#ifndef CLITKHISIMAGEIOFACTORY_H
#define CLITKHISIMAGEIOFACTORY_H
/**
 ===================================================================
 * @file   clitkHisImageIOFactory.h
 * @author Simon Rit <simon.rit@gmail.com>
 * @date   16 Feb 2010

 * @brief  

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

// clitk include
#include "clitkHisImageIO.h"

// itk include
#include "itkImageIOBase.h"
#include "itkObjectFactoryBase.h"
#include "itkVersion.h"

namespace clitk {
  
  //====================================================================
  // Factory for reading His Image file format
  class HisImageIOFactory: public itk::ObjectFactoryBase
  {
  public:
	/** Standard class typedefs. */
	typedef HisImageIOFactory              Self;
	typedef itk::ObjectFactoryBase         Superclass;
	typedef itk::SmartPointer<Self>        Pointer;
	typedef itk::SmartPointer<const Self>  ConstPointer;
	
	/** Class methods used to interface with the registered factories. */
	const char* GetITKSourceVersion(void) const {
	  return ITK_SOURCE_VERSION;
	}
	
	const char* GetDescription(void) const {
	  return "His ImageIO Factory, allows the loading of His images into insight";
	}
	
	/** Method for class instantiation. */
	itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self);
	
	/** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
	itkTypeMacro(HisImageIOFactory, ObjectFactoryBase);
	
	/** Register one factory of this type  */
	static void RegisterOneFactory(void) {
	  ObjectFactoryBase::RegisterFactory( Self::New() );
	}	

  protected:
	HisImageIOFactory();
	~HisImageIOFactory() {};
	typedef HisImageIOFactory myProductType;
	const myProductType* m_MyProduct;
	
  private:
	HisImageIOFactory(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
	void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  };

} // end namespace

#endif /* end #define CLITKHISIMAGEIOFACTORY_H */