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+/*
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Copyright 2012 iMinds-Vision Lab, University of Antwerp
+
+Contact: astra@ua.ac.be
+Website: http://astra.ua.ac.be
+
+
+This file is part of the
+All Scale Tomographic Reconstruction Antwerp Toolbox ("ASTRA Toolbox").
+
+The ASTRA Toolbox is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+The ASTRA Toolbox is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with the ASTRA Toolbox. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+$Id$
+*/
+
+#ifndef _INC_ASTRA_ALGORITHM
+#define _INC_ASTRA_ALGORITHM
+
+#include <boost/any.hpp>
+
+#include "Globals.h"
+#include "Config.h"
+
+namespace astra {
+
+/**
+ * This class contains the interface for an algorithm implementation.
+ */
+class _AstraExport CAlgorithm {
+
+public:
+	
+	/** Default constructor, containing no code.
+	 */
+	CAlgorithm();
+	
+	/** Destructor.
+	 */
+	virtual ~CAlgorithm();
+
+	/** Initialize the algorithm with a config object.
+	 *
+	 * @param _cfg Configuration Object
+	 * @return initialization successful?
+	 */
+	virtual bool initialize(const Config& _cfg) = 0;
+
+	/** Get all information parameters
+	 *
+	 * @return map with all boost::any object
+	 */
+	virtual map<string,boost::any> getInformation();
+
+	/** Get a single piece of information represented as a boost::any
+	 *
+	 * @param _sIdentifier identifier string to specify which piece of information you want
+	 * @return boost::any object
+	 */
+	virtual boost::any getInformation(std::string _sIdentifier);
+
+	/** Perform a number of iterations.
+	 *
+	 * @param _iNrIterations amount of iterations to perform.
+	 */
+	virtual void run(int _iNrIterations = 0) = 0;
+
+	/** Has this class been initialized?
+	 *
+	 * @return initialized
+	 */
+	bool isInitialized();
+
+	/** get a description of the class
+	 *
+	 * @return description string
+	 */
+	virtual std::string description() const;
+
+	/** Signal the algorithm it should abort soon.
+	 *  This is intended to be called from a different thread
+	 *  while the algorithm is running. There are no guarantees
+	 *  on how soon the algorithm will abort. The state of the
+	 *  algorithm object will be consistent (so it is safe to delete it
+	 *  normally afterwards), but the algorithm's output is undefined.
+	 *
+	 *  Note that specific algorithms may give guarantees on their
+	 *  state after an abort. Check their documentation for details.
+	 */
+	virtual void signalAbort() { m_bShouldAbort = true; }
+
+protected:
+
+	//< Has this class been initialized?
+	bool m_bIsInitialized;
+
+	//< If this is set, the algorithm should try to abort as soon as possible.
+	volatile bool m_bShouldAbort;
+
+private:
+	/**
+	 * Private copy constructor to prevent CAlgorithms from being copied.
+	 */
+	CAlgorithm(const CAlgorithm&);
+
+	/**
+	 * Private assignment operator to prevent CAlgorithms from being copied.
+	 */
+	CAlgorithm& operator=(const CAlgorithm&);
+
+	//< For Config unused argument checking
+	ConfigCheckData* configCheckData;
+	friend class ConfigStackCheck<CAlgorithm>;
+
+};
+
+// inline functions
+inline std::string CAlgorithm::description() const { return "Algorithm"; };
+inline bool CAlgorithm::isInitialized() { return m_bIsInitialized; }
+
+} // end namespace
+
+#endif