/*
 * $Revision: 2523 $
 *
 * last checkin:
 *   $Author: gutwenger $
 *   $Date: 2012-07-02 20:59:27 +0200 (Mon, 02 Jul 2012) $
 ***************************************************************/

/** \file
 * \brief Declaration of interface for layout algorithms (class
 *        LayoutModule)
 *
 * \author Carsten Gutwenger
 *
 * \par License:
 * This file is part of the Open Graph Drawing Framework (OGDF).
 *
 * \par
 * Copyright (C)<br>
 * See README.txt in the root directory of the OGDF installation for details.
 *
 * \par
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * Version 2 or 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * see the file LICENSE.txt included in the packaging of this file
 * for details.
 *
 * \par
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * \par
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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 * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 *
 * \see  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ***************************************************************/





#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma once
#endif

#ifndef OGDF_LAYOUT_MODULE_H
#define OGDF_LAYOUT_MODULE_H



#include "../basic/GraphAttributes.h"
#include "../basic/Constraints.h"
#include "../internal/energybased/MultilevelGraph.h"

namespace ogdf {


/**
 * \brief Interface of general layout algorithms.
 *
 */
class OGDF_EXPORT LayoutModule {
public:
	//! Initializes a layout module.
	LayoutModule() { }

	virtual ~LayoutModule() { }

	/**
	 * \brief Computes a layout of graph \a GA.
	 *
	 * This method is the actual algorithm call and must be implemented by
	 * derived classes.
	 * @param GA is the input graph and will also be assigned the layout information.
	 */
	virtual void call(GraphAttributes &GA) = 0;

	/**
	 * \brief Computes a layout of graph \a GA wrt the constraints in \a GC
	 * (if applicable).
	 */
        virtual void call(GraphAttributes &GA, GraphConstraints & /*GC*/) { call(GA); }

	/**
	 * \brief Computes a layout of graph \a GA.
	 *
	 * @param GA is the input graph and will also be assigned the layout information.
	 */
	void operator()(GraphAttributes &GA) { call(GA); }

	OGDF_MALLOC_NEW_DELETE
};


} // end namespace ogdf


#endif