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#ifndef itkMRCImageIOFactory_h
#define itkMRCImageIOFactory_h
#include "ITKIOMRCExport.h"

#include "itkObjectFactoryBase.h"
#include "itkImageIOBase.h"

namespace itk
{
/** \class MRCImageIOFactory
 * \brief Create instances of MRCImageIO objects using an object factory.
 *
 *  This code was contributed in the Insight Journal paper:
 *  "A Streaming IO Base Class and Support for Streaming the MRC and VTK File Format"
 *  by Lowekamp B., Chen D.
 *  http://www.insight-journal.org/browse/publication/729
 *  https://hdl.handle.net/10380/3171
 *
 * \ingroup ITKIOMRC
 */
class ITKIOMRC_EXPORT MRCImageIOFactory
  : public ObjectFactoryBase
{
public:
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef MRCImageIOFactory          Self;
  typedef ObjectFactoryBase          Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer< Self >       Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer< const Self > ConstPointer;

  /** Class Methods used to interface with the registered factories. */
  virtual const char * GetITKSourceVersion(void) const ITK_OVERRIDE;

  virtual const char * GetDescription(void) const ITK_OVERRIDE;

  /** Method for class instantiation. */
  itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self);

  /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
  itkTypeMacro(MRCImageIOFactory, ObjectFactoryBase);

  /** Register one factory of this type  */
  static void RegisterOneFactory(void)
  {
    MRCImageIOFactory::Pointer vtkFactory = MRCImageIOFactory::New();

    ObjectFactoryBase::RegisterFactoryInternal(vtkFactory);
  }

protected:
  MRCImageIOFactory();
  ~MRCImageIOFactory();

private:
  MRCImageIOFactory(const Self &) ITK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
  void operator=(const Self &) ITK_DELETE_FUNCTION;

};
} // end namespace itk

#endif
