/* -*- mia-c++  -*-
 *
 * This file is part of MIA - a toolbox for medical image analysis 
 * Copyright (c) Leipzig, Madrid 1999-2015 Gert Wollny
 *
 * MIA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with MIA; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */

#ifndef mia_3d_transformfactory_hh
#define mia_3d_transformfactory_hh

#include <set>
#include <mia/3d/transform.hh>
#include <mia/template/transformfactory.hh>

NS_MIA_BEGIN

/**
   \ingroup io
   \brief base class for the creators of 3D transformations 
    \todo rename this to factory 
 */
typedef TTransformCreator<C3DTransformation>  C3DTransformCreator; 

/**
   \ingroup io
   \brief pointer type of the class for the creators of 3D transformations 
*/
typedef std::shared_ptr<C3DTransformCreator > P3DTransformationFactory;

/**
   \ingroup io
   \brief Base class for the transform creator plugins 
*/
typedef TTransformCreatorPlugin<C3DTransformation>  C3DTransformCreatorPlugin; 

/**
   \ingroup io
   \brief Transform creator plugin handler 
*/
typedef THandlerSingleton<TFactoryPluginHandler<C3DTransformCreatorPlugin> > C3DTransformCreatorHandler;
 

/**
   Create a transformation creator from the given description
   \param descr
   \returns the transformation creator 
 */
inline 
P3DTransformationFactory produce_3dtransform_factory(const std::string& descr) 
{
	return C3DTransformCreatorHandler::instance().produce(descr); 
}

/// @cond NEVER 
FACTORY_TRAIT(C3DTransformCreatorHandler); 
/// @endcond

NS_MIA_END


#endif
