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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkExtendedImageIOFactory.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2006/08/10 17:38:46 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $

  Copyright (c) Insight Software Consortium. All rights reserved.
  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 __itkExtendedImageIOFactory_h
#define __itkExtendedImageIOFactory_h

#include "itkImageIOFactory.h"

namespace itk
{
/** \class ExtendedImageIOFactory
 * \brief Create instances of ImageIO objects using an object factory.
 */
class ITK_EXPORT ExtendedImageIOFactory : public ImageIOFactory
{
public:  
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef ExtendedImageIOFactory   Self;
  typedef ImageIOFactory  Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>  Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>  ConstPointer;
    
  /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
  itkTypeMacro(ExtendedImageIOFactory, ImageIOFactory);

  /** Register Built-in factories */
  static void RegisterBuiltInFactories();

protected:
  ExtendedImageIOFactory();
  ~ExtendedImageIOFactory();

private:
  ExtendedImageIOFactory(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  
};
  
  
} // end namespace itk

#endif