itkCreateObjectFunction.h

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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkCreateObjectFunction.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2007-01-26 14:28:44 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.24 $

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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 
     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.

=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkCreateObjectFunction_h
#define __itkCreateObjectFunction_h

#include "itkObject.h"

namespace itk
{

class CreateObjectFunctionBase: public Object
{
public:
  typedef CreateObjectFunctionBase  Self;
  typedef Object                    Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>        Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>  ConstPointer;

  virtual SmartPointer<LightObject> CreateObject() = 0;

protected:
  CreateObjectFunctionBase() {}
  ~CreateObjectFunctionBase() {}
  
private:
  CreateObjectFunctionBase(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented  
};


template <class T>
class CreateObjectFunction : public CreateObjectFunctionBase
{
public:
  typedef CreateObjectFunction  Self;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>    Pointer;

  itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self);
  LightObject::Pointer CreateObject() { return T::New().GetPointer(); }

protected:
  CreateObjectFunction() {}
  ~CreateObjectFunction() {}
  
private:
  CreateObjectFunction(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
};

} // end namespace itk

#endif

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