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+// Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Nikolaus Gebhardt
+// This file is part of the "Irrlicht Engine".
+// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in irrlicht.h
+
+#ifndef IRR_I_SHADOW_VOLUME_SCENE_NODE_H_INCLUDED
+#define IRR_I_SHADOW_VOLUME_SCENE_NODE_H_INCLUDED
+
+#include "ISceneNode.h"
+
+namespace irr
+{
+namespace scene
+{
+	class IMesh;
+
+	enum ESHADOWVOLUME_OPTIMIZATION
+	{
+		//! Create volumes around every triangle
+		ESV_NONE,
+
+		//! Create volumes only around the silhouette of the mesh
+		/** This can reduce the number of volumes drastically,
+		but will have an upfront-cost where it calculates adjacency of
+		triangles. Also it will not work with all models. Basically
+		if you see strange black shadow lines then you have a model
+		for which it won't work.
+		We get that information about adjacency by comparing the positions of 
+		all edges in the mesh (even if they are in different meshbuffers). */
+		ESV_SILHOUETTE_BY_POS
+	};
+
+	//! Scene node for rendering a shadow volume into a stencil buffer.
+	class IShadowVolumeSceneNode : public ISceneNode
+	{
+	public:
+
+		//! constructor
+		IShadowVolumeSceneNode(ISceneNode* parent, ISceneManager* mgr, s32 id)
+			: ISceneNode(parent, mgr, id) {}
+
+		//! Sets the mesh from which the shadow volume should be generated.
+		/** To optimize shadow rendering, use a simpler mesh for shadows.
+		*/
+		virtual void setShadowMesh(const IMesh* mesh) = 0;
+
+		//! Updates the shadow volumes for current light positions.
+		virtual void updateShadowVolumes() = 0;
+
+		//! Set optimization used to create shadow volumes
+		/** Default is ESV_SILHOUETTE_BY_POS. If the shadow 
+		looks bad then give ESV_NONE a try (which will be slower). 
+		Alternatively you can try to fix the model, it's often
+		because it's not closed (aka if you'd put water in it then 
+		that would leak out). */
+		virtual void setOptimization(ESHADOWVOLUME_OPTIMIZATION optimization) = 0;
+
+		//! Get currently active optimization used to create shadow volumes
+		virtual ESHADOWVOLUME_OPTIMIZATION getOptimization() const = 0;
+	};
+
+} // end namespace scene
+} // end namespace irr
+
+#endif