gdcmCoder.h

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/*=========================================================================
 
  Program: GDCM (Grassroots DICOM). A DICOM library
 
  Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Mathieu Malaterre
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/Copyright.html for details.
 
     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
 
=========================================================================*/
#ifndef GDCMCODER_H
#define GDCMCODER_H
 
#include "gdcmTypes.h"
#include "gdcmDataElement.h" // FIXME
 
namespace gdcm
{
 
class TransferSyntax;
class DataElement;
class GDCM_EXPORT Coder
{
public:
  virtual ~Coder() = default;
 
  virtual bool CanCode(TransferSyntax const &) const = 0;
 
  // Note: in / out are reserved keyword in C#. Change to in_ / out_
 
  virtual bool Code(DataElement const &in_, DataElement &out_) { (void)in_; (void)out_; return false; }
protected:
  virtual bool InternalCode(const char *bv, unsigned long len, std::ostream &os) { (void)bv;(void)os;(void)len;return false; }
};
 
} // end namespace gdcm
 
#endif //GDCMCODER_H