

#ifndef PCL_IO_ASCII_IO_H_
#define PCL_IO_ASCII_IO_H_

#include <pcl/io/file_io.h>
#include <pcl/PCLPointField.h>
#include <pcl/common/io.h>


namespace pcl
{
  /** \brief Ascii Point Cloud Reader.
    * Read any ASCII file by setting the separating characters and input point fields.
    *
    * \author Adam Stambler (adasta@gmail.com)
    * \ingroup io
    */
  class PCL_EXPORTS ASCIIReader : public FileReader
  {
    public:
      ASCIIReader ();
      virtual ~ASCIIReader ();
      using FileReader::read;

      /* Load only the meta information (number of points, their types, etc),
        * and not the points themselves, from a given FILE file. Useful for fast
        * evaluation of the underlying data structure.
        *
        * Returns:
        *  * < 0 (-1) on error
        *  * > 0 on success
        * \param[in] file_name the name of the file to load
        * \param[out] cloud the resultant point cloud dataset (only the header will be filled)
        * \param[out] origin the sensor acquisition origin (only for > FILE_V7 - null if not present)
        * \param[out] orientation the sensor acquisition orientation (only for > FILE_V7 - identity if not present)
        * \param[out] file_version the FILE version of the file (either FILE_V6 or FILE_V7)
        * \param[out] data_type the type of data (binary data=1, ascii=0, etc)
        * \param[out] data_idx the offset of cloud data within the file
        * \param[in] offset the offset in the file where to expect the true header to begin.
        * One usage example for setting the offset parameter is for reading
        * data from a TAR "archive containing multiple files: TAR files always
        * add a 512 byte header in front of the actual file, so set the offset
        * to the next byte after the header (e.g., 513).
        */
      virtual int
      readHeader (const std::string &file_name, pcl::PCLPointCloud2 &cloud,
                  Eigen::Vector4f &origin, Eigen::Quaternionf &orientation,
                  int &file_version, int &data_type, unsigned int &data_idx, const int offset = 0) ;


      /** \brief Read a point cloud data from a FILE file and store it into a pcl/PCLPointCloud2.
        * \param[in] file_name the name of the file containing the actual PointCloud data
        * \param[out] cloud the resultant PointCloud message read from disk
        * \param[out] origin the sensor acquisition origin (only for > FILE_V7 - null if not present)
        * \param[out] orientation the sensor acquisition orientation (only for > FILE_V7 - identity if not present)
        * \param[out] file_version the FILE version of the file (either FILE_V6 or FILE_V7)
        * \param[in] offset the offset in the file where to expect the true header to begin.
        * One usage example for setting the offset parameter is for reading
        * data from a TAR "archive containing multiple files: TAR files always
        * add a 512 byte header in front of the actual file, so set the offset
        * to the next byte after the header (e.g., 513).
        */
      virtual int
      read (const std::string &file_name, pcl::PCLPointCloud2 &cloud,
            Eigen::Vector4f &origin, Eigen::Quaternionf &orientation, int &file_version,
            const int offset = 0);

      /** \brief Set the ascii file point fields.
        */
      template<typename PointT>
      void setInputFields ();

      /** \brief Set the ascii file point fields using a list of fields.
        * \param[in] fields  is a list of point fields, in order, in the input ascii file
        */
      void 
      setInputFields (const std::vector<pcl::PCLPointField>& fields);


      /** \brief Set the ascii file point fields using a point type.
        * \param[in] p  a point type
        */
      template<typename PointT>
      PCL_DEPRECATED ("Use setInputFields<PointT> () instead")
      inline void setInputFields (const PointT p)
      {
        (void) p;
        setInputFields<PointT> ();
      }


      /** \brief Set the Separting characters for the ascii point fields 2.
        * \param[in] chars string of separating characters
        *  Sets the separating characters for the point fields.  The
        *  default separating characters are " \n\t,"
        */
      void 
      setSepChars (const std::string &chars);

      /** \brief Set the extension of the ascii point file type.
        * \param[in] ext   extension (example :  ".txt" or ".xyz" )
        */
      void 
      setExtension (const std::string &ext) { extension_ = ext; }

    protected:
      std::string sep_chars_;
      std::string extension_;
      std::vector<pcl::PCLPointField> fields_;
      std::string name_;


      /** \brief Parses token based on field type.
        * \param[in] token   string representation of point fields
        * \param[in] field   token point field type
        * \param[out] data_target  address that the point field data should be assigned to
        *  returns the size of the parsed point field in bytes
        */
      int 
      parse (const std::string& token, const pcl::PCLPointField& field, uint8_t* data_target);

      /** \brief Returns the size in bytes of a point field type.
        * \param[in] type   point field type
        *  returns the size of the type in bytes
        */
      uint32_t 
      typeSize (int type);
	};
}




#include <pcl/io/impl/ascii_io.hpp>

#endif    // PCL_IO_ASCII_IO_H_
