itkVariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter.h

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/*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Variable Length Vector Image File Writer
 
 Copyright (c) Pew-Thian Yap. All rights reserved.
 See http://www.unc.edu/~ptyap/ for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
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 =========================================================================*/

#ifndef __itkVariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter_h
#define __itkVariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter_h

#include "itkProcessObject.h"
#include "itkExceptionObject.h"
#include "itkImage.h"
#include "itkImageFileWriter.h"

namespace itk
{

template <class TInputImage>
class ITKIOImageBase_HIDDEN VariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter : public ProcessObject
{
public:
  typedef VariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter     Self;
  typedef ProcessObject                           Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>                      Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>                ConstPointer;

  itkNewMacro(Self);

  itkTypeMacro(VariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter, ProcessObject);

  itkStaticConstMacro(ImageDimension, unsigned int, TInputImage::ImageDimension);

  typedef TInputImage                                            InputImageType;
  typedef typename InputImageType::Pointer                       InputImagePointer;
  typedef typename InputImageType::RegionType                    InputImageRegionType; 
  typedef typename InputImageType::SizeType                      InputImageSizeType; 
  typedef typename InputImageType::SpacingType                   InputImageSpacingType;
  typedef typename InputImageType::PointType                     InputImagePointType;
  typedef typename InputImageType::DirectionType                 InputImageDirectionType;
  typedef typename InputImageType::PixelType                     InputImagePixelType;
  typedef typename InputImageType::ValueType                     InputImageValueType;
  typedef typename InputImageType::PixelContainer                InputImagePixelContainerType;  
  typedef typename InputImageType::PixelContainer::Pointer       InputImagePixelContainerPointerType;  
//  typedef typename InputImageType::PixelContainer::PixelMapType  InputImagePixelMapType;
//  typedef typename InputImagePixelMapType::iterator              InputImagePixelMapIteratorType;
  
  using Superclass::SetInput;
  void SetInput(const InputImageType *input);
  const InputImageType * GetInput(void);
  const InputImageType * GetInput(unsigned int idx);
  
  itkSetStringMacro(FileName);
  itkGetStringMacro(FileName);
  
  virtual void Write(void);

  virtual void Update()
    {
    this->Write();
    }

  itkSetMacro(UseCompression, bool);
  itkGetConstReferenceMacro(UseCompression, bool);
  itkBooleanMacro(UseCompression);

//  itkSetMacro(UseInputMetaDataDictionary,bool);
//  itkGetConstReferenceMacro(UseInputMetaDataDictionary,bool);
//  itkBooleanMacro(UseInputMetaDataDictionary);


protected:
  VariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter();
  ~VariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter();
  void PrintSelf(std::ostream& os, Indent indent) const;

  typedef unsigned int LengthType;
  typedef Image<LengthType, ImageDimension> LengthImageType;
  typedef Image<typename InputImagePixelType::ValueType, 1> ValueImageType;
  typedef typename LengthImageType::Pointer LengthImagePointer;
  typedef typename ValueImageType::Pointer ValueImagePointer;
    
  LengthImagePointer m_LengthImage;
  ValueImagePointer m_ValueImage;

  typedef itk::ImageFileWriter<LengthImageType> LengthImageFileWriterType;
  typedef itk::ImageFileWriter<ValueImageType> ValueImageFileWriterType;
  
  typename LengthImageFileWriterType::Pointer m_LengthImageFileWriter;
  typename ValueImageFileWriterType::Pointer m_ValueImageFileWriter;

  void GenerateData(void);


private:
  VariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented

  std::string        m_FileName;
  
  bool m_UseCompression;
//  bool m_UseInputMetaDataDictionary;        // whether to use the
                                            // MetaDataDictionary from the
                                            // input or not.  
};

  
} // end namespace itk
  
#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#include "itkVariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter.hxx"
#endif

#endif // __itkVariableLengthVectorImageFileWriter_h