/*=============================================================================
  
  NOTE: THIS FILE IS A HANDMADE WRAPPER FOR THE ManagedITK PROJECT.

  Project:   ManagedITK
  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    itkManagedDataObject.cxx
  Language:  C++/CLI
  Author:    Dan Mueller
  Date:      $Date: 2007-09-01 06:17:25 +1000 (Sat, 01 Sep 2007) $
  Revision:  $Revision: 2 $

  Copyright (c) Queensland University of Technology (QUT) 2007.
  All rights reserved.
  
  Portions of this code are covered under the ITK and VTK copyright.
  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.
  See VTKCopyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/VTKCopyright.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.
  
=============================================================================*/

#pragma once
#pragma warning( disable : 4635 ) // Disable warnings about XML doc comments

#ifndef __itkManagedDataObject_cxx
#define __itkManagedDataObject_cxx

// Include some useful ManagedITK files
#include "itkManagedObject.cxx"

// Use some managed namespaces
#using <mscorlib.dll>
#using <System.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Diagnostics;
using namespace System::Collections::Generic;

namespace itk
{

///<summary>
///This class is a managed replacement for itk::DataObject.
///</summary>
///<remarks>
///A DataObject is an object that represents and provides access to data.
///ProcessObjects (i.e., filters) operate on input data objects,
///producing new data objects as output. ProcessObject and DataObject
///are connected together into data flow pipelines.
///</remarks>
public ref class itkDataObject abstract : itkObject
{

private:
	String^ m_Name;

protected:
    ///<summary>Protected constructor.</summary>
	itkDataObject( ) : itkObject( )
	{
		this->m_Name = String::Empty;
	}

public:

    ///<summary>Get/set a string describing the data object (typically an abosolute file name).</summary>
	property String^ Name
	{ 
		virtual String^ get() { return this->m_Name; } 
		virtual void set( String^ name ) { this->m_Name = name; } 
	}

    ///<summary>Separate this data object from the pipeline.</summary>
    ///<remarks>
	///This method disconnects a data object from the upstream pipeline.
	///Hence an Update() from downstream will not propagate back past this data object.
	///To completely isolate this data object from the pipeline, the application must
	///remove this data object from any filters which it is connected as the input.
	///</remarks>
    virtual void DisconnectPipeline ( )=0;

}; // end ref class

} // end namespace itk

#endif