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#ifndef COIN_SOGATE_H
#define COIN_SOGATE_H

#include <Inventor/engines/SoSubEngine.h>
#include <Inventor/fields/SoMField.h>
#include <Inventor/fields/SoSFBool.h>
#include <Inventor/fields/SoSFTrigger.h>

class SoEngineOutput;


class COIN_DLL_API SoGate : public SoEngine {
  typedef SoEngine inherited;

  SO_ENGINE_HEADER(SoGate);

public:
  static void initClass(void);
  SoGate(SoType type);

  SoSFBool enable;
  SoSFTrigger trigger;
  SoMField * input;

  SoEngineOutput * output;

protected:
  virtual void inputChanged(SoField * which);

private:
  SoGate(void);
  ~SoGate();

  virtual void evaluate(void);

  virtual SbBool readInstance(SoInput * in, unsigned short flags);
  virtual void writeInstance(SoOutput * out);

  void initialize(const SoType inputfieldtype);

  virtual void copyContents(const SoFieldContainer * from,
                            SbBool copyconnections);

  // SoGate instances uses a dynamic set of inputs and outputs, as
  // they are not common for all instances of the class (like for most
  // of the other engines).
  SoFieldData * dynamicinput;
  SoEngineOutputData * dynamicoutput;

  // Avoid a g++/egcs warning due to the private default constructor.
  friend class dummy;
};

#endif // !COIN_SOGATE_H