RasterWriter.H

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00001 /*!@file Raster/RasterWriter.H Abstract image-file writer class */
00002 
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00034 // $HeadURL: svn://isvn.usc.edu/software/invt/trunk/saliency/src/Raster/RasterWriter.H $
00035 // $Id: RasterWriter.H 6114 2006-01-19 20:28:46Z rjpeters $
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00037 
00038 #ifndef RASTER_RASTERWRITER_H_DEFINED
00039 #define RASTER_RASTERWRITER_H_DEFINED
00040 
00041 #include <string>
00042 
00043 class GenericFrame;
00044 
00045 /// Abstract image-file writer class
00046 class RasterWriter
00047 {
00048 public:
00049 
00050   /// Virtual destructor for safe inheritance
00051   virtual ~RasterWriter();
00052 
00053   /// Write the frame to disk.
00054   /** @return the actual name of the file that was created (for some
00055       subclasses, this may be slightly different than the input fname,
00056       if e.g. the subclass decides to add or change a file
00057       extension) */
00058   virtual std::string writeFrame(const GenericFrame& image,
00059                                  const std::string& fname) = 0;
00060 };
00061 
00062 // ######################################################################
00063 /* So things look consistent in everyone's emacs... */
00064 /* Local Variables: */
00065 /* mode: c++ */
00066 /* indent-tabs-mode: nil */
00067 /* End: */
00068 
00069 #endif // RASTER_RASTERWRITER_H_DEFINED
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