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#ifndef COIN_SOENGINEOUTPUT_H
#define COIN_SOENGINEOUTPUT_H

#include <Inventor/SoType.h>
#include <Inventor/lists/SoFieldList.h>
#include <Inventor/lists/SbList.h>

class SoNotList;
class SoFieldContainer;
class SoEngine;
class SoNodeEngine;

class COIN_DLL_API SoEngineOutput {
public:
  SoEngineOutput(void);
  virtual ~SoEngineOutput();

  SoType getConnectionType(void) const;
  int getForwardConnections(SoFieldList & fl) const;
  void enable(const SbBool flag);
  SbBool isEnabled(void) const;
  SoEngine * getContainer(void) const;
  SoNodeEngine * getNodeContainer(void) const;
  SbBool isNodeEngineOutput(void) const;

  void setContainer(SoEngine * engine);
  void setNodeContainer(SoNodeEngine * nodeengine);
  void addConnection(SoField * f);
  void removeConnection(SoField * f);
  int getNumConnections(void) const;
  SoField * operator[](int i) const;

  void prepareToWrite(void) const;
  void doneWriting(void) const;

  void touchSlaves(SoNotList * nl, SbBool donotify);

  SoFieldContainer * getFieldContainer(void);

private:
  SbBool enabled;
  SoEngine * container;
  SoFieldList slaves;
  SbList<SbBool> fieldnotiflist;
};

#endif // !COIN_SOENGINEOUTPUT_H