itkErrorFunctionBase.h

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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkErrorFunctionBase.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2009-01-24 21:33:49 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.4 $

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#ifndef __itkErrorFunctionBase_h
#define __itkErrorFunctionBase_h

#include "itkFunctionBase.h"

namespace itk
{
namespace Statistics
{

template<class TMeasurementVector, class TTargetVector>
class ErrorFunctionBase : public FunctionBase<TMeasurementVector, TTargetVector>
{
public:
  typedef ErrorFunctionBase                               Self;
  typedef FunctionBase<TMeasurementVector, TTargetVector> Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>                              Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>                        ConstPointer;

  itkTypeMacro(ErrorFunctionBase, FunctionBase);

  typedef TMeasurementVector ErrorVectorType;

  typedef TTargetVector OutputType;

  typedef Array<double> InternalVectorType;

  virtual OutputType Evaluate(const ErrorVectorType&) const = 0;

  virtual InternalVectorType EvaluateDerivative(const ErrorVectorType&) const = 0;

protected:

  ErrorFunctionBase(){};
  ~ErrorFunctionBase(){};

private:

  ErrorFunctionBase(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
};

} // end namespace itk
} // end namespace Statistics
#endif