#ifndef COIN_SOWRITEREFCOUNTER_H
#define COIN_SOWRITEREFCOUNTER_H

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class SoWriterefCounterP;
class SoOutput;
class SoBase;
class SbString;

#ifndef COIN_INTERNAL
#error this is a private header file
#endif

#include <Inventor/SbBasic.h>
#include <Inventor/SbName.h>

class SoWriterefCounter {
public:
  static void initClass(void);
  
  static void setInstancePrefix(const SbString & s);
  
  static void create(SoOutput * out, SoOutput * copyfrom);
  static void destruct(SoOutput * out);

  static SoWriterefCounter * instance(SoOutput * out);

  SbBool shouldWrite(const SoBase * base) const;
  SbName getWriteName(const SoBase * base) const;
  SbBool hasMultipleWriteRefs(const SoBase * base) const;
  int getWriteref(const SoBase * base) const;
  void setWriteref(const SoBase * base, const int ref);
  void removeWriteref(const SoBase * base);
  void decrementWriteref(const SoBase * base);
  
  SbBool isInGraph(const SoBase * base) const;
  void setInGraph(const SoBase * base, const SbBool ingraph);
  void debugCleanup(void);
  
  enum RefId {
    // Reference id if we don't need to add a suffix to the node name
    NOSUFFIX = -2,
    // Reference id if no DEF instance of a node is written yet
    FIRSTWRITE = -1
  };

  int addReference(const SoBase * base);
  int findReference(const SoBase * base) const;
  void setReference(const SoBase * base, int refid);
  void removeSoBase2IdRef(const SoBase * base);

  static SbBool debugWriterefs(void);

protected:
  SoWriterefCounter(SoOutput * out, SoOutput * copyfrom);
  ~SoWriterefCounter();

private:
  void cleanup(void);

  SoWriterefCounterP * pimpl;

};

#endif // COIN_SOWRITERREFCOUNTER_H
