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#ifndef itkNiftiImageIOFactory_h
#define itkNiftiImageIOFactory_h
#include "ITKIONIFTIExport.h"


#include "itkObjectFactoryBase.h"
#include "itkImageIOBase.h"

namespace itk
{
/** \class NiftiImageIOFactory
   * \brief Create instances of NiftiImageIO objects using an object factory.
   * \ingroup ITKIONIFTI
   */
class ITKIONIFTI_EXPORT NiftiImageIOFactory:public ObjectFactoryBase
{
public:
  ITK_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(NiftiImageIOFactory);

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

  /** Class methods used to interface with the registered factories. */
  const char * GetITKSourceVersion() const override;

  const char * GetDescription() const override;

  /** Method for class instantiation. */
  itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self);

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

  /** Register one factory of this type  */
  static void RegisterOneFactory()
  {
    NiftiImageIOFactory::Pointer metaFactory = NiftiImageIOFactory::New();

    ObjectFactoryBase::RegisterFactoryInternal(metaFactory);
  }

protected:
  NiftiImageIOFactory();
  ~NiftiImageIOFactory() override;
  void PrintSelf(std::ostream & os, Indent indent) const override;
};
} // end namespace itk

#endif
