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 BASEPROPERTY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1F4DF54
#define BASEPROPERTY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1F4DF54

#include <MitkCoreExports.h>
#include <itkObjectFactory.h>
#include <mitkCommon.h>
#include <string>

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;

    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;
  };

} // namespace mitk

#endif /* BASEPROPERTY_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1F4DF54 */