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[Eric Berberich <>]

On 7/25/12 9:42 AM, Op3rAtor wrote:
> Thanks for your replay, but i'm searching for a solution which is able to
> notifiy other algorithms (not in cgal) about changes within a mesh thus they
> dont need to handle always the whole mesh.
> I'm currently working on a solution for this problem.. maybe someone has the
> same issue. I think an event-based solution supported by cgal would be
> interessting.

Sounds like the observer pattern [1]. I know it's implemented for CGAL 
arrangements which notifies other parts on structural changes of the 
arrangement.

I do not know whether it's done for meshes (or can easily be done).

eriC

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_pattern