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/*
Bullet Continuous Collision Detection and Physics Library
Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Erwin Coumans  http://bulletphysics.com

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*/

#ifndef THREAD_SUPPORT_INTERFACE_H
#define THREAD_SUPPORT_INTERFACE_H


//#include <LinearMath/btScalar.h> //for uint32_t etc.
#include "PlatformDefinitions.h"

class btThreadSupportInterface
{
public:

        virtual ~btThreadSupportInterface();

///send messages to SPUs
        virtual void sendRequest(uint32_t uiCommand, uint32_t uiArgument0, uint32_t uiArgument1) =0;

///check for messages from SPUs
        virtual void waitForResponse(unsigned int *puiArgument0, unsigned int *puiArgument1) =0;

///start the spus (can be called at the beginning of each frame, to make sure that the right SPU program is loaded)
        virtual void startSPU() =0;

///tell the task scheduler we are done with the SPU tasks
        virtual void stopSPU()=0;

        ///tell the task scheduler to use no more than numTasks tasks
        virtual void    setNumTasks(int numTasks)=0;

};

#endif //THREAD_SUPPORT_INTERFACE_H