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itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage > Class Template Reference
[Image Iterators]

Multi-dimensional image iterator. More...

#include <itkImageReverseConstIterator.h>

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 ImageReverseConstIterator (ImageType *ptr, const RegionType &region)
 ImageReverseConstIterator (const ImageConstIterator< TImage > &it)
Selfoperator= (const Self &it)
Selfoperator= (const ImageConstIterator< TImage > &it)
bool operator!= (const Self &it) const
unsigned int GetImageIteratorDimension ()

Public Types

typedef ImageReverseConstIterator Self
typedef TImage::IndexType IndexType
typedef TImage::IndexValueType IndexValueType
typedef TImage::SizeType SizeType
typedef TImage::SizeValueType SizeValueType
typedef TImage::OffsetType OffsetType
typedef TImage::OffsetValueType OffsetValueType
typedef TImage::RegionType RegionType
typedef TImage ImageType
typedef TImage::PixelContainer PixelContainer
typedef PixelContainer::Pointer PixelContainerPointer
typedef TImage::InternalPixelType InternalPixelType
typedef TImage::PixelType PixelType
typedef TImage::AccessorType AccessorType

Public Methods

 itkStaticConstMacro (ImageIteratorDimension, unsigned int, TImage::ImageDimension)
virtual ~ImageReverseConstIterator ()
 ImageReverseConstIterator (const Self &it)
const IndexType GetIndex ()
virtual void SetIndex (const IndexType &ind)
const RegionTypeGetRegion () const
PixelTypeGet (void) const
void Set (const PixelType &value) const
const PixelTypeValue (void) const
PixelTypeValue (void)
Self Begin () const
void GoToBegin ()
Self End () const
void GoToEnd ()
bool IsAtBegin ()
bool IsAtEnd ()
 ImageReverseConstIterator ()
bool operator== (const Self &it) const

Protected Attributes

ImageType::ConstPointer m_Image
RegionType m_Region
unsigned long m_Offset
unsigned long m_BeginOffset
unsigned long m_EndOffset
const InternalPixelTypem_Buffer
AccessorType m_PixelAccessor

Detailed Description

template<typename TImage>
class itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >

Multi-dimensional image iterator.

ImageReverseConstIterator is a templated class to represent a multi-dimensional iterator. ImageReverseConstIterator is templated over the dimension of the image and the data type of the image.

ImageReverseConstIterator is a base class for all the reverse image iterators. It provides the basic construction and comparison operations. However, it does not provide mechanisms for moving the iterator. A subclass of ImageReverseConstIterator must be used to move the iterator.

ImageReverseConstIterator is a multi-dimensional iterator, requiring more information be specified before the iterator can be used than conventional iterators. Whereas the std::vector::iterator from the STL only needs to be passed a pointer to establish the iterator, the multi-dimensional image iterator needs a pointer, the size of the buffer, the size of the region, the start index of the buffer, and the start index of the region. To gain access to this information, ImageReverseConstIterator holds a reference to the image over which it is traversing.

ImageReverseConstIterator assumes a particular layout of the image data. In particular, the data is arranged in a 1D array as if it were [][][][slice][row][col] with Index[0] = col, Index[1] = row, Index[2] = slice, etc.

Definition at line 60 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.


Member Typedef Documentation

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::AccessorType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::AccessorType
 

Accessor type that convert data between internal and external representations.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 104 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IsAtEnd().

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageType
 

Image typedef support.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 88 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::IndexType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IndexType
 

Index typedef support.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 73 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator=().

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::IndexValueType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IndexValueType
 

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 74 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::InternalPixelType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::InternalPixelType
 

Internal Pixel Type

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 97 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IsAtEnd().

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::OffsetType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::OffsetType
 

Offset typedef support.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 81 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::OffsetValueType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::OffsetValueType
 

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 82 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::PixelContainer itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::PixelContainer
 

PixelContainer typedef support. Used to refer to the container for the pixel data. While this was already typdef'ed in the superclass it needs to be redone here for this subclass to compile properly with gcc.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 93 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
typedef PixelContainer::Pointer itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::PixelContainerPointer
 

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 94 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::PixelType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::PixelType
 

External Pixel Type

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 100 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Get(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SetIndex().

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::RegionType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::RegionType
 

Region typedef support.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 85 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator().

template<typename TImage>
typedef ImageReverseConstIterator itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Self
 

Standard class typedefs.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 63 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::SizeType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SizeType
 

Size typedef support.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 77 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator=().

template<typename TImage>
typedef TImage::SizeValueType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SizeValueType
 

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 78 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<typename TImage>
itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator   [inline]
 

Default Constructor. Need to provide a default constructor since we provide a copy constructor.

Definition at line 108 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_BeginOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_EndOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_PixelAccessor.

template<typename TImage>
virtual itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::~ImageReverseConstIterator   [inline, virtual]
 

Default Destructor.

Definition at line 119 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator const Self   it [inline]
 

Copy Constructor. The copy constructor is provided to make sure the handle to the image is properly reference counted.

Definition at line 123 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_BeginOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_EndOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Image, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_PixelAccessor, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Region.

template<typename TImage>
itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator ImageType   ptr,
const RegionType   region
[inline]
 

Constructor establishes an iterator to walk a particular image and a particular region of that image.

Definition at line 138 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IndexType, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_BeginOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_EndOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Image, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_PixelAccessor, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Region, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::RegionType, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SizeType.

template<typename TImage>
itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator const ImageConstIterator< TImage > &    it [inline]
 

Constructor that can be used to cast from an ImageConstIterator to an ImageRegionReverseIterator. Many routines return an ImageConstIterator but for a particular task, you may want an ImageRegionReverseIterator. Rather than provide overloaded APIs that return different types of Iterators, itk returns ImageConstIterators and uses constructors to cast from an ImageConstIterator to a ImageRegionReverseIterator.

Definition at line 171 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IndexType, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_EndOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Image, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Region, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SizeType.


Member Function Documentation

template<typename TImage>
Self itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Begin   const
 

Return an iterator for the beginning of the region. "Begin" for a reverse iterator is the last pixel in the region.

Deprecated:
Use GoToBegin() instead

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >.

template<typename TImage>
Self itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::End   const
 

Return an iterator for the end of the region. "End" for a reverse iterator is one pixel before the first pixel in the region.

Deprecated:
Use GoToEnd() instead

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >.

template<typename TImage>
PixelType& itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Get void    const [inline]
 

Get the pixel value

Definition at line 336 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::PixelType.

template<typename TImage>
unsigned int itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::GetImageIteratorDimension   [inline, static]
 

Get the dimension (size) of the index.

Definition at line 243 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
const IndexType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::GetIndex void    [inline]
 

Get the index. This provides a read only reference to the index. This causes the index to be calculated from pointer arithmetic and is therefore an expensive operation.

See also:
SetIndex

Definition at line 321 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
const RegionType& itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::GetRegion   const [inline]
 

Get the region that this iterator walks. ImageReverseConstIterators know the beginning and the end of the region of the image to iterate over.

Definition at line 332 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
void itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::GoToBegin void    [inline]
 

Move an iterator to the beginning of the region. "Begin" for a reverse iterator is the last pixel in the region.

Definition at line 362 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
void itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::GoToEnd void    [inline]
 

Move an iterator to the end of the region. "End" for a reverse iterator is defined as one pixel before the first pixel in the region.

Definition at line 374 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
bool itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IsAtBegin void    [inline]
 

Is the iterator at the beginning of the (reverse) region? "Begin" for a reverse iterator is the last pixel in the region.

Definition at line 381 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
bool itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IsAtEnd void    [inline]
 

Is the iterator at the end of the (reverse) region? "End" for a reverse iterator is one pixel before the first pixel in the region.

Definition at line 388 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::AccessorType, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::InternalPixelType, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_BeginOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_EndOffset, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_PixelAccessor.

template<typename TImage>
itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::itkStaticConstMacro ImageIteratorDimension   ,
unsigned    int,
TImage::ImageDimension   
 

Dimension of the image the iterator walks. This constant is needed so functions that are templated over image iterator type (as opposed to being templated over pixel type and dimension) can have compile time access to the dimension of the image that the iterator walks.

template<typename TImage>
bool itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator!= const Self   it const [inline]
 

Comparison operator. Two iterators are the same if they "point to" the same memory location

Definition at line 249 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
Self& itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator= const ImageConstIterator< TImage > &    it [inline]
 

operator= is provided to make sure the handle to the image is properly reference counted.

Definition at line 214 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IndexType, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_EndOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Image, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Region, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SizeType.

template<typename TImage>
Self& itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator= const Self   it [inline]
 

operator= is provided to make sure the handle to the image is properly reference counted.

Definition at line 199 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_BeginOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_EndOffset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_PixelAccessor, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Region.

template<typename TImage>
bool itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator== const Self   it const [inline]
 

Comparison operator. Two iterators are the same if they "point to" the same memory location

Definition at line 259 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset.

template<typename TImage>
void itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Set const PixelType   value const [inline]
 

Set the pixel value

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 340 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

template<typename TImage>
virtual void itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SetIndex const IndexType   ind [inline, virtual]
 

Set the index. No bounds checking is performed.

See also:
GetIndex

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 326 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset, itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_PixelAccessor, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::PixelType.

template<typename TImage>
PixelType& itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Value void    [inline]
 

Return a reference to the pixel This method will provide the fastest access to pixel data, but it will NOT support ImageAdaptors.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >, and itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >.

Definition at line 352 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

References itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_BeginOffset, and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset.

template<typename TImage>
const PixelType& itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Value void    const [inline]
 

Return a const reference to the pixel This method will provide the fastest access to pixel data, but it will NOT support ImageAdaptors.

Definition at line 346 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.


Member Data Documentation

template<typename TImage>
unsigned long itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_BeginOffset [protected]
 

Definition at line 398 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IsAtEnd(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator=(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Value().

template<typename TImage>
const InternalPixelType* itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Buffer [protected]
 

Definition at line 401 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Get(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IsAtEnd(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator=(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator==(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SetIndex().

template<typename TImage>
unsigned long itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_EndOffset [protected]
 

Definition at line 399 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IsAtEnd(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator=().

template<typename TImage>
ImageType::ConstPointer itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Image [protected]
 

Definition at line 394 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator++(), itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator--(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator=().

template<typename TImage>
unsigned long itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Offset [protected]
 

Definition at line 397 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Get(), itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator++(), itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator--(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator=(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator==(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SetIndex(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::Value().

template<typename TImage>
AccessorType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_PixelAccessor [protected]
 

Definition at line 403 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::IsAtEnd(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator=(), itk::ImageReverseIterator< TImage >::Set(), itk::ImageRegionReverseIterator< TImage >::Set(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::SetIndex().

template<typename TImage>
RegionType itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::m_Region [protected]
 

Definition at line 395 of file itkImageReverseConstIterator.h.

Referenced by itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::ImageReverseConstIterator(), itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator++(), itk::ImageRegionReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator--(), and itk::ImageReverseConstIterator< TImage >::operator=().


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