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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkPhilipsRECImageIOFactory.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008-06-23 22:04:35 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.3 $

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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 
     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.

=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkPhilipsRECImageIOFactory_h
#define __itkPhilipsRECImageIOFactory_h

#include "itkObjectFactoryBase.h"
#include "itkImageIOBase.h"

namespace itk
{
/** \class PhilipsRECImageIOFactory
 * \brief Create instances of PhilipsRECImageIO objects using an object factory.
 *
 * \author Don C. Bigler
 *         The Pennsylvania State University 2005
 *
 * This implementation was contributed as a paper to the Insight Journal
 * http://insight-journal.org/midas/handle.php?handle=1926/1381
 *
 */
class ITK_EXPORT PhilipsRECImageIOFactory : public ObjectFactoryBase
{
public:  
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef PhilipsRECImageIOFactory      Self;
  typedef ObjectFactoryBase             Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>            Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>      ConstPointer;
  
  /** Class methods used to interface with the registered factories. */
  virtual const char* GetITKSourceVersion(void) const;
  virtual const char* GetDescription(void) const;
    
  /** Method for class instantiation. */
  itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self);
  static PhilipsRECImageIOFactory* FactoryNew() 
    { 
    return new PhilipsRECImageIOFactory;
    }
    
  /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
  itkTypeMacro(PhilipsRECImageIOFactory, ObjectFactoryBase);

  /** Register one factory of this type  */
  static void RegisterOneFactory(void)
    {
    PhilipsRECImageIOFactory::Pointer MINC2Factory = 
      PhilipsRECImageIOFactory::New();
    ObjectFactoryBase::RegisterFactory(MINC2Factory);
    }
  
protected:
  PhilipsRECImageIOFactory();
  ~PhilipsRECImageIOFactory();

private:
  PhilipsRECImageIOFactory(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented

};
  
  
} // end namespace itk

#endif