itkImageIOFactory.h

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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkImageIOFactory.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2007-03-22 14:28:51 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.13 $

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

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkImageIOFactory_h
#define __itkImageIOFactory_h

#include "itkObject.h"
#include "itkImageIOBase.h"

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

  itkTypeMacro(ImageIOFactory, Object);

  typedef ::itk::ImageIOBase::Pointer ImageIOBasePointer;

  typedef enum { ReadMode, WriteMode } FileModeType;

  static ImageIOBasePointer CreateImageIO(const char* path, FileModeType mode);

  static void RegisterBuiltInFactories();

protected:
  ImageIOFactory();
  ~ImageIOFactory();

private:
  ImageIOFactory(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  
};
  
  
} // end namespace itk

#endif