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#ifndef itkMetaConverterBase_h
#define itkMetaConverterBase_h

#include "itkSpatialObject.h"
#include "metaObject.h"

namespace itk
{

/**
 * \class MetaConverterBase
 *  \brief Base class for MetaObject<->SpatialObject converters
 *
 *  SpatialObject scenes are written and read using the MetaIO
 *  Library.  This is managed by the MetaSceneConverter class,
 *  which converts MetaObject scenes to SpatialObject scenes and
 *  vice versa.
 *
 *  MetaScene walks the scene and uses the converter on each
 *  object in the scene.
 *
 *  \ingroup ITKSpatialObjects
 */
template <unsigned int VDimension = 3>
class ITK_TEMPLATE_EXPORT MetaConverterBase : public Object
{
public:
  /** standard class type alias */
  using Self = MetaConverterBase;
  using Superclass = Object;
  using Pointer = SmartPointer<Self>;
  using ConstPointer = SmartPointer<const Self>;

  /** \see LightObject::GetNameOfClass() */
  itkOverrideGetNameOfClassMacro(MetaConverterBase);

  using SpatialObjectType = SpatialObject<VDimension>;
  using SpatialObjectPointer = typename SpatialObjectType::Pointer;
  using MetaObjectType = MetaObject;

  /** Read a MetaIO file, return a SpatialObject */
  virtual SpatialObjectPointer
  ReadMeta(const char * name);

  /** Write a MetaIO file based on this SpatialObject */
  virtual bool
  WriteMeta(const SpatialObjectType * spatialObject, const char * name);

  /** Convert the MetaObject to Spatial Object */
  virtual SpatialObjectPointer
  MetaObjectToSpatialObject(const MetaObjectType * mo) = 0;

  /** Convert the SpatialObject to MetaObject */
  virtual MetaObjectType *
  SpatialObjectToMetaObject(const SpatialObjectType * spatialObject) = 0;

  /** Set/Get flag for writing images to separate files in metaImage
   * instances
   */
  itkSetMacro(WriteImagesInSeparateFile, bool);
  itkGetConstMacro(WriteImagesInSeparateFile, bool);
  itkBooleanMacro(WriteImagesInSeparateFile);

protected:
  MetaConverterBase() = default;
  ~MetaConverterBase() override = default;

  /** Creator for specific metaObject, defined in subclass */
  virtual MetaObjectType *
  CreateMetaObject() = 0;


private:
  bool m_WriteImagesInSeparateFile{ false };
};

} // namespace itk

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTATIATION
#  include "itkMetaConverterBase.hxx"
#endif

#endif // itkMetaConverterBase_h