regionExtractor.h

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// This software is distributed as part of the Improla library. 
// Improla is a library of classes for image processing.
// 
// Copyright (c) 2004, B. R. Siva Chandra, India
//
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// First Created    : 16th October 2004
// Author           : Siva Chandra
// Purpose          : Declares an abstract base class for classes which perform a 
//                    segmentation of images to extarct regions.

#ifndef __REGION_EXTRACTOR_H__
#define __REGION_EXTRACTOR_H__

#include <ip_function.h>
#include <tlist.h>
#include <regionMap.h>

namespace iptk
{ // Start of namespace iptk.

class RegionExtractor : public iptk::IP_Function
{
public:
    RegionExtractor(void);
    
    RegionExtractor(const Image &im);
    
    RegionExtractor(const RegionExtractor &re);
    
    ~RegionExtractor();
    
    virtual void setParams(double params[]);
    
    virtual void process(void) = 0;
    
    iptk::RegionMap getRegionMap(void);
    
    tutk::List< gutk::Region* > getRegionList(void);
    
    virtual iptk::Image getResult(void);
    
protected:
    iptk::RegionMap REGION_MAP;
    
    tutk::List< gutk::Region* > REGION_LIST;
    
    iptk::Image RESULT;
};
    
} // End of namespace iptk.

#endif // __REGION_EXTRACTOR_H__

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