/**
* The normal base element constructor needs an id for the element
* as soon as it is made, and puts the element onto the elementList.
* This function is called on all nodes, so it must handle cases where
* there are gaps between the previous and current id assigned to this
* node. Those gaps are referred to the master node by default.
* This checks if an id is already in use.
*/
Element::Element( Id id )
: id_( id )
{
id.setElement( this );
/*
assert( id < MAX_ID );
assert( id() == 0 );
unsigned int prevSize = elementList().size();
if ( id > prevSize ) {
elementList().resize( id + 1 );
for ( unsigned int i = prevSize; i < id; i++ )
elementList()[ i ] = UNKNOWN_NODE;
} else {
assert( elementList()[ id ] == 0 ) ; // Do not overwrite.
}
elementList()[ id ] = this;
*/
}
