/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkImageIterator.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2005/08/12 14:02:56 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.50 $

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  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkImageIterator_h
#define __itkImageIterator_h

#include "itkImageConstIterator.h"

namespace itk
{

/**
 * \class ImageIterator
 * \brief A multi-dimensional iterator templated over image type.
 *
 * This is a base class of ImageConstIterator that adds write-access
 * functionality.  Please see ImageConstIterator for more information.
 *
 * \par MORE INFORMATION
 * For a complete description of the ITK Image Iterators and their API, please
 * see the Iterators chapter in the ITK Software Guide.  The ITK Software Guide
 * is available in print and as a free .pdf download from http://www.itk.org.
 *
 * \ingroup ImageIterators
 *
 * \sa ImageConstIterator \sa ConditionalConstIterator
 * \sa ConstNeighborhoodIterator \sa ConstShapedNeighborhoodIterator
 * \sa ConstSliceIterator  \sa CorrespondenceDataStructureIterator 
 * \sa FloodFilledFunctionConditionalConstIterator 
 * \sa FloodFilledImageFunctionConditionalConstIterator 
 * \sa FloodFilledImageFunctionConditionalIterator 
 * \sa FloodFilledSpatialFunctionConditionalConstIterator 
 * \sa FloodFilledSpatialFunctionConditionalIterator 
 * \sa ImageConstIterator \sa ImageConstIteratorWithIndex 
 * \sa ImageIterator \sa ImageIteratorWithIndex
 * \sa ImageLinearConstIteratorWithIndex  \sa ImageLinearIteratorWithIndex 
 * \sa ImageRandomConstIteratorWithIndex  \sa ImageRandomIteratorWithIndex 
 * \sa ImageRegionConstIterator \sa ImageRegionConstIteratorWithIndex 
 * \sa ImageRegionExclusionConstIteratorWithIndex 
 * \sa ImageRegionExclusionIteratorWithIndex 
 * \sa ImageRegionIterator  \sa ImageRegionIteratorWithIndex 
 * \sa ImageRegionReverseConstIterator  \sa ImageRegionReverseIterator 
 * \sa ImageReverseConstIterator  \sa ImageReverseIterator 
 * \sa ImageSliceConstIteratorWithIndex  \sa ImageSliceIteratorWithIndex 
 * \sa NeighborhoodIterator \sa PathConstIterator  \sa PathIterator 
 * \sa ShapedNeighborhoodIterator  \sa SliceIterator 
 *
 *  */
template<typename TImage>
class ITK_EXPORT ImageIterator : public ImageConstIterator<TImage>
{
public:
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef ImageIterator Self;

  /** Dimension of the image the iterator walks.  This constant is needed so
   * functions that are templated over image iterator type (as opposed to
   * being templated over pixel type and dimension) can have compile time
   * access to the dimension of the image that the iterator walks. */
  itkStaticConstMacro(ImageIteratorDimension, unsigned int,
                      TImage::ImageDimension);

  /** Define the superclass */
  typedef ImageConstIterator<TImage> Superclass;

  /** Inherit types from the superclass */
  typedef typename Superclass::IndexType              IndexType;
  typedef typename Superclass::IndexValueType         IndexValueType;
  typedef typename Superclass::SizeType               SizeType;
  typedef typename Superclass::SizeValueType          SizeValueType;
  typedef typename Superclass::OffsetType             OffsetType;
  typedef typename Superclass::OffsetValueType        OffsetValueType;
  typedef typename Superclass::RegionType             RegionType;
  typedef typename Superclass::ImageType              ImageType;
  typedef typename Superclass::PixelContainer         PixelContainer;
  typedef typename Superclass::PixelContainerPointer  PixelContainerPointer;
  typedef typename Superclass::InternalPixelType      InternalPixelType;
  typedef typename Superclass::PixelType              PixelType;
  typedef typename Superclass::AccessorType           AccessorType;


  /** Default Constructor. Need to provide a default constructor since we
   * provide a copy constructor. */
  ImageIterator();

  /** Default Destructor */
  ~ImageIterator() {};


  /** Copy Constructor. The copy constructor is provided to make sure the
   * handle to the image is properly reference counted. */
  ImageIterator(const Self& it);

  /** Constructor establishes an iterator to walk a particular image and a
   * particular region of that image. */
  ImageIterator(TImage *ptr, const RegionType& region);

  /** operator= is provided to make sure the handle to the image is properly
   * reference counted. */
  Self &operator=(const Self& it);
  
  /** Set the pixel value */
  void Set( const PixelType & value) const  
    { 
    this->m_PixelAccessorFunctor.Set(*(const_cast<InternalPixelType *>
          (this->m_Buffer)+this->m_Offset), value); 
    }

  /** Return a reference to the pixel 
   * This method will provide the fastest access to pixel
   * data, but it will NOT support ImageAdaptors. */
  PixelType & Value(void) 
    { return *(const_cast<InternalPixelType *>(this->m_Buffer)+this->m_Offset); }

  /** Return an iterator for the beginning of the region. "Begin"
   * is defined as the first pixel in the region.
   * \deprecated Use GoToBegin() instead */
  Self Begin(void) const;

   /** Return an iterator for the end of the region. "End" is defined
   * as one pixel past the last pixel of the region. 
   * \deprecated Use GoToEnd() instead */
  Self End(void) const;

  /** Get the image that this iterator walks. */
  ImageType * GetImage() const
    { return const_cast<ImageType *>( this->m_Image.GetPointer() ); };


protected:

  /** This constructor is declared protected in order to enforce const-correctness */
  ImageIterator(const ImageConstIterator<TImage> & it);
  Self &operator=(const ImageConstIterator<TImage> & it);
};

} // end namespace itk

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#include "itkImageIterator.txx"
#endif

#endif 
