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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkImageSpatialObject.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2004/09/01 16:37:18 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.25 $

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  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/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 __itkImageSpatialObject_h
#define __itkImageSpatialObject_h

#include "itkImage.h"
#include "itkExceptionObject.h"
#include "itkSpatialObject.h"

namespace itk
{
  
/** \class ImageSpatialObject
 * \brief Implementation of an image as spatial object.
 *
 * This class combines functionnalities from a spatial object,
 * and an image.
 *
 * \sa SpatialObject CompositeSpatialObject
 */

template < unsigned int TDimension = 3,
           class TPixelType = unsigned char
>
class ImageSpatialObject 
  : public SpatialObject< TDimension >
{

public:
 
  typedef double ScalarType; 
  typedef ImageSpatialObject< TDimension, TPixelType > Self;
  typedef SpatialObject< TDimension >                 Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer< Self >                        Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer< const Self >                  ConstPointer;

  typedef TPixelType                            PixelType;
  typedef Image< PixelType, TDimension >        ImageType;
  typedef typename ImageType::ConstPointer      ImagePointer;
  typedef typename ImageType::IndexType         IndexType;
  typedef typename ImageType::RegionType        RegionType;
  typedef typename Superclass::TransformType    TransformType;
  typedef typename Superclass::PointType        PointType;
  typedef typename Superclass::BoundingBoxType  BoundingBoxType;

  typedef VectorContainer< unsigned long, PointType> PointContainerType;
  typedef typename PointContainerType::Pointer PointContainerPointer;

  /** Method for creation through the object factory. */
  itkNewMacro( Self );

  /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
  itkTypeMacro( ImageSpatialObject, SpatialObject );

  /** Set the image. */
  void SetImage( const ImageType * image );

  /** Get a pointer to the image currently attached to the object. */
  const ImageType * GetImage( void ) const;

  /** Return true if the object is evaluable at the requested point, 
   *  and else otherwise. */
  bool IsEvaluableAt( const PointType & point, 
                      unsigned int depth=0, char *name=NULL) const;

  /** Returns the value of the image at the requested point. 
   *  If the point is not inside the object, then an exception is thrown.
   * \sa ExceptionObject */
  bool ValueAt( const PointType & point, double & value, 
                unsigned int depth=0, char *name=NULL) const;


  /** Returns true if the point is inside, false otherwise. */
  bool IsInside( const PointType & point,
                 unsigned int depth, char *name) const;

  /** Test whether a point is inside or outside the object 
   *  For computational speed purposes, it is faster if the method does not
   *  check the name of the class and the current depth */ 
  bool IsInside( const PointType & point) const;
 
  /** Compute the boundaries of the iamge spatial object. */
  bool ComputeLocalBoundingBox() const;

  /** Returns the latest modified time of the object and its component. */
  unsigned long GetMTime( void ) const;

  /** Set the slice position */
  void SetSlicePosition(unsigned int dimension, int position);

  /** Get the slice position */
  int GetSlicePosition(unsigned int dimension) 
  {return m_SlicePosition[dimension];}

  const char* GetPixelType()
    {
    return m_PixelType.c_str();
    }

protected:

  ImagePointer m_Image;

  ImageSpatialObject();
  virtual ~ImageSpatialObject();

  void PrintSelf( std::ostream& os, Indent indent ) const;

  int* m_SlicePosition;
  std::string m_PixelType;
};

} // end of namespace itk

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

#endif //__itkImageSpatialObject_h
