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-/********************************************************************************
- *                                                                              *
- * This file is part of IfcOpenShell.                                           *
- *                                                                              *
- * IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify         *
- * it under the terms of the Lesser GNU General Public License as published by  *
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3.0 of the License, or          *
- * (at your option) any later version.                                          *
- *                                                                              *
- * IfcOpenShell 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                 *
- * Lesser GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
- *                                                                              *
- * You should have received a copy of the Lesser GNU General Public License     *
- * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.         *
- *                                                                              *
- ********************************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef HDFSERIALIZER_H
-#define HDFSERIALIZER_H
-
-#ifdef WITH_HDF5
-
-#include <set>
-#include <string>
-#include <fstream>
-
-#include "H5Cpp.h"
-
-#include "../ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/GeometrySerializer.h"
-
-#define USE_BINARY
-
-class HdfSerializer : public GeometrySerializer {
-private:
-	const std::string hdf_filename;
-	unsigned int vcount_total;
-	H5::H5File file;
-	SerializerSettings settings_;
-
-	static const H5std_string DATASET_NAME_POSITIONS;
-	static const H5std_string DATASET_NAME_UVCOORDS;
-	static const H5std_string DATASET_NAME_NORMALS;
-	static const H5std_string DATASET_NAME_INDICES;
-	static const H5std_string DATASET_NAME_EDGES;
-	static const H5std_string DATASET_NAME_MATERIAL_IDS;
-	static const H5std_string DATASET_NAME_MATERIALS;
-	static const H5std_string DATASET_NAME_OCCT;
-	static const H5std_string DATASET_NAME_PLACEMENT;	
-
-	static const H5std_string GROUP_NAME_MESH;
-
-	struct surface_style_serialization {
-		const char* name;
-		const char* original_name;
-		// 0 if unset
-		unsigned int id;
-		// nan if unset
-		double diffuse[3];
-		double specular[3];
-		double transparency;
-		double specularity;
-	};
-
-	struct brep_element {
-		int id;
-		double matrix[4][4];
-#ifdef USE_BINARY
-		hvl_t shape_serialization;
-#else
-		const char* shape_serialization;
-#endif
-		surface_style_serialization surface_style;
-	};
-
-	H5::CompType compound;
-	H5::CompType style_compound;
-	H5::StrType str_type;
-	H5::ArrayType double4x4, double3;
-	H5::DataType shape_type;
-
-private:
-
-	std::map<std::string, boost::shared_ptr<IfcGeom::Representation::BRep>> brep_cache_;
-	std::map<std::string, boost::shared_ptr<IfcGeom::Representation::Triangulation>> triangulation_cache_;
-	std::map<std::string, std::string> group_cache_;
-
-	H5::Group createRepresentationGroup(const H5::Group& element_group, const std::string& gid);
-	void read_surface_style(surface_style_serialization& sss, std::shared_ptr<IfcGeom::SurfaceStyle>& style_ptr);
-	void write_style(surface_style_serialization& data, const IfcGeom::SurfaceStyle& s);
-
-public:
-	HdfSerializer(const std::string& hdf_filename, const SerializerSettings& settings);
-	virtual ~HdfSerializer() {}
-	bool ready();
-	void writeHeader();
-
-	H5::Group write(const IfcGeom::Element* o);
-	void write(const IfcGeom::BRepElement* o);
-	void write(const IfcGeom::TriangulationElement* o);
-	void remove(const std::string& guid);
-
-	IfcGeom::Element* read(IfcParse::IfcFile& f, const std::string& guid, const std::string&, read_type rt = READ_BREP);
-	
-	void finalize() {}
-	bool isTesselated() const { return false; }
-	void setUnitNameAndMagnitude(const std::string& /*name*/, float /*magnitude*/) {}
-	void setFile(IfcParse::IfcFile*) {}
-};
-
-#endif
-
-#endif