Using Quaternions Efficiently in Real-time Applications

#ifndef _NODE_H
#define _NODE_H

#include "NodeBase.h"

//Node class template////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// This class uses the Decorator design pattern to add Node functionality
// to any Object type.  Node functionality means the containment
// of a vector of Objects and the methods needed to add new Objects
// to the vector, and to iterate through all of them to update their transforms.
// This makes it possible to create a tree of Nodes each representing an Object.
// Leaves in the tree can be simple Objects instead of Nodes.  This is made 
// possible with a function template, addChild where the actual type of the new
// child can be specified as a template parameter.
template< class OBJECT >
class Node : public OBJECT, public NodeBase
{
public:
    void updateWorldTransform( ObjectBase *parent )
    {
        OBJECT::updateWorldTransform( parent );

        updateAllObjects( this );
    }
};


#endif