OCCT

// Created on: 2000-06-23
// Created by: Sergey MOZOKHIN
// Copyright (c) 2000-2014 OPEN CASCADE SAS
//
// This file is part of Open CASCADE Technology software library.
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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#ifndef _StlAPI_Reader_HeaderFile
#define _StlAPI_Reader_HeaderFile

#include <Standard_Handle.hxx>
#include <Standard_IStream.hxx>

class TopoDS_Shape;

//! Reading from stereolithography format.
//! Reads STL file and creates a shape composed of triangular faces, one per facet.
//! IMPORTANT: This approach is very inefficient, especially for large files.
//! IMPORTANT: Consider reading STL file to Poly_Triangulation object instead (see class RWStl).
class StlAPI_Reader
{
public:
  //! Reads STL file to the TopoDS_Shape (each triangle is converted to the face).
  //! @return True if reading is successful
  Standard_EXPORT bool Read(TopoDS_Shape& theShape, const char* const theFileName);

  //! Reads STL data from stream to the TopoDS_Shape (each triangle is converted to the face).
  //! @param theShape result shape
  //! @param theStream stream to read from
  //! @return True if reading is successful
  Standard_EXPORT bool Read(TopoDS_Shape& theShape, Standard_IStream& theStream);
};

#endif // _StlAPI_Reader_HeaderFile