ltiIdentityCodec.h

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/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
 * project ....: LTI-Lib: Image Processing and Computer Vision Library
 * file .......: ltiIdentityCodec.h
 * authors ....: Jochen Wickel
 * organization: LTI, RWTH Aachen
 * creation ...: 5.11.2002
 * revisions ..: $Id: ltiIdentityCodec.h,v 1.3 2006/02/08 12:04:44 ltilib Exp $
 */

#ifndef _LTI_IDENTITY_CODEC_H_
#define _LTI_IDENTITY_CODEC_H_

#include "ltiDataCodec.h"

namespace lti {
  /**
   * This is a dummy codec that does absolutely nothing. It is convenient
   * for using "no compression" as just one of many compression methods.
   */
  class identityCodec : public dataCodec {
  public:

    /**
     * default constructor
     */
    identityCodec();

    /**
     * Construct a functor using the given parameters
     */
    identityCodec(const parameters& par);

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

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

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

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

    /**
     * alias for copy member
     * @param other the functor to be copied
     * @return a reference to this functor object
     */
    identityCodec& operator=(const identityCodec& other);

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

  protected:

    //TODO: comment your apply methods!

    virtual bool decodeImplementation(const buffer& src, buffer& dest,
                                      int nsrc, int& ndest) const;

    virtual bool encodeImplementation(const buffer& src, buffer& dest,
                                      int nsrc, int& ndest) const;


  };
}

#endif