#ifndef _particle_hh_
  #define _particle_hh_
  #include "time.hh"
  #include <GL/gl.h>
  #include <GL/glu.h>
  #include "misc.hh"
  #include "landscape.hh"

class Particle
{
protected:
  float size;
  float x, y, z;
  float speedX, speedY, speedZ;
  float timeLeft;
  float timeDec;
  float color[3];
  float colorDec[3];

public:

  static GLuint tex;
  static GLuint cList;

  static void buildList();

  virtual void draw();


  Particle( GLfloat _size, GLfloat _x, GLfloat _y, GLfloat _z, GLfloat _colorR, GLfloat _colorG, GLfloat _colorB,
       GLfloat _colorRend, GLfloat _colorGend, GLfloat _colorBend, GLfloat _speedX, GLfloat _speedY,
       GLfloat _speedZ, GLfloat _timeDec );

  virtual ~Particle();

  bool alive();

  void move();
};






/* Functor for destoring particles as they die */
class ParticleEraser
{
public:
  bool operator() ( Particle * p )
  {
    p->move();
    if ( !p->alive() )
    { //particles thinks it has  done it's work clean up
      delete p;
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }

};

#endif /* _particle_hh_ */