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+// ============================================================================
+//
+// Copyright (c) 1997 The CGAL Consortium
+//
+// This software and related documentation is part of an INTERNAL release
+// of the Computational Geometry Algorithms Library (CGAL). It is not
+// intended for general use.
+//
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// release       :
+// release_date  :
+//
+// file          : Triangulation/include/CGAL/Triangulation_ds_handles_2.h
+// source        : $RCSfile$
+// revision      : $Revision$
+// revision_date : $Date$
+//
+// author(s)     : Mariette Yvinec
+//
+// coordinator   : Mariette Yvinec  < Mariette Yvinec@sophia.inria.fr>
+//
+// ============================================================================
+
+#ifndef CGAL_TRIANGULATION_DS_HANDLES_2_H
+#define CGAL_TRIANGULATION_DS_HANDLES_2_H
+
+#include <CGAL/Pointer.h>
+
+CGAL_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+// template <class Tds >
+// class Triangulation_face_iterator_2;
+
+// template <class Tds >
+// class Triangulation_face_circulator_2;
+
+// template <class Tds >
+// class Triangulation_vertex_iterator_2;
+
+template <class Gt, class Tds>
+class Triangulation_line_face_circulator_2;
+
+template <class Tds>
+class Triangulation_ds_face_handle_2
+  : public Pointer<typename Tds::Face> 
+{
+public:
+  typedef Triangulation_ds_face_handle_2<Tds>          Face_handle;
+  typedef Pointer<typename Tds::Face>                  Pointer_;
+  typedef typename Tds::Face                           Face;
+  typedef typename Tds::Face_iterator                  Face_iterator;
+  typedef typename Tds::Face_circulator                Face_circulator;
+  //typedef Triangulation_line_face_circulator_2<Gt,Tds> Line_face_circulator;
+
+  Triangulation_ds_face_handle_2()
+    : Pointer_(NULL)
+    {}
+
+  Triangulation_ds_face_handle_2( Face* p)
+    : Pointer_(p)
+    {}
+
+  Triangulation_ds_face_handle_2( const Face_handle& p)
+    : Pointer_(p.ptr())
+    {}
+
+  Triangulation_ds_face_handle_2(const Face_iterator& fit)
+    : Pointer_(&(*fit))
+    {}
+  
+  Triangulation_ds_face_handle_2(const Face_circulator& fc)
+    : Pointer_(&(*fc))
+    {}
+
+  template<class Gt>
+  Triangulation_ds_face_handle_2(
+	      const Triangulation_line_face_circulator_2<Gt,Tds>& lfc)
+    : Pointer_(lfc->handle())
+    {}
+
+  Face_handle& operator=(Face* p)
+    {
+      ptr() = p ;
+      return *this;
+    }
+    
+  Face_handle& operator=(const Face_handle& p)
+    {
+      ptr() = p.ptr();
+      return *this;
+    }
+};
+
+template <class Tds>
+class Triangulation_ds_vertex_handle_2
+  : public Pointer<typename Tds::Vertex > 
+{
+public:
+  typedef Triangulation_ds_vertex_handle_2<Tds>     Vertex_handle;
+  typedef Pointer< typename Tds::Vertex>            Pointer_;
+  typedef typename Tds::Vertex                      Vertex;
+  typedef typename Tds::Vertex_iterator             Vertex_iterator;
+  typedef typename Tds::Vertex_circulator           Vertex_circulator ;
+  
+  Triangulation_ds_vertex_handle_2()
+    : Pointer_(NULL)
+    {}
+
+  Triangulation_ds_vertex_handle_2( Vertex* p)
+    : Pointer_(p)
+    {}
+
+  Triangulation_ds_vertex_handle_2(const Vertex_handle& p)
+    : Pointer_(p.ptr())
+    {}
+
+  Triangulation_ds_vertex_handle_2(const Vertex_iterator& vit)
+    : Pointer_(&(*vit))
+    {}
+  
+  Triangulation_ds_vertex_handle_2(const Vertex_circulator& vc)
+    : Pointer_(&(*vc))
+    {}
+  
+  Vertex_handle& operator=(Vertex* p)
+    {
+        ptr() = p ;
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+  Vertex_handle& operator=(const Vertex_handle& p)
+    {
+        ptr() = p.ptr();
+        return *this;
+    }
+  
+ };
+
+CGAL_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif //CGAL_TRIANGULATION_DS_HANDLES_2_H