itkImageContainerInterface.h

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#ifndef __itkImageContainerInterface_h
#define __itkImageContainerInterface_h

#include "itkObject.h"

namespace itk
{
template< typename TElementIdentifier, typename TElement >
class 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 ElementIdentifier Size(void) const = 0;

  virtual void Reserve(ElementIdentifier) = 0;

  virtual void Squeeze(void) = 0;
};
} // end namespace itk

#endif