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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkArrayRange.h
  
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// .NAME vtkArrayRange - Stores a half-open range of array coordinates.
//
// .SECTION Description
// vtkArrayRange stores a half-open range of array coordinates along a single
// dimension of a vtkArraySlice object.
//
// .SECTION See Also
// vtkArray, vtkArrayRange
//
// .SECTION Thanks
// Developed by Timothy M. Shead (tshead@sandia.gov) at Sandia National Laboratories.

#ifndef __vtkArrayRange_h
#define __vtkArrayRange_h

#include "vtkSystemIncludes.h"

class VTK_COMMON_EXPORT vtkArrayRange
{
public:
  // Description:
  // Creates an empty range.
  vtkArrayRange();
  
  // Description:
  // Creates a range containing a single value.
  vtkArrayRange(vtkIdType index);
  
  // Description:
  // Creates a half-open range [begin, end).  Note that begin must be <= end,
  // if not, creates the empty range [begin, begin).
  vtkArrayRange(vtkIdType begin, vtkIdType end);

  // Description:
  // Returns the beginning of the range
  vtkIdType GetBegin() const;
  
  // Description:
  // Returns one-past-the-end of the range
  vtkIdType GetEnd() const;

  // Description:
  // Returns the extent of the range (the distance End - Begin).
  vtkIdType GetExtent() const;

  // Description:
  // Serialization  
  friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& stream, const vtkArrayRange& rhs);

private:
  // Description:
  // Stores the beginning of the range.
  vtkIdType Begin;
  
  // Description:
  // Stores one-past-the-end of the range.
  vtkIdType End;
};

#endif

