// Created on: 1993-03-10
// Created by: JCV
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// Copyright (c) 1999-2014 OPEN CASCADE SAS
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#ifndef _Geom_BoundedCurve_HeaderFile
#define _Geom_BoundedCurve_HeaderFile

#include <Standard.hxx>
#include <Standard_Type.hxx>

#include <Geom_Curve.hxx>
class gp_Pnt;

//! The abstract class BoundedCurve describes the
//! common behavior of bounded curves in 3D space. A
//! bounded curve is limited by two finite values of the
//! parameter, termed respectively "first parameter" and
//! "last parameter". The "first parameter" gives the "start
//! point" of the bounded curve, and the "last parameter"
//! gives the "end point" of the bounded curve.
//! The length of a bounded curve is finite.
//! The Geom package provides three concrete classes of bounded curves:
//! - two frequently used mathematical formulations of complex curves:
//! - Geom_BezierCurve,
//! - Geom_BSplineCurve, and
//! - Geom_TrimmedCurve to trim a curve, i.e. to only
//! take part of the curve limited by two values of the
//! parameter of the basis curve.
class Geom_BoundedCurve : public Geom_Curve
{

public:
  //! Returns the end point of the curve.
  Standard_EXPORT virtual gp_Pnt EndPoint() const = 0;

  //! Returns the start point of the curve.
  Standard_EXPORT virtual gp_Pnt StartPoint() const = 0;

  //! Dumps the content of me into the stream
  Standard_EXPORT void DumpJson(Standard_OStream& theOStream, int theDepth = -1) const override;

  DEFINE_STANDARD_RTTIEXT(Geom_BoundedCurve, Geom_Curve)
};

#endif // _Geom_BoundedCurve_HeaderFile
