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+// Copyright (c) 2008 Max-Planck-Institute Saarbruecken (Germany), 
+// and Tel-Aviv University (Israel).  All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org); you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 of the License.
+// See the file LICENSE.LGPL distributed with CGAL.
+//
+// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
+// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
+//
+// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
+// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+//
+// $URL$
+// $Id$
+//
+//
+// Author(s)     : Eric Berberich <eric@mpi-inf.mpg.de>
+
+#ifndef CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_D_CONSTRUCT_POLYNOMIAL_FOR_QUADRIC_3
+#define CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_D_CONSTRUCT_POLYNOMIAL_FOR_QUADRIC_3 1
+
+/*!\file include/CGAL/Algebraic_kernel_d/Construct_polynomial_for_quadric_3.h
+ * \brief Class that defines functor
+ * Construct_polynomial_for_quadric_3
+ */
+
+#include <CGAL/config.h>
+
+#include <CGAL/Polynomial.h>
+#include <CGAL/Polynomial_traits_d.h>
+
+CGAL_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+/*!\brief Offers different possibilities to construct the defining
+ * polynomial for a quadric (canonicalized version)
+ */
+template < typename Coefficient_ >
+class Construct_polynomial_for_quadric_3 {
+
+public:
+    //! type of coefficient
+    typedef Coefficient_ Coefficient;
+
+    //! type of univariate polynonomial
+    typedef CGAL::Polynomial< Coefficient > Poly_coeff_1;
+    //! type of univariate polynonomial
+    typedef CGAL::Polynomial< Poly_coeff_1 > Poly_coeff_2;
+    //! type of univariate polynonomial
+    typedef CGAL::Polynomial< Poly_coeff_2 > Poly_coeff_3;
+
+    //! type of result
+    typedef Poly_coeff_3 result_type;
+
+private:
+
+    /*! \brief
+     * constructs the trivariate polynomial of a quadric from ten coefficients
+     *
+     * \f[ f = Ax^2 + Bxy + Cxz + Dy^2 + Eyz + Fz^2 + Gx + Hy + Kz + L \f]
+     */
+    Poly_coeff_3 _polynomial_from_coefficients(
+            const Coefficient &a, 
+            const Coefficient &b, 
+            const Coefficient &c, 
+            const Coefficient &d, 
+            const Coefficient &e, 
+            const Coefficient &f, 
+            const Coefficient &g, 
+            const Coefficient &h, 
+            const Coefficient &k, 
+            const Coefficient &l) {
+        
+        Poly_coeff_1 p00(l, g, a);
+        Poly_coeff_1 p01(h, b);
+        Poly_coeff_1 p02(d);
+        
+        Poly_coeff_1 p10(k,c);
+        Poly_coeff_1 p11(e);
+        
+        Poly_coeff_1 p20(f);
+        
+        Poly_coeff_2 p0(p00,p01,p02);
+        Poly_coeff_2 p1(p10,p11);
+        Poly_coeff_2 p2(p20);
+        
+        Poly_coeff_3 ret(p0,p1,p2);
+        
+        return ret;
+    }
+    
+public:
+    
+    //!\brief return a_0z^0 + a_1z^1 + a_2^2
+    result_type operator()(const Poly_coeff_2& a_0, 
+                           const Poly_coeff_2& a_1, 
+                           const Poly_coeff_2& a_2) {
+        CGAL_precondition(CGAL::total_degree(a_0) <= 2);
+        CGAL_precondition(CGAL::total_degree(a_0) <= 1);
+        CGAL_precondition(CGAL::total_degree(a_0) == 0);
+        Poly_coeff_3 poly(a_0,a_1,a_2);
+        // TODO replace with non-CGALi-version
+        Poly_coeff_3 ret = CGAL::CGALi::canonicalize_polynomial(poly);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /*!\brief constructs from 10 coefficients.
+     *
+     * \f[ f = Ax^2 + Bxy + Cxz + Dy^2 + Eyz + Fz^2 + Gx + Hy + Kz + L \f]
+     */
+    result_type operator()(const Coefficient& a, 
+                           const Coefficient& b, 
+                           const Coefficient& c,
+                           const Coefficient& d, 
+                           const Coefficient& e, 
+                           const Coefficient& f,
+                           const Coefficient& g, 
+                           const Coefficient& h, 
+                           const Coefficient& k,
+                           const Coefficient& l) {
+        Poly_coeff_3 poly = 
+            _polynomial_from_coefficients(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,k,l);
+        // TODO replace with non-CGALi-version
+        Poly_coeff_3 ret = CGAL::CGALi::canonicalize_polynomial(poly);
+        return ret;
+    }
+    
+    // TODO from string
+    
+    // TODO from stream
+    
+};
+
+CGAL_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_D_CONSTRUCT_POLYNOMIAL_FOR_QUADRIC_3
+// EOF