/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Fabien Chereau
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 */

#ifndef _STELREGIONOBJECT_HPP_
#define _STELREGIONOBJECT_HPP_

#include <QSharedPointer>
#include "StelSphereGeometry.hpp"

//! Simple abstract class defining basic methods implemented by all objects that need
//! to be stored in a StelSphericalIndex.
class StelRegionObject
{
	public:
		virtual ~StelRegionObject(void) {;}

		//! Return the spatial region of the object.
		virtual SphericalRegionP getRegion() const=0;
};

//! @typedef StelRegionObjectP
//! Shared pointer on a StelRegionObject with smart pointers
typedef QSharedPointer<StelRegionObject> StelRegionObjectP;

#endif // _STELGRIDOBJECT_HPP_