/**
 * PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
 * Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
 * license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
 * with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
 *
 * @file modelFlattenRequest.h
 * @author drose
 * @date 2007-03-30
 */

#ifndef MODELFLATTENREQUEST
#define MODELFLATTENREQUEST

#include "pandabase.h"

#include "asyncTask.h"
#include "pandaNode.h"
#include "pointerTo.h"
#include "nodePath.h"

/**
 * This class object manages a single asynchronous request to flatten a model.
 * The model will be duplicated and flattened in a sub-thread (if threading is
 * available), without affecting the original model; and when the result is
 * done it may be retrieved from this object.
 */
class EXPCL_PANDA_PGRAPH ModelFlattenRequest : public AsyncTask {
public:
  ALLOC_DELETED_CHAIN(ModelFlattenRequest);

PUBLISHED:
  INLINE explicit ModelFlattenRequest(PandaNode *orig);

  INLINE PandaNode *get_orig() const;

  INLINE bool is_ready() const;
  INLINE PandaNode *get_model() const;

  MAKE_PROPERTY(orig, get_orig);

protected:
  virtual DoneStatus do_task();

private:
  PT(PandaNode) _orig;

public:
  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
    return _type_handle;
  }
  static void init_type() {
    AsyncTask::init_type();
    register_type(_type_handle, "ModelFlattenRequest",
                  AsyncTask::get_class_type());
    }
  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
    return get_class_type();
  }
  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {init_type(); return get_class_type();}

private:
  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
};

#include "modelFlattenRequest.I"

#endif