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#ifndef __PolyVox_SubArray_H__
#define __PolyVox_SubArray_H__

namespace PolyVox
{
	template <uint32_t noOfDims, typename ElementType> class Array;

	/*
	This class forms part of the implementation of the Array class. The operator[]
	return a SubArray of the next size down, so that multiple []'s can be chained
	together. It is a seperate class from Array so that it can have a reduced interface,
	and also so that it never takes ownership of the memory to which it points.

	It is based on the following article: http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/184401319
	*/
	template <uint32_t noOfDims, typename ElementType>
	class SubArray
	{
		friend class Array<noOfDims+1, ElementType>;
		friend class SubArray<noOfDims+1, ElementType>;

	public:
		SubArray<noOfDims-1, ElementType> operator [](uint32_t uIndex);

		const SubArray<noOfDims-1, ElementType> operator [](uint32_t uIndex) const;

	private:
		SubArray<noOfDims, ElementType>(ElementType * pElements, uint32_t * pDimensions, uint32_t * pOffsets);

		uint32_t * m_pDimensions;
		uint32_t * m_pOffsets;
		uint32_t m_uNoOfElements;
		ElementType * m_pElements;
	};

	template <typename ElementType>
	class SubArray<1, ElementType>
	{
		friend class Array<2, ElementType>;
		friend class SubArray<2, ElementType>;

	public:
		ElementType & operator [] (uint32_t uIndex);

		const ElementType & operator [] (uint32_t uIndex) const;

	private:
		SubArray<1, ElementType>(ElementType * pElements, uint32_t * pDimensions, uint32_t * /*pOffsets*/);

		uint32_t * m_pDimensions;
		ElementType * m_pElements;
	};

	template <typename ElementType>
	class SubArray<0, ElementType>
	{
		//Zero dimensional subarray is meaningless.
	};
}//namespace PolyVox

#include "PolyVoxImpl/SubArray.inl"

#endif //__PolyVox_SubArray_H__