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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkImageRegionIterator.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2007/01/30 20:56:08 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.39 $

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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkImageRegionIterator_h
#define __itkImageRegionIterator_h

#include "itkImageRegionConstIterator.h"
#include "itkImageIteratorWithIndex.h"

namespace itk
{

/** \class ImageRegionIterator
 * \brief A multi-dimensional iterator templated over image type that walks a
 * region of pixels.
 *
 * The itk::ImageRegionIterator is optimized for iteration speed and is the
 * first choice for iterative, pixel-wise operations on an image.
 * ImageRegionIterator is the least specialized of the ITK image iterator
 * classes.  ImageRegionIterator is templated over the image type, and is
 * constrained to walk only within the specified region and along a line
 * parallel to one of the coordinate axes, "wrapping" to the next line as it
 * reaches the boundary of the image.  To walk the entire image, specify the
 * region to be \c image->GetRequestedRegion().
 *
 * Most of the functionality is inherited from the ImageRegionConstIterator.
 * The current class only adds write access to image pixels.
 *
 * \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.
 *
 * \example Iterators/ImageRegionIterator.cxx
 * \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 
 * \sa ImageConstIteratorWithIndex */
template<typename TImage>
class ITK_EXPORT ImageRegionIterator : public ImageRegionConstIterator<TImage>
{
public:
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef ImageRegionIterator Self;
  typedef ImageRegionConstIterator<TImage>  Superclass;
  
   /** Types inherited 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. Needed since we provide a cast constructor. */
  ImageRegionIterator();
  
  /** Constructor establishes an iterator to walk a particular image and a
   * particular region of that image. */
  ImageRegionIterator(ImageType *ptr, const RegionType& region);

  /** Constructor that can be used to cast from an ImageIterator to an
   * ImageRegionIterator. Many routines return an ImageIterator but for a
   * particular task, you may want an ImageRegionIterator.  Rather than
   * provide overloaded APIs that return different types of Iterators, itk
   * returns ImageIterators and uses constructors to cast from an
   * ImageIterator to a ImageRegionIterator. */
  ImageRegionIterator( const ImageIterator<TImage> &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;


protected:
  /** the construction from a const iterator is declared protected
      in order to enforce const correctness. */
  ImageRegionIterator( const ImageRegionConstIterator<TImage> &it);
  Self & operator=(const ImageRegionConstIterator<TImage> & it);
 

};

} // end namespace itk

// Define instantiation macro for this template.
#define ITK_TEMPLATE_ImageRegionIterator(_, EXPORT, x, y) namespace itk { \
  _(1(class EXPORT ImageRegionIterator< ITK_TEMPLATE_1 x >)) \
  namespace Templates { typedef ImageRegionIterator< ITK_TEMPLATE_1 x > ImageRegionIterator##y; } \
  }


#if ITK_TEMPLATE_EXPLICIT
# include "Templates/itkImageRegionIterator+-.h"
#endif

#if ITK_TEMPLATE_TXX
# include "itkImageRegionIterator.txx"
#endif

#endif 



