/*
 *
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 *
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 *
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 *  REGARDING  THE  SOFTWARE,  ITS  PERFORMANCE,  ITS  MERCHANTABILITY  OR
 *  FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, FREEDOM FROM ANY COMPUTER DISEASES  OR
 *  ITS CONFORMITY TO ANY SPECIFICATION. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO QUALITY AND
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 *
 *  Module:  dcmdata
 *
 *  Author:  Marco Eichelberg
 *
 *  Purpose: representation parameter for RLE
 *
 *  Last Update:      $Author: meichel $
 *  Update Date:      $Date: 2002/06/06 14:52:38 $
 *  Source File:      $Source: /share/dicom/cvs-depot/dcmtk/dcmdata/include/dcrlerp.h,v $
 *  CVS/RCS Revision: $Revision: 1.1 $
 *  Status:           $State: Exp $
 *
 *  CVS/RCS Log at end of file
 *
 */

#ifndef DCRLERP_H
#define DCRLERP_H

#include "osconfig.h"
#include "dcpixel.h" /* for class DcmRepresentationParameter */

/** representation parameter for RLE.
 *  This is actually a dummy class since there are no compression
 *  options in the RLE algorithm.
 */
class DcmRLERepresentationParameter: public DcmRepresentationParameter
{
public:

  /// constructor
  DcmRLERepresentationParameter();

  /// copy constructor
  DcmRLERepresentationParameter(const DcmRLERepresentationParameter& arg);

  /// destructor
  virtual ~DcmRLERepresentationParameter();
  
  /** this methods creates a copy of type DcmRepresentationParameter *
   *  it must be overweritten in every subclass.
   *  @return copy of this object
   */
  virtual DcmRepresentationParameter *clone() const;

  /** returns the class name as string.
   *  can be used in operator== as poor man's RTTI replacement.
   */
  virtual const char *className() const;

  /** compares an object to another DcmRepresentationParameter.
   *  Implementation must make sure that classes are comparable.
   *  @param arg representation parameter to compare with
   *  @return true if equal, false otherwise.
   */
  virtual OFBool operator==(const DcmRepresentationParameter &arg) const;

};

#endif

/*
 * CVS/RCS Log
 * $Log: dcrlerp.h,v $
 * Revision 1.1  2002/06/06 14:52:38  meichel
 * Initial release of the new RLE codec classes
 *   and the dcmcrle/dcmdrle tools in module dcmdata
 *
 *
 */
