/*=========================================================================                                                                               
  Program:   bbtk
  Module:    $RCSfile: bbstdRelay.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008/10/17 08:18:27 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.7 $
=========================================================================*/

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Copyright (c) CREATIS-LRMN (Centre de Recherche en Imagerie Medicale)
* Authors : Eduardo Davila, Laurent Guigues, Jean-Pierre Roux
*
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* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */                                                                         


#ifndef __bbstdRelay_h_INCLUDED_H__
#define __bbstdRelay_h_INCLUDED_H__

#include "bbtkAtomicBlackBox.h"

namespace bbstd
{
  //=======================================================================
  template <class T>
  class Relay
    :
  public bbtk::AtomicBlackBox
  {
    BBTK_TEMPLATE_BLACK_BOX_INTERFACE(Relay,bbtk::AtomicBlackBox,T);
    BBTK_DECLARE_INPUT(In,T);
    BBTK_DECLARE_OUTPUT(Out,T);
    BBTK_PROCESS(Process);
  protected:
    void Process() { bbSetOutputOut ( bbGetInputIn() ); }
  };
  //=======================================================================

  //=======================================================================
  BBTK_BEGIN_DESCRIBE_TEMPLATE_BLACK_BOX(Relay,bbtk::AtomicBlackBox);
  BBTK_NAME(bbtk::HumanTypeName<T>()+"Relay");
  BBTK_AUTHOR("laurent.guigues at creatis.insa-lyon.fr");
  BBTK_CATEGORY("misc");
  BBTK_DESCRIPTION("Just copies the value of its input to its output. Usefull to plug an input of a complex box into different internal boxes.");
  BBTK_TEMPLATE_INPUT(Relay,In,"Input",T);
  BBTK_TEMPLATE_OUTPUT(Relay,Out,"Output",T);
  BBTK_END_DESCRIBE_TEMPLATE_BLACK_BOX(Relay);
  //=======================================================================

}
// namespace bbstd

#endif // __bbstdRelay_h_INCLUDED_H__