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+/*
+    This file is part of Mitsuba, a physically based rendering system.
+
+    Copyright (c) 2007-2011 by Wenzel Jakob and others.
+
+    Mitsuba is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3
+    as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+    Mitsuba is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#if !defined(__MTSPY_H)
+#define __MTSPY_H
+
+#include <mitsuba/mitsuba.h>
+
+namespace boost {
+	namespace python {
+		template <typename T> T* get_pointer(mitsuba::ref<T> & p) {
+			return p.get();
+		}
+		template <typename T> const T* get_pointer(const mitsuba::ref<T> & p) {
+			return p.get();
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#include <boost/python.hpp>
+
+namespace bp = boost::python;
+
+/* Support ref<..> smart pointers */
+namespace boost {
+	namespace python {
+		template <typename T> struct pointee< mitsuba::ref<T> > {
+			typedef T type;
+		};	
+	}
+}
+
+template <typename T> void registerClass() {
+	boost::python::register_ptr_to_python< mitsuba::ref<T> >();
+}
+
+
+#endif /* __MTSPY_H */
+