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#ifndef itkMeshIOFactory_h
#define itkMeshIOFactory_h
#include "ITKIOMeshBaseExport.h"

#include "itkObject.h"
#include "itkMeshIOBase.h"

namespace itk
{
/** \class MeshIOFactory
 * \brief Create instances of MeshIO objects using an object factory.
 *
 * Below are the supported mesh file format:
 * BYU Geometry File Format(*.byu)
 * Freesurfer curvature file format (*.fcv)
 * Freesurfer surface file format (ASCII *.fia and BINARY *.fsb)
 * Geometry format under the neuroimaging informatics technology initiative (*.gii)
 * Object file format (*.obj)
 * VTK legacy file format (*.vtk)
 *
 * \ingroup ITKIOMeshBase
 */
class ITKIOMeshBase_EXPORT MeshIOFactory:public Object
{
public:
  ITK_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MeshIOFactory);

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

  /** Class Methods used to interface with the registered factories */
  itkNewMacro(Self);

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

  /** Convenient type alias. */
  using MeshIOBasePointer = ::itk::MeshIOBase::Pointer;

  /** Mode in which the files is intended to be used */
  typedef enum { ReadMode, WriteMode } FileModeType;

  /** Create the appropriate MeshIO depending on the particulars of the file. */
  static MeshIOBasePointer CreateMeshIO(const char *path, FileModeType mode);

protected:
  MeshIOFactory();
  ~MeshIOFactory() override;
};
} // end namespace itk

#endif
