Examples/IO/IOFactoryRegistration.cxx

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#include "itkImageFileReader.h"

// This example is a convinience program that lists all of the registered Image
// IO factories in the ITK build. If an ImageIO module is enabled, the
// corresponding IO factory will be automatically registered.
int main()
{
  const std::list<itk::ObjectFactoryBase *> & factories =
    itk::ObjectFactoryBase::GetRegisteredFactories();
  const std::size_t numFactories = factories.size();

  std::cout << numFactories << " Image IO factories registered:" << std::endl;

  if (!factories.empty() )
    {
    for (const auto & factory : factories)
      {
      std::istringstream iss( factory->GetDescription() );
      std::string        IOType;
      iss >> IOType; // the first word of the description
      std::cout << IOType << " ";
      }
    std::cout << std::endl;
    }
  else
    {
    std::cout << "Failed to load any factories" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}