LineCollapser.h

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// # LineCollapser.h: Abstract base class to collapse lines for LatticeApply
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#ifndef LATTICES_LINECOLLAPSER_H
#define LATTICES_LINECOLLAPSER_H
 
// # Includes
#include <casacore/casa/aips.h>
#include <casacore/casa/Arrays/ArrayFwd.h>
#include <casacore/scimath/Mathematics/NumericTraits.h>
 
namespace casacore {  // # NAMESPACE CASACORE - BEGIN
 
// # Forward Declarations
class IPosition;
 
// <summary>
// Abstract base class for LatticeApply function signatures
// </summary>
 
// <use visibility=export>
 
// <reviewed reviewer="" date="yyyy/mm/dd" tests="" demos="">
// </reviewed>
 
// <prerequisite>
//   <li> <linkto class=LatticeApply>LatticeApply</linkto>
// </prerequisite>
 
// <etymology>
// </etymology>
 
// <synopsis>
// This is an abstract base class for the collapsing of lines to
// be used in function <src>lineApply</src> or <src>lineMultiApply</src>
// in class <linkto class=LatticeApply>LatticeApply</linkto>.
// It is meant for cases where the entire line is needed (e.g. moment
// calculation). If that is not needed (e.g. to calculate maximum),
// it is better to use function <src>LatticeApply::tiledApply</src>
// with class <linkto class=TiledCollapser>TiledCollapser</linkto>.
// <p>
// The user has to derive a concrete class from this base class
// and implement the (pure) virtual functions.
// <br> The main function is <src>process</src>, which needs to do the
// calculation.
// <br> Other functions make it possible to perform an initial check.
// <p>
// The class is Doubly templated.  Ths first template type
// is for the data type you are processing.  The second type is
// for what type you want the results of the processing assigned to.
// For example, if you are computing sums of squares for statistical
// purposes, you might use higher precision (FLoat->Double) for this.
// No check is made that the template types are self-consistent.
// </synopsis>
 
// <example>
// <srcblock>
// </srcblock>
// </example>
 
// <motivation>
// </motivation>
 
// <todo asof="1997/08/01">
//   <li>
// </todo>
 
template <class T, class U = T>
class LineCollapser {
 public:
  // Destructor
  virtual ~LineCollapser();
 
  // The init function for a derived class.
  // It can be used to check if <src>nOutPixelsPerCollapse</src>
  // corresponds with the number of pixels produced per collapsed line.
  virtual void init(uInt nOutPixelsPerCollapse) = 0;
 
  // Can the process function in the derived class handle a null mask?
  // If not, LatticeApply ensures that it'll always pass a filled mask vector,
  // even if the lattice does not have a mask (in that case that mask
  // contains all True values).
  // <br>The default implementation returns False.
  // <br>The function is there to make optimization possible when no masks
  // are involved. On the other side, it allows the casual user to ignore
  // optimization.
  virtual Bool canHandleNullMask() const;
 
  // Collapse the given line and return one value from that operation.
  // The position in the Lattice at the start of the line is input
  // as well.
  // <br>When function <src>canHandleNullMask</src> returned True,
  // it is possible that <src>mask</src> is an empty vector indicating
  // that the input has no mask, thus all values are valid.
  // If not empty, the mask has the same length as the line.
  virtual void process(U& result, Bool& resultMask, const Vector<T>& line, const Vector<Bool>& mask,
                       const IPosition& pos) = 0;
 
  // Collapse the given line and return a line of values from that operation.
  // The position in the Lattice at the start of the line is input
  // as well.
  // <br>When function <src>canHandleNullMask</src> returned True,
  // it is possible that <src>mask</src> is an empty vector indicating
  // that the input has no mask, thus all values are valid.
  // If not empty, the mask has the same length as the line.
  virtual void multiProcess(Vector<U>& result, Vector<Bool>& resultMask, const Vector<T>& line,
                            const Vector<Bool>& mask, const IPosition& pos) = 0;
};
 
}  // namespace casacore
 
#ifndef CASACORE_NO_AUTO_TEMPLATES
#include <casacore/lattices/LatticeMath/LineCollapser.tcc>
#endif  // # CASACORE_NO_AUTO_TEMPLATES
#endif