itkTransformBase.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkTransformBase.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008-06-29 12:58:58 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.7 $

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#ifndef __itkTransformBase_h
#define __itkTransformBase_h

#include "itkObject.h"
#include "itkPoint.h"
#include "itkVector.h"
#include "itkCovariantVector.h"
#include "vnl/vnl_vector_fixed.h"
#include "itkArray.h"
#include "itkArray2D.h"

#include "itkObjectFactory.h"

namespace itk
{
  
class ITK_EXPORT  TransformBase  : public Object
{
public:
  typedef TransformBase  Self;
  typedef Object Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer< Self >   Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer< const Self >  ConstPointer;

  typedef  Array< double >           ParametersType;

  itkTypeMacro( TransformBase, Object );

  virtual unsigned int GetNumberOfParameters(void) const = 0;

  virtual const ParametersType& GetParameters(void) const = 0;

  virtual unsigned int GetInputSpaceDimension(void) const = 0;

  virtual unsigned int GetOutputSpaceDimension(void) const = 0;

  virtual void SetParameters( const ParametersType & ) = 0;

  virtual void SetParametersByValue ( const ParametersType & p ) = 0;

  virtual void SetFixedParameters( const ParametersType & ) = 0;

  virtual const ParametersType& GetFixedParameters( ) const = 0;

  virtual std::string GetTransformTypeAsString() const = 0;

protected:
  TransformBase() {}; 
  virtual ~TransformBase() {};

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

};

} // end namespace itk

#endif