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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkBasicErodeImageFilter.txx,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2004/04/30 21:02:03 $
  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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     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.

=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkBasicErodeImageFilter_txx
#define __itkBasicErodeImageFilter_txx

#include "itkBasicErodeImageFilter.h"

namespace itk {

template<class TInputImage, class TOutputImage, class TKernel>
BasicErodeImageFilter<TInputImage, TOutputImage, TKernel>
::BasicErodeImageFilter()
{
  m_ErodeBoundaryCondition.SetConstant( NumericTraits<PixelType>::max() );
  this->OverrideBoundaryCondition( &m_ErodeBoundaryCondition );
}

template<class TInputImage, class TOutputImage, class TKernel>
typename BasicErodeImageFilter<TInputImage, TOutputImage, TKernel>::PixelType
BasicErodeImageFilter<TInputImage, TOutputImage, TKernel>
::Evaluate(const NeighborhoodIteratorType &nit,
           const KernelIteratorType kernelBegin,
           const KernelIteratorType kernelEnd)
{
  unsigned int i;
  PixelType min = NumericTraits<PixelType>::max() ;
  PixelType temp;

  KernelIteratorType kernel_it;

  for (i=0, kernel_it=kernelBegin; kernel_it<kernelEnd; ++kernel_it, ++i)
    {
    // if structuring element is positive, use the pixel under that element
    // in the image
    if (*kernel_it > 0)
      {
      // note we use GetPixel() on the NeighborhoodIterator in order
      // to respect boundary conditions.
      temp = nit.GetPixel(i);

      if (temp < min)
        min = temp ;
      }
    }
  
  return min ;
} 
  
}// end namespace itk
#endif