chain.hpp

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// Copyright  (C)  2007  Ruben Smits <ruben dot smits at mech dot kuleuven dot be>
 
// Version: 1.0
// Author: Ruben Smits <ruben dot smits at mech dot kuleuven dot be>
// Maintainer: Ruben Smits <ruben dot smits at mech dot kuleuven dot be>
// URL: http://www.orocos.org/kdl
 
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#ifndef KDL_CHAIN_HPP
#define KDL_CHAIN_HPP
 
#include "segment.hpp"
#include <string>
#include <Eigen/StdVector>
 
namespace KDL {
    class Chain {
    private:
        // Eigen allocator is needed for alignment of Eigen data types
        std::vector<Segment, Eigen::aligned_allocator<Segment> > segments;
        unsigned int nrOfJoints;
        unsigned int nrOfSegments;
    public:
        Chain();
        Chain(const Chain& in);
        Chain& operator = (const Chain& arg);
 
        void addSegment(const Segment& segment);
        void addChain(const Chain& chain);
 
        unsigned int getNrOfJoints()const {return nrOfJoints;};
        unsigned int getNrOfSegments()const {return nrOfSegments;};
 
        const Segment& getSegment(unsigned int nr)const;
 
        virtual ~Chain();
    };
 
 
 
}//end of namespace KDL
 
#endif