mitkDICOMSortCriterion.h

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The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)

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#ifndef mitkDICOMSortCriterion_h
#define mitkDICOMSortCriterion_h

#include "itkObjectFactory.h"
#include "mitkCommon.h"

#include "mitkDICOMDatasetAccess.h"

namespace mitk
{

class MITKDICOMREADER_EXPORT DICOMSortCriterion : public itk::LightObject
{
  public:

    mitkClassMacroItkParent( DICOMSortCriterion, itk::LightObject );

    DICOMTagList GetAllTagsOfInterest() const;
    virtual DICOMTagList GetTagsOfInterest() const = 0;

    virtual bool IsLeftBeforeRight(const mitk::DICOMDatasetAccess* left, const mitk::DICOMDatasetAccess* right) const = 0;

    virtual double NumericDistance(const mitk::DICOMDatasetAccess* from, const mitk::DICOMDatasetAccess* to) const = 0;

    DICOMSortCriterion::ConstPointer GetSecondaryCriterion() const;

    virtual void Print(std::ostream& os) const = 0;

    virtual bool operator==(const DICOMSortCriterion& other) const = 0;

  protected:

    DICOMSortCriterion( DICOMSortCriterion::Pointer secondaryCriterion );
    virtual ~DICOMSortCriterion();

    bool NextLevelIsLeftBeforeRight(const mitk::DICOMDatasetAccess* left, const mitk::DICOMDatasetAccess* right) const;

    DICOMSortCriterion(const DICOMSortCriterion& other);
    DICOMSortCriterion& operator=(const DICOMSortCriterion& other);

    DICOMSortCriterion::Pointer m_SecondaryCriterion;
};

}

#endif