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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkMeshToMeshFilter.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2003/09/10 14:29:16 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.18 $

  Copyright (c) Insight Software Consortium. All rights reserved.
  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.

  Portions of this code are covered under the VTK copyright.
  See VTKCopyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/VTKCopyright.htm 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 notices for more information.

=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkMeshToMeshFilter_h
#define __itkMeshToMeshFilter_h

#include "itkMeshSource.h"

namespace itk
{

/** \class MeshToMeshFilter
 * \brief 
 *
 * MeshToMeshFilter is the base class for all process objects that output
 * mesh data, and require mesh data as input. Specifically, this class
 * defines the SetInput() method for defining the input to a filter.
 * 
 * \ingroup MeshFilters
 *
 */
template <class TInputMesh, class TOutputMesh>
class ITK_EXPORT MeshToMeshFilter : public MeshSource<TOutputMesh>
{
public:
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef MeshToMeshFilter  Self;
  typedef MeshSource<TOutputMesh> Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>  Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>  ConstPointer;
  
  /** Method for creation through the object factory. */
  itkNewMacro(Self);
  
  /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
  itkTypeMacro(MeshToMeshFilter,MeshSource);

  /** Some convenient typedefs. */
  typedef TInputMesh InputMeshType;
  typedef typename InputMeshType::Pointer InputMeshPointer;
  
  /** Set the mesh input of this process object.  */
  void SetInput(InputMeshType *input);

  /** Get the mesh input of this process object.  */
  InputMeshType * GetInput(void);
  InputMeshType * GetInput(unsigned int idx);
  
protected:
  MeshToMeshFilter();
  ~MeshToMeshFilter() {};
  
private:
  MeshToMeshFilter(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  
};

} // end namespace itk

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

#endif
