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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
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// .NAME vtkStack - create and manipulate lists of objects
// .SECTION Description
// vtkStack is a general object for creating and manipulating lists
// of objects. vtkStack also serves as a base class for lists of
// specific types of objects.

#ifndef __vtkStack_h
#define __vtkStack_h

#include "vtkObject.h"

//BTX begin tcl exclude
class vtkStackElement //;prevents pick-up by man page generator
{
 public:
  vtkStackElement():Item(NULL),Next(NULL) {};
  vtkObject *Item;
  vtkStackElement *Next;
};
//ETX end tcl exclude

class VTK_EXPORT vtkStack : public vtkObject
{
public:
  static vtkStack *New();

  vtkTypeMacro(vtkStack,vtkObject);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Add an object to the top of the stack. Does not prevent duplicate entries.
  void Push(vtkObject *);

  // Description:
  // Remove an object from the top of the list.
  vtkObject *Pop();

  // Description:
  // Return the number of objects in the stack.
  vtkObject *GetTop();

  // Description:
  // Return the number of objects in the stack.
  int  GetNumberOfItems();

protected:
  vtkStack();
  ~vtkStack();
  vtkStack(const vtkStack&) {};
  void operator=(const vtkStack&) {};

  int NumberOfItems;
  vtkStackElement *Top;
  vtkStackElement *Bottom;
};

#endif
