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

Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
Module:    $RCSfile: itkGE4ImageIOFactory.h,v $
Language:  C++
Date:      $Date: 2004/01/08 00:39:05 $
Version:   $Revision: 1.5 $

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This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkGE4ImageIOFactory_h
#define __itkGE4ImageIOFactory_h

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma warning ( disable : 4786 )
#endif

#include "itkObjectFactoryBase.h"
#include "itkImageIOBase.h"

namespace itk
{
/** \class GE4ImageIOFactory
   * \brief Create instances of GE4ImageIO objects using an object factory.
   */
class ITK_EXPORT GE4ImageIOFactory : public ObjectFactoryBase
{
public:
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef GE4ImageIOFactory   Self;
  typedef ObjectFactoryBase  Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>  Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>  ConstPointer;

  /** Class methods used to interface with the registered factories. */
  virtual const char* GetITKSourceVersion(void) const;
  virtual const char* GetDescription(void) const;

  /** Method for class instantiation. */
  itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self);

  /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
  itkTypeMacro(GE4ImageIOFactory, ObjectFactoryBase);

  /** Register one factory of this type  */
  static void RegisterOneFactory(void)
  {
    GE4ImageIOFactory::Pointer metaFactory = GE4ImageIOFactory::New();
    ObjectFactoryBase::RegisterFactory(metaFactory);
  }

protected:
  GE4ImageIOFactory();
  ~GE4ImageIOFactory();
  virtual void PrintSelf(std::ostream& os, Indent indent) const;

private:
  GE4ImageIOFactory(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented

};


} // end namespace itk

#endif
