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

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkNonLinearOptimizer.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2007/03/22 14:29:13 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.19 $

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  See ITKCopyright.txt or http://www.itk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.

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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __itkNonLinearOptimizer_h
#define __itkNonLinearOptimizer_h

#include "itkOptimizer.h"


namespace itk
{
  
/** \class NonLinearOptimizer
 * \brief Wrap of the vnl_nonlinear_minimizer to be adapted 
 *
 * This class is provided to support the structure of an
 * Optimizers Hierarchy. It is not intended to be instantiated.
 *
 * \ingroup Numerics Optimizers
 */
class ITK_EXPORT NonLinearOptimizer : public Optimizer

{
public:
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef NonLinearOptimizer        Self;
  typedef Optimizer                 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( NonLinearOptimizer, Optimizer );

  /**  Types inherited from the superclass */
  typedef Superclass::ParametersType ParametersType;
  typedef Superclass::ScalesType     ScalesType;

protected:
  NonLinearOptimizer() {};
  virtual ~NonLinearOptimizer() {};

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

} // end namespace itk


#endif
