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#ifndef itkCostFunction_h
#define itkCostFunction_h

#include "itkObject.h"
#include "itkObjectFactory.h"
#include "itkArray.h"
#include "itkOptimizerParameters.h"

namespace itk
{
/** \class CostFunction
 * \brief Base class for cost functions intended to be used with Optimizers.
 *
 * \ingroup Numerics Optimizers
 *
 * \ingroup ITKOptimizers
 */
template< typename TInternalComputationValueType >
class ITK_TEMPLATE_EXPORT CostFunctionTemplate:public Object
{
public:
  ITK_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CostFunctionTemplate);

  /** Standard class type aliases. */
  using Self = CostFunctionTemplate;
  using Superclass = Object;
  using Pointer = SmartPointer< Self >;
  using ConstPointer = SmartPointer< const Self >;

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

  /**  ParametersType type alias.
   *  It defines a position in the optimization search space. */
  using ParametersValueType = TInternalComputationValueType;
  using ParametersType = OptimizerParameters< TInternalComputationValueType >;

  /** Return the number of parameters required to compute
   *  this cost function.
   *  This method MUST be overloaded by derived classes. */
  virtual unsigned int GetNumberOfParameters() const  = 0;

protected:
  CostFunctionTemplate() = default;
  ~CostFunctionTemplate() override = default;
  void PrintSelf(std::ostream & os, Indent indent) const override;
};

/** This helps to meet backward compatibility */
using CostFunction = CostFunctionTemplate<double>;

} // end namespace itk

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#include "itkCostFunction.hxx"
#endif

#endif
