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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkPNGImageIO.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2007/08/13 21:39:37 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.26 $

  Copyright (c) Insight Software Consortium. All rights reserved.
  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.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 __itkPNGImageIO_h
#define __itkPNGImageIO_h

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma warning ( disable : 4786 )
#endif

#include "itkImageIOBase.h"

namespace itk
{

/** \class PNGImageIO
 *
 * \brief ImageIO object for reading and writing PNG images
 *
 * \ingroup IOFilters
 *
 */
class ITK_EXPORT PNGImageIO : public ImageIOBase
{
public:
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef PNGImageIO         Self;
  typedef ImageIOBase        Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self> Pointer;
  
  /** Method for creation through the object factory. */
  itkNewMacro(Self);

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

  /** Set/Get the level of compression for the output images.
   *  0-9; 0 = none, 9 = maximum. */
  itkSetMacro(CompressionLevel, int);
  itkGetMacro(CompressionLevel, int);

  /*-------- This part of the interface deals with reading data. ------ */

  /** Determine the file type. Returns true if this ImageIO can read the
   * file specified. */
  virtual bool CanReadFile(const char*);
  
  /** Set the spacing and dimension information for the set filename. */
  virtual void ReadImageInformation();
  
  /** Reads the data from disk into the memory buffer provided. */
  virtual void Read(void* buffer);

  /** Reads 3D data from multiple files assuming one slice per file. */
  virtual void ReadVolume(void* buffer);

  /*-------- This part of the interfaces deals with writing data. ----- */

  /** Determine the file type. Returns true if this ImageIO can write the
   * file specified. */
  virtual bool CanWriteFile(const char*);

  /** Writes the spacing and dimentions of the image.
   * Assumes SetFileName has been called with a valid file name. */
  virtual void WriteImageInformation();

  /** Writes the data to disk from the memory buffer provided. Make sure
   * that the IORegion has been set properly. */
  virtual void Write(const void* buffer);

protected:
  PNGImageIO();
  ~PNGImageIO();
  void PrintSelf(std::ostream& os, Indent indent) const;

  void WriteSlice(const std::string& fileName, const void* buffer);

  /** Determines the level of compression for written files. 
   *  Range 0-9; 0 = none, 9 = maximum , default = 4 */
  int m_CompressionLevel;

private:
  PNGImageIO(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&); //purposely not implemented


};

} // end namespace itk

#endif // __itkPNGImageIO_h
