Mask1dGaussD1.H

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#ifndef __MASK1DGAUSSD1_H_INCLUDED__
#define __MASK1DGAUSSD1_H_INCLUDED__


/**
 * @file   Mask1dGaussD1.H
 * @brief  Header file of class qgar::Mask1dGaussD1.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:qgar-develop@loria.fr?subject=Qgar fwd Karl Tombre">Karl Tombre</a>
 * @date   July 03, 2001  10:27
 * @since  Qgar 1.0
 */


// For RCS/CVS use: Do not delete
/* $Id: Mask1dGaussD1.H,v 1.9 2005/01/31 14:16:07 masini Exp $ */



// QGAR
#include <qgarlib/GenMask1d.H>



namespace qgar
{


/**
 * @class Mask1dGaussD1 Mask1dGaussD1.H "qgarlib/Mask1dGaussD1.H"
 * @ingroup DS_MASK
 * @brief First derivative of a 1D Gaussian mask.
 *
 * The code implementing this class is an adaptation of code written by
 * Carsten Steger at TU Muenchen, Germany. Here is the copyright notice
 * from his code:
@verbatim
 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Copyright (C) 1996 Carsten Steger                                    |
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 | This program 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 2, or (at your option)  |
 | any later version.                                                   |
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 | General Public License for more details.                             |
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 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
@endverbatim
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:qgar-develop@loria.fr?subject=Qgar fwd Karl Tombre">Karl Tombre</a>
 * @date   July 03, 2001  10:27
 * @since  Qgar 1.0
 */
class Mask1dGaussD1

  : public DMask1d

{
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// P U B L I C    M E M B E R S
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
public:

  /** @name Constructors */
  //        ============
  //@{
  /**
   * @brief Copy constructor.
   *
   * See also qgar::Mask1dGaussD1::operator=,
   *          qgar::GenMask1d::deepCopy,
   *      and qgar::GenMask1d::shallowCopy.
   *
   * @warning Perform a deep copy: The coefficent map of the source mask
   * is duplicated.
   */
  Mask1dGaussD1(const Mask1dGaussD1& aMask);

  /**
   * @brief Initialize from given sigma (default <b>1.0</b>).
   * @param aSigma sigma of the Gaussian
   */
  Mask1dGaussD1(double aSigma = 1.0);
  //@}

  /** @name Destructor */
  //        ==========
  //@{
  /**
   * @brief Virtual destructor.
   */
  virtual ~Mask1dGaussD1();
  //@}

  /** @name Operators */
  //        =========
  //@{
  /**
   * @brief Assignment.
   * @param aMask mask to assign
   *
   * See also qgar::Mask1dGaussD1(Mask1dGaussD1<T>&),
   *          qgar::GenMask1d::deepCopy,
   *      and qgar::GenMask1d::shallowCopy.
   *
   * @warning Perform a <b>deep copy</b>: The coefficient map 
   * of the source mask is duplicated. Before the copy is performed, 
   * the destination mask is not supposed to have the same size
   * as the destination mask.
   */
  Mask1dGaussD1& operator=(const Mask1dGaussD1& aMask);
  //@}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
}; // class Mask1dGaussD1


} // namespace qgar

#endif /* __MASK1DGAUSSD1_H_INCLUDED__ */