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#ifndef PHY_ICONTROLLER_H
#define PHY_ICONTROLLER_H

#include "PHY_DynamicTypes.h"

class PHY_IPhysicsEnvironment;

#ifdef WITH_CXX_GUARDEDALLOC
#include "MEM_guardedalloc.h"
#endif

/**
	PHY_IController is the abstract simplified Interface to objects 
	controlled by the physics engine. This includes the physics objects
	and the graphics object for view frustrum and occlusion culling.
*/
class PHY_IController	
{
	public:
		virtual ~PHY_IController();
		// clientinfo for raycasts for example
		virtual	void*	getNewClientInfo()=0;
		virtual	void	setNewClientInfo(void* clientinfo)=0;
		virtual void	SetPhysicsEnvironment(class PHY_IPhysicsEnvironment *env)=0;

	
#ifdef WITH_CXX_GUARDEDALLOC
public:
	void *operator new( unsigned int num_bytes) { return MEM_mallocN(num_bytes, "GE:PHY_IController"); }
	void operator delete( void *mem ) { MEM_freeN(mem); }
#endif
};

#endif //PHY_ICONTROLLER_H