/*=========================================================================
                                                                                
  Program:   bbtk
  Module:    $RCSfile: bbitkImageSeriesReader.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008/02/05 12:03:02 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.1 $
                                                                                
  Copyright (c) CREATIS (Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de
  l'Image). All rights reserved. See Doc/License.txt or
  http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/Public/bbtk/License.html 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.
                                                                                
=========================================================================*//**
/**
 * \file 
 * \brief class ITKImageSeriesReader : generic ITKImage reader
 */
/**
 * \class bbtk::ITKImageSeriesReader
 * \brief Generic ITKImage reader
 */
#ifdef _USE_ITK_

#ifndef __bbitkImageSeriesReader_h_INCLUDED__
#define __bbitkImageSeriesReader_h_INCLUDED__

#include "bbtkUserBlackBox.h"
#include "bbitkImage.h"

namespace bbitk
{

  class ImageSeriesReader : public bbtk::UserBlackBox  
  {
    
    BBTK_USER_BLACK_BOX_INTERFACE(ImageSeriesReader,
				  bbtk::UserBlackBox);

    BBTK_DECLARE_INPUT(FileNames,std::vector<std::string>);
    BBTK_DECLARE_OUTPUT(Out,anyImagePointer);
    BBTK_PROCESS(Read);
    void Read();

  private:
    // Template read method 
    template<class T> void Read();
  };
  

  //=================================================================
  // UserBlackBox description
  BBTK_BEGIN_DESCRIBE_BLACK_BOX(ImageSeriesReader,bbtk::UserBlackBox);
  BBTK_NAME("ImageSeriesReader");
  BBTK_AUTHOR("laurent.guigues@creatis.insa-lyon.fr");
  BBTK_DESCRIPTION("Generic itk image series reader");
  typedef std::vector<std::string> vectorofstring;
  BBTK_INPUT(ImageSeriesReader,FileNames,
	     "vector of file names with complete paths",vectorofstring);
  BBTK_OUTPUT(ImageSeriesReader,Out,"Output itk::image<T,D> with type T and dimension D determined by the content of the files",anyImagePointer);
  BBTK_END_DESCRIBE_BLACK_BOX(ImageSeriesReader);
  //=================================================================
  

}
//namespace bbtk
#endif

#endif