itkSingleValuedCostFunction.h

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  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkSingleValuedCostFunction.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2007-03-22 21:39:38 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.9 $

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#ifndef __itkSingleValuedCostFunction_h
#define __itkSingleValuedCostFunction_h

#include "itkCostFunction.h"
#include "itkArray.h"
#include "itkObjectFactory.h"
#include "itkNumericTraits.h"


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

  itkTypeMacro( SingleValuedCostFunction, CostFunction );

  typedef double                        MeasureType;

  typedef Array<double>                 DerivativeType;

  typedef Superclass::ParametersType         ParametersType;

  virtual MeasureType GetValue( const ParametersType & parameters ) const = 0;

  virtual void GetDerivative( const ParametersType & parameters,
                              DerivativeType & derivative ) const = 0;

  virtual void GetValueAndDerivative( const ParametersType & parameters,
                                      MeasureType & value,
                                      DerivativeType & derivative ) const 
    {
    value = this->GetValue( parameters );
    this->GetDerivative( parameters, derivative );
    }

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

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

};

} // end namespace itk

#endif