ltiFeatureExtractor.h

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 * Lehrstuhl fuer Technische Informatik, RWTH-Aachen, Germany
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/*----------------------------------------------------------------
 * project ....: LTI Digital Image/Signal Processing Library
 * file .......: ltiFeatureExtractor.h
 * authors ....: Pablo Alvarado
 * organization: LTI, RWTH Aachen
 * creation ...: 9.8.2000
 * revisions ..: $Id: ltiFeatureExtractor.h,v 1.6 2006/02/08 11:07:44 ltilib Exp $
 */

#ifndef _LTI_FEATURE_EXTRACTOR_H_
#define _LTI_FEATURE_EXTRACTOR_H_

#include "ltiObject.h"
#include "ltiImage.h"
#include "ltiFunctor.h"

namespace lti {
  /**
   * The feature extractors are functors which extract information from
   * the given images or channels, and leave this information in the form
   * of vectors of doubles. This class is parent class for all
   * implemented feature extractors.
   */
  class featureExtractor : public functor {
  public:
    /**
     * the parameters for the class featureExtractor
     */
    class parameters : public functor::parameters {
    public:
      /**
       * default constructor
       */
      parameters();

      /**
       * copy constructor
       * @param other the parameters object to be copied
       */
      parameters(const parameters& other);

      /**
       * destructor
       */
      ~parameters();

      /**
       * returns name of this type
       */
      const char* getTypeName() const;

      /**
       * copy the contents of a parameters object
       * @param other the parameters object to be copied
       * @return a reference to this parameters object
       */
      parameters& copy(const parameters& other);

      /**
       * returns a pointer to a clone of the parameters
       */
      virtual functor::parameters* clone() const;

    };

    /**
     * default constructor
     */
    featureExtractor();

    /**
     * copy constructor
     * @param other the object to be copied
     */
    featureExtractor(const featureExtractor& other);

    /**
     * destructor
     */
    virtual ~featureExtractor();

    /**
     * returns the name of this type ("featureExtractor")
     */
    virtual const char* getTypeName() const;

    /**
     * copy data of "other" functor.
     * @param other the functor to be copied
     * @return a reference to this functor object
     */
    featureExtractor& copy(const featureExtractor& other);

    /**
     * returns a pointer to a clone of this functor.
     */
    virtual functor* clone() const;

    /**
     * returns used parameters
     */
    const parameters& getParameters() const;
  };
}

#endif