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#ifndef VRN_IMAGESTACKER_H
#define VRN_IMAGESTACKER_H

#include "voreen/core/processors/volumeprocessor.h"

#include "voreen/core/properties/intproperty.h"
#include "voreen/core/properties/vectorproperty.h"
#include "voreen/core/properties/boolproperty.h"

#include "voreen/core/ports/volumeport.h"
#include "voreen/core/datastructures/volume/volumelist.h"

namespace voreen {

class ImageSequence;

/**
 * Constructs a volume from a sequence of 2D images.
 */
class VRN_CORE_API VolumeComposer : public VolumeProcessor {
public:
    VolumeComposer();
    virtual Processor* create() const;

    virtual std::string getClassName() const  { return "VolumeComposer";    }
    virtual std::string getCategory() const   { return "Volume Processing"; }
    virtual CodeState getCodeState() const    { return CODE_STATE_STABLE;   }

    virtual bool usesExpensiveComputation() const { return true; }

    virtual bool isReady() const;

protected:
    virtual void setDescriptions() {
        setDescription("Constructs a volume by stacking either the input image sequence or the input volume collection in z-direction. "
                       "Multi-channel input images are either copied channel-wise or converted to grayscale, depending on the respective property setting. "
                       "If the volume is constructed from an image stack, the voxel spacing of the resulting volume has to be specified via property. ");
    }

    virtual void process();
    virtual void initialize() throw (tgt::Exception);
    virtual void deinitialize() throw (tgt::Exception);

    void stackImages();
    void stackVolumes();

    ImageSequencePort inportImages_;
    VolumeListPort inportVolumes_;
    VolumePort outport_;

    BoolProperty convertMultiChannelTexToGrayscale_;
    FloatVec3Property voxelSpacing_;

    static const std::string loggerCat_; ///< category used in logging
};

}

#endif //VRN_IMAGESTACKER_H
