gmFileReader.h

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**
** Copyright (C) 2014 by Carlos Augusto Teixera Mendes
** All rights reserved.
**
** This file is part of the "GeMA" software. It's use should respect
** the terms in the license agreement that can be found together
** with this source code.
** It is provided AS IS, with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
** INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
** A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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************************************************************************/
 
#ifndef _GEMA_FILE_READER_H_
#define _GEMA_FILE_READER_H_
 
 
#include <QString>
#include <QList>
 
class GmFileFormat;
 
class GmLogCategory;
class GmMesh;
class GmCellMesh;
class Unit;
 
 
class GmFileReader
{
public:
  GmFileReader();
 
  GmFileReader(const GmLogCategory& logger)
    : _logger(logger) {}
 
  virtual ~GmFileReader() { }
 
  /* \brief Opens files in preperation for later calls to readXxxx() functions.
            After those calls, the opened state will be closed by a call to closeFiles().
            On errors this function should return false.
 
      \param fileName        The name of the file that will be opened
      \param numNodeValues   The number of node variables (state vars/attributes) that will be read
      \param numElemValues   The number of element variables (attributes/properties) that will be read
      \returns Returns true on success, false on errors
  */
  virtual bool openFiles(QString fileName, int numNodeValues, int numElemValues) = 0;
 
  virtual bool initializeMesh(GmMesh* mesh, const QStringList& nodeValues, const QList<Unit>& nodeUnits,
                              const QStringList& elementValues, const QList<Unit>& elementUnits) = 0;
 
  virtual bool readNodeCoordinates(GmMesh* mesh, Unit coordUnit) = 0;
 
  virtual bool readCellGeometry(GmCellMesh* cellmesh) = 0;
 
  virtual bool readNodeData(GmMesh* mesh, const QStringList& nodeValues, const QList<Unit>& nodeUnits) = 0;
 
  virtual bool readCellData(GmCellMesh* cellmesh, const QStringList& elementValues, const QList<Unit>& elementUnits) = 0;
 
  virtual bool closeFiles() = 0;
 
  virtual GmFileFormat* fileFormat() = 0;
 
protected:
  const GmLogCategory& _logger;  
};
 
#endif