gdcmDecoder.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 GDCMDECODER_H
#define GDCMDECODER_H
 
#include "gdcmTypes.h"
#include "gdcmDataElement.h" // FIXME
 
namespace gdcm
{
 
class TransferSyntax;
class DataElement;
class GDCM_EXPORT Decoder
{
public:
  virtual ~Decoder() = default;
 
  virtual bool CanDecode(TransferSyntax const &) const = 0;
 
  virtual bool Decode(DataElement const &, DataElement &) { return false; }
protected:
  virtual bool DecodeByStreams(std::istream &, std::ostream &) { return false; }
};
 
} // end namespace gdcm
 
#endif //GDCMDECODER_H