// Created on: 2011-10-11 
// Created by: Roman KOZLOV
// Copyright (c) 2011-2014 OPEN CASCADE SAS 
// 
// This file is part of Open CASCADE Technology software library.
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
// the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as published
// by the Free Software Foundation, with special exception defined in the file
// OCCT_LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt. Consult the file LICENSE_LGPL_21.txt included in OCCT
// distribution for complete text of the license and disclaimer of any warranty.
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#ifndef __IVTK_INTERFACE_H__
#define __IVTK_INTERFACE_H__

#include <Standard_Type.hxx>
#include <Standard_Transient.hxx>

class IVtk_Interface;
DEFINE_STANDARD_HANDLE( IVtk_Interface, Standard_Transient )

//! @class IVtk_Interface 
//! @brief Base interface for visualisation component.
//!
//! It is a handle class ("smart" pointer). IVtk_Interface is a base class for OCC interfaces
//! for VTK classes, such as interface for shape objects (IVtk_IShape) and view(IVtk_IView),
//! shape triangulation (IVtk_IShapeData, IVtk_IShapeMesher) and picking (IVtk_IShapePickerAlgo). 
class IVtk_Interface : public Standard_Transient
{

public:
  typedef Handle(IVtk_Interface) Handle;
  DEFINE_STANDARD_RTTIEXT(IVtk_Interface,Standard_Transient)

  virtual ~IVtk_Interface() { }
};

#endif // __IVTK_INTERFACE_H__