geometryCacheConverter/geometryCacheBlockBase.h

#ifndef _GEOMETRY_CACHE_BLOCK_BASE
#define _GEOMETRY_CACHE_BLOCK_BASE

//-
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// Copyright 1995,2006,2008 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
//
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// license agreement provided at the time of installation or download,
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//+

//
// File Name: geometryCacheBlockBase.h
//
// Description : 
//      A base interface for storing and outputing a cache block tag and data.
//      Note that the Maya geometry cache file format is subject to change in 
//      future versions of Maya.
//

// Maya includes
//
#include <maya/MIffTag.h>
#include <maya/MString.h>

// Other includes
//
#include <iosfwd>

class geometryCacheBlockBase
{
public:
    // Constructor / Destructor methods
    //
                geometryCacheBlockBase();
                geometryCacheBlockBase( const MString& tag );
    virtual     ~geometryCacheBlockBase();

    // Access to the data
    //
    const bool&     isGroup();
    const MString&  tag();

    // Outputs the data of this block to Ascii
    //
    virtual void    outputToAscii( std::ostream& os );

protected:
    // Data Members
    //
    MString     blockTag;   // The tag identifier of this block
    bool        group;      // Indicates if this is a group block
};

#endif