itkErrorFunctionBase.h

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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkErrorFunctionBase.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2005/08/02 19:17:37 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.1 $

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#ifndef _itkErrorFunctionBase_h
#define _itkErrorFunctionBase_h

#include "itkFunctionBase.h"

namespace itk
{
namespace Statistics
{

template<class TVector, class TOutput>
class ErrorFunctionBase : public FunctionBase<TVector, TOutput>
{
public:
  typedef ErrorFunctionBase Self;
  typedef FunctionBase<TVector, TOutput> Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self> Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self> ConstPointer;

  itkTypeMacro(ErrorFunctionBase, FunctionBase);

  typedef TVector ErrorVectorType;

  typedef TOutput OutputType;

  virtual OutputType Evaluate(const ErrorVectorType&) const = 0;

  virtual ErrorVectorType EvaluateDerivative(const ErrorVectorType&) const = 0;

protected:

  ErrorFunctionBase(){};
  virtual ~ErrorFunctionBase(){}; 

private:

  ErrorFunctionBase(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
};

} // end namespace itk
} // end namespace Statistics
#endif

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