// This file is part of libigl, a simple c++ geometry processing library.
//
// Copyright (C) 2013 Alec Jacobson <alecjacobson@gmail.com>
//
// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License
// v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can
// obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
#ifndef IGL_WRITE_TRIANGLE_MESH_H
#define IGL_WRITE_TRIANGLE_MESH_H
#include "igl_inline.h"

#include <Eigen/Core>
#include <string>

namespace igl
{
  // write mesh to a file with automatic detection of file format.  supported:
  // obj, off, stl, wrl, ply, mesh). 
  // 
  // Templates:
  //   Scalar  type for positions and vectors (will be read as double and cast
  //     to Scalar)
  //   Index  type for indices (will be read as int and cast to Index)
  // Inputs:
  //   str  path to file
  //   V  eigen double matrix #V by 3
  //   F  eigen int matrix #F by 3
  //   force_ascii  force ascii format even if binary is available 
  // Returns true iff success
  template <typename DerivedV, typename DerivedF>
  IGL_INLINE bool write_triangle_mesh(
    const std::string str,
    const Eigen::PlainObjectBase<DerivedV>& V,
    const Eigen::PlainObjectBase<DerivedF>& F,
    const bool force_ascii = true);
}

#ifndef IGL_STATIC_LIBRARY
#  include "write_triangle_mesh.cpp"
#endif

#endif