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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkGraphicsFactory.h
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date$
  Version:   $Revision$

  Copyright (c) 1993-2002 Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen 
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
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// .NAME vtkGraphicsFactory - 
// .SECTION Description

#ifndef __vtkGraphicsFactory_h
#define __vtkGraphicsFactory_h

#include "vtkObject.h"

class VTK_RENDERING_EXPORT vtkGraphicsFactory : public vtkObject
{
public:
  static vtkGraphicsFactory *New();
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkGraphicsFactory,vtkObject);
  virtual void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Create and return an instance of the named vtk object.
  // This method first checks the vtkObjectFactory to support
  // dynamic loading. 
  static vtkObject* CreateInstance(const char* vtkclassname);

  // Description:
  // What rendering library has the user requested
  static const char *GetRenderLibrary();

  // Description:
  // This option enables the creation of Mesa classes
  // instead of the OpenGL classes when using mangled Mesa.
  static void SetUseMesaClasses(int use);
  static int  GetUseMesaClasses();
  
protected:
  vtkGraphicsFactory() {};

  static int UseMesaClasses;

private:
  vtkGraphicsFactory(const vtkGraphicsFactory&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkGraphicsFactory&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif
