 * This is perpendicular to the face the ray hits,
	 * points outside of the box and it's length is 1.
	 */
	v3s16 intersection_normal;
	/*!
	 * Only valid if type is POINTEDTHING_OBJECT.
	 * The ID of the object the ray hit.
	 */
	s16 object_id;

	PointedThing();
	std::string dump() const;
	void serialize(std::ostream &os) const;
	void deSerialize(std::istream &is);
	/*!
	 * This function ignores the intersection point and normal.
	 */
	bool operator==(const PointedThing &pt2) const;
	bool operator!=(const PointedThing &pt2) const;
};

#endif