freESSelectionBase.h

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

  Program:   F.R.E.E. - flexible registration evaluation engine
  Version:   v.1.0.0
  Date:      $Date: 2006/09/01 12:00:00 $
  Module:    $RCSfile: freESSelectionBase.h,v $
  Language:  C++



  Copyright (c) 2007 Ralf o Floca (Department of Medical Informatics,
  Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg,
  Germany). All rights reserved.
  See FREECopyright.txt or http://www.mi.med.uni-hd.de/free/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 __freESSelectionBase_h
#define __freESSelectionBase_h

#include "freESComponentBase.h"
#include "freESPopulation.h"

namespace FREE
{
  namespace ES
  {

    template <class TIndividual>
    class ITK_EXPORT SelectionBase: 
      public ComponentBase<TIndividual>
    {
    public:
      typedef SelectionBase<TIndividual>     Self ;
      typedef ComponentBase<TIndividual>     Superclass;
      typedef itk::SmartPointer<Self>          Pointer;
      typedef itk::SmartPointer<const Self>    ConstPointer;

      //itkNewMacro(Self); //it is an abstract class, so no New method

      itkTypeMacro(SelectionBase, ComponentBase);

      typedef typename Superclass::IndividualType   IndividualType;
      typedef typename IndividualType::Pointer      IndividualPointer;
      typedef Population<IndividualType>            PopulationType;
      typedef typename PopulationType::Pointer      PopulationPointer;

      typedef unsigned long PopulationSizeType;

      itkSetMacro( MaximumIsBest, bool );
      itkGetConstMacro( MaximumIsBest, bool );
      itkBooleanMacro(MaximumIsBest);

      virtual PopulationPointer Select(PopulationType* pPopulation, PopulationSizeType newSize) const = 0;

    protected:
      SelectionBase() ;
      virtual ~SelectionBase() ;

    private:
      SelectionBase(Self const&); // Purposely not implemented.

      bool m_MaximumIsBest;
    } ; // end of class

  } // end of namespace ES
} // end of namespace FREE


#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#include "freESSelectionBase.txx"
#endif

#endif

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