/** 
* @file ConverterNICEToMatlab.h
* @author Alexander Freytag
* @brief Several methods for converting NICE containers into Matlab data (Interface)
* @date 15-01-2014 ( dd-mm-yyyy)
*/
#ifndef _NICE_CONVERTERNICETOMATLABINCLUDE
#define _NICE_CONVERTERNICETOMATLABINCLUDE

// STL includes
#include "mex.h"

// NICE-core includes
#include <core/vector/MatrixT.h>
#include <core/vector/SparseVectorT.h>
#include <core/vector/VectorT.h>

namespace NICE {

 /** 
 * @class ConverterNICEToMatlab
 * @author Alexander Freytag
 * @brief Several methods for converting Matlab data into NICE containers
 */

class ConverterNICEToMatlab
{

  protected:
  
  public:

    /**
     * @brief Default constructor
     **/
    ConverterNICEToMatlab();

    /**
     *@brief Default destructor
     **/    
    ~ConverterNICEToMatlab();
  

    /**
     * @brief Convert a SparseVector into a Matlab 1xD sparse matrix
     * @author Alexander Freytag
     * @date 15-01-2014 ( dd-mm-yyyy)
     *
     * @param niceSvec a NIC::SparseVector
     * @param b_adaptIndexCtoM if true, dim k will be inserted as k, not as k+1 (which would be the default for C->M) Defaults to false.
     * @return mxArray*
     **/
    mxArray* convertSparseVectorFromNice( const NICE::SparseVector & niceSvec, const bool & b_adaptIndexCtoM = false ) const;

    /**
     * @brief Convert a NICE::Matrix into a full Matlab MxD matrix
     * @author Alexander Freytag
     * @date 15-01-2014 ( dd-mm-yyyy)
     *
     * @param niceMatrix a NICE::Matrix
     * @return mxArray*
     **/
    mxArray* convertMatrixFromNice( const NICE::Matrix & niceMatrix ) const;
    
    /**
     * @brief Convert a NICE::Vector into a full Matlab 1xD matrix
     * @author Alexander Freytag
     * @date 15-01-2014 ( dd-mm-yyyy)
     *
     * @param niceVector a NICE::Vector
     * @return mxArray*
     **/
    
    mxArray* convertVectorFromNice( const NICE::Vector & niceVector ) const;

};

}

#endif