Added more osg::Object::as*() methods and usage of these through the code base to avoid use of dynamic_cast<> when using UpdateVisitor/CullVisitor/EventVIisitor etc.

include/osg/Object

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class Node;
 class NodeVisitor;
 class StateAttribute;
 class Uniform;
+class Drawable;
+class Camera;
 class Callback;
 class CallbackObject;
 
@@ -136,6 +138,14 @@ class OSG_EXPORT Object : public Referenced
           * Equivalent to dynamic_cast<const Uniform*>(this).*/
         virtual const Uniform* asUniform() const { return 0; }
 
+        /** Convert 'this' into a Camera pointer if Node is a Camera, otherwise return 0.
+          * Equivalent to dynamic_cast<Camera*>(this).*/
+        virtual Camera* asCamera() { return 0; }
+        
+        /** convert 'const this' into a const Camera pointer if Node is a Camera, otherwise return 0.
+          * Equivalent to dynamic_cast<const Camera*>(this).*/
+        virtual const Camera* asCamera() const { return 0; }
+
         /** Convert 'this' into a Drawable pointer if Object is a Drawable, otherwise return 0.
           * Equivalent to dynamic_cast<Drawable*>(this).*/
         virtual Drawable* asDrawable() { return 0; }