/*=========================================================================                                                                               
  Program:   bbtk
  Module:    $RCSfile: bbstdToString.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2009/05/14 14:43:38 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.8 $
=========================================================================*/

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

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


#ifndef __bbstdToString_h_INCLUDED__
#define __bbstdToString_h_INCLUDED__

#include "bbtkAtomicBlackBox.h"
#include "bbstd_EXPORT.h"

namespace bbstd 
{  
  //=================================================================
  // BlackBox declaration
  template <class T>
  class bbstd_EXPORT ToString : public bbtk::AtomicBlackBox
  {  
    BBTK_TEMPLATE_BLACK_BOX_INTERFACE(ToString,bbtk::AtomicBlackBox,T);
    BBTK_DECLARE_INPUT(In,T);
    BBTK_DECLARE_OUTPUT(Out,std::string);
    BBTK_PROCESS(DoIt);
    void DoIt(); 
  };
  //=================================================================

  //=================================================================
  // BlackBox description
  BBTK_BEGIN_DESCRIBE_TEMPLATE_BLACK_BOX(ToString,bbtk::AtomicBlackBox);
  BBTK_NAME(bbtk::HumanTypeName<T>()+"ToString");
  BBTK_AUTHOR("laurent.guigues@creatis.insa-lyon.fr");
  BBTK_DEFAULT_ADAPTOR();
  BBTK_DESCRIPTION("Converts a "+bbtk::HumanTypeName<T>()+" ("
		   +bbtk::TypeName<T>()+") into a string");
  BBTK_TEMPLATE_INPUT(ToString, In,"Input",T);
  BBTK_TEMPLATE_OUTPUT(ToString, Out,"Output",std::string);
  BBTK_END_DESCRIBE_TEMPLATE_BLACK_BOX(ToString);
  //=================================================================

  template <class T> void ToString<T>::bbUserSetDefaultValues() {}
  template <class T> void ToString<T>::bbUserInitializeProcessing() {}
  template <class T> void ToString<T>::bbUserFinalizeProcessing() {}
  
} // namespace bbstd 

#endif // __bbstdToString_h_INCLUDED__