/* jCAE stand for Java Computer Aided Engineering. Features are : Small CAD
modeler, Finite element mesher, Plugin architecture.
Copyright (C) 2009, by EADS France
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package org.jcae.mesh.xmldata;
public interface FilterInterface
{
/**
* Nodes on inner boundaries are usually written only once on disk. A first
* pass is performed to find all boundary nodes so that they can be handled
* specifically by {@link #processOneShape(int, java.lang.String, int)}.
*
* @param faces array of face number
*/
public void collectBoundaryNodes(int[] faces);
/**
* Initialize members which cannot be instantiated by constructor because
* they depend on {@link #collectBoundaryNodes(int[])}.
*
* @param writeNormal <code>true</code> if normals are written onto disk
*/
public void beforeProcessingAllShapes(boolean writeNormal);
/**
* Convert mesh of a given face.
*
* @param groupId group number
* @param groupName group name
* @param iFace shape number
*/
public void processOneShape(int groupId, String groupName, int iFace);
/**
* This method is called when all shapes have been processed.
*/
public void afterProcessingAllShapes();
}