itkImageContainerInterface.h

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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkImageContainerInterface.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008-10-17 01:41:59 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.11 $

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  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.

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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkImageContainerInterface_h
#define __itkImageContainerInterface_h

#include "itkObject.h"

namespace itk
{

template <typename TElementIdentifier, typename TElement>
class ITK_EXPORT ImageContainerInterface: public Object
{
public:
  typedef ImageContainerInterface       Self;
  typedef Object                        Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>            Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>      ConstPointer;

  itkTypeMacro(ImageContainerInterface, Object);

  typedef TElementIdentifier  ElementIdentifier;
  typedef TElement            Element;

  virtual TElement & operator[](const ElementIdentifier)=0;

  virtual const TElement & operator[](const ElementIdentifier) const =0;

  virtual TElement *GetBufferPointer()=0;

  virtual unsigned long Size(void) const =0;

  virtual void Reserve(ElementIdentifier)=0;

  virtual void Squeeze(void)=0;

};

} // end namespace itk

#endif