assimp/code/BVHLoader.h

/** Defines the BHV motion capturing loader class */

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#ifndef AI_BVHLOADER_H_INC
#define AI_BVHLOADER_H_INC

#include "BaseImporter.h"
#include <boost/multi_array.hpp>

namespace Assimp
{

/** Loader class to read Motion Capturing data from a .bvh file. This format only contains a 
* hierarchy of joints and a series of keyframes for the hierarchy. It contains no actual mesh data,
* but we generate a dummy mesh inside the loader just to be able to see something.
*/
class BVHLoader : public BaseImporter
{
	friend class Importer;

protected:
	/** Constructor to be privately used by Importer */
	BVHLoader();

	/** Destructor, private as well */
	~BVHLoader();

public:
	/** Returns whether the class can handle the format of the given file. 
	 * See BaseImporter::CanRead() for details.	*/
	bool CanRead( const std::string& pFile, IOSystem* pIOHandler) const;

protected:
	/** Called by Importer::GetExtensionList() for each loaded importer.
	 * See BaseImporter::GetExtensionList() for details
	 */
	void GetExtensionList( std::string& append)
	{
		append.append("*.bvh");
	}

	/** Imports the given file into the given scene structure. 
	 * See BaseImporter::InternReadFile() for details
	 */
	void InternReadFile( const std::string& pFile, aiScene* pScene, IOSystem* pIOHandler);

protected:
	/** Reads the file */
	void ReadStructure( aiScene* pScene);

	/** Reads the hierarchy */
	void ReadHierarchy( aiScene* pScene);

	/** Reads a node and recursively its childs and returns the created node. */
	aiNode* ReadNode();

	/** Reads a node offset for the given node */
	void ReadNodeOffset( aiNode* pNode);

	/** Reads the animation channels for the given node */
	void ReadNodeChannels( aiNode* pNode);

	/** Reads the motion data */
	void ReadMotion( aiScene* pScene);

	/** Retrieves the next token */
	std::string GetNextToken();

	/** Reads the next token as a float */
	float GetNextTokenAsFloat();

	/** Aborts the file reading with an exception */
	void ThrowException( const std::string& pError);

protected:
	/** Filename, for a verbose error message */
	std::string mFileName;

	/** Buffer to hold the loaded file */
	std::vector<char> mBuffer;

	/** Next char to read from the buffer */
	std::vector<char>::const_iterator mReader;

	/** Current line, for error messages */
	unsigned int mLine;

	/** motion values per frame */
	boost::multi_array<float, 2> mMotionValues;
};

} // end of namespace Assimp

#endif // AI_BVHLOADER_H_INC