00001 /*!@file Raster/RasterParser.H Abstract image-file parser class */ 00002 00003 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // 00004 // The iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit - Copyright (C) 2001 by the // 00005 // University of Southern California (USC) and the iLab at USC. // 00006 // See http://iLab.usc.edu for information about this project. // 00007 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // 00008 // Major portions of the iLab Neuromorphic Vision Toolkit are protected // 00009 // under the U.S. patent ``Computation of Intrinsic Perceptual Saliency // 00010 // in Visual Environments, and Applications'' by Christof Koch and // 00011 // Laurent Itti, California Institute of Technology, 2001 (patent // 00012 // pending; application number 09/912,225 filed July 23, 2001; see // 00013 // http://pair.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/final/home.pl for current status). // 00014 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // 00015 // This file is part of the iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit. // 00016 // // 00017 // The iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit is free software; you can // 00018 // redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General // 00019 // Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either // 00020 // version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. // 00021 // // 00022 // The iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit is distributed in the hope // 00023 // that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the // 00024 // implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR // 00025 // PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. // 00026 // // 00027 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // 00028 // along with the iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit; if not, write // 00029 // to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, // 00030 // Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. // 00031 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // 00032 // 00033 // Primary maintainer for this file: Rob Peters <rjpeters@usc.edu> 00034 // $HeadURL: svn://isvn.usc.edu/software/invt/trunk/saliency/src/Raster/RasterParser.H $ 00035 // $Id: RasterParser.H 6572 2006-05-05 21:16:38Z mundhenk $ 00036 // 00037 00038 #ifndef RASTERPARSER_H_DEFINED 00039 #define RASTERPARSER_H_DEFINED 00040 00041 #include "Util/Types.H" 00042 00043 #include <string> 00044 00045 class Dims; 00046 class GenericFrame; 00047 class GenericFrameSpec; 00048 class VideoFrame; 00049 template <class T> class PixRGB; 00050 template <class T> class Image; 00051 00052 //! This class defines a generic interface for parsing image files. 00053 class RasterParser 00054 { 00055 public: 00056 //! Virtual destructor for proper destruction of derived classes. 00057 virtual ~RasterParser(); 00058 00059 //! Get the specifications of the image without fully reading it 00060 virtual GenericFrameSpec getFrameSpec() const = 0; 00061 00062 //! Get the comments from the image without fully reading it 00063 virtual std::string getComments() const = 0; 00064 00065 //! Get image tags if the image supports them 00066 virtual uint getTagCount() const = 0; 00067 00068 //! Get image tags if the image supports them 00069 virtual bool getTag(uint tag, std::string &name, std::string &value) const = 0; 00070 00071 //! Get a GenericFrame representation from the raster file. 00072 /*! Derived classes should implement this so that the native 00073 representation of the GenericFrame best matches the native 00074 format of the raster file (e.g., rgb, grayscale, floating-point, 00075 video-yuv). */ 00076 virtual GenericFrame getFrame() = 0; 00077 }; 00078 00079 #endif // !RASTERPARSER_H_DEFINED