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#ifndef itkHistogramAlgorithmBase_h
#define itkHistogramAlgorithmBase_h

#include "itkMacro.h"
#include "itkObjectFactory.h"
#include "itkObject.h"

namespace itk
{
/** \class HistogramAlgorithmBase
 * \brief base class for algorithms operating on histograms
 *
 * You plug in the target sample data using SetInputHistogram method. Then call
 * the Compute() method to run the algorithm.
 *
 * \ingroup ITKImageStatistics
 */

template< typename TInputHistogram >
class HistogramAlgorithmBase:public Object
{
public:
  /**Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef HistogramAlgorithmBase     Self;
  typedef Object                     Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer< Self >       Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer< const Self > ConstPointer;

  /**Standard Macros */
  itkTypeMacro(HistogramAlgorithmBase, Object);

  /** Histogram typedefs alias */
  typedef TInputHistogram InputHistogramType;

  /** Stores the histogram pointer */
  void SetInputHistogram(const TInputHistogram *histogram)
  {
    if ( m_InputHistogram != histogram )
      {
      m_InputHistogram = histogram;
      this->Modified();
      }
  }

  /** Returns the histogram const pointer */
  const TInputHistogram * GetInputHistogram() const
  { return m_InputHistogram.GetPointer(); }

  /** \deprecated
   * Update() is deprecated because classes that do not
   * derive from ProcessObject are not part of the pipeline and
   * should therefore not have an Update() method.
   * It is included for backwards compatibility. */
#if ! defined ( ITK_FUTURE_LEGACY_REMOVE )
  void Update()
  {
    this->Compute();
  }
#endif

protected:
  HistogramAlgorithmBase();
  virtual ~HistogramAlgorithmBase() {}
  virtual void PrintSelf(std::ostream & os, Indent indent) const ITK_OVERRIDE;

  virtual void Compute() = 0;

private:
  /** Target histogram data pointer */
  typename TInputHistogram::ConstPointer m_InputHistogram;
}; // end of class
} // end of namespace itk

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#include "itkHistogramAlgorithmBase.hxx"
#endif

#endif
