mitkBaseProperty.h

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/*============================================================================
 
The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
All rights reserved.
 
Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
found in the LICENSE file.
 
============================================================================*/
 
#ifndef mitkBaseProperty_h
#define mitkBaseProperty_h
 
#include <MitkCoreExports.h>
#include <itkObjectFactory.h>
#include <mitkCommon.h>
#include <string>
#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
 
namespace mitk
{
  class MITKCORE_EXPORT BaseProperty : public itk::Object
  {
  public:
    mitkClassMacroItkParent(BaseProperty, itk::Object);
    itkCloneMacro(Self);
 
    bool operator==(const BaseProperty &property) const;
 
    BaseProperty &operator=(const BaseProperty &property);
 
    bool AssignProperty(const BaseProperty &property);
 
    virtual std::string GetValueAsString() const;
 
    virtual bool ToJSON(nlohmann::json& j) const = 0;
 
    virtual bool FromJSON(const nlohmann::json& j) = 0;
 
    static const std::string VALUE_CANNOT_BE_CONVERTED_TO_STRING;
 
  protected:
    BaseProperty();
    BaseProperty(const BaseProperty &other);
 
    ~BaseProperty() override;
 
  private:
    virtual bool IsEqual(const BaseProperty &property) const = 0;
 
    virtual bool Assign(const BaseProperty &) = 0;
  };
 
  MITKCORE_EXPORT nlohmann::json ConvertPropertyToSelfContainedJson(const BaseProperty* property);
 
  MITKCORE_EXPORT BaseProperty::Pointer ConvertPropertyFromSelfContainedJson(const nlohmann::json& json);
 
} // namespace mitk
 
#endif