NICE_VisLearning/features/localfeatures/LocalFeature.h

/** 
* @file LocalFeature.h
* @brief local feature interface
* @author Erik Rodner
* @date 02/05/2008

*/
#ifndef LOCALFEATUREINCLUDE
#define LOCALFEATUREINCLUDE

#ifdef NOVISUAL
#include <vislearning/nice_nonvis.h>
#else
#include <vislearning/nice.h>
#endif

#include "core/vector/VVector.h"
  

namespace OBJREC {

/** local feature interface */
class LocalFeature
{

    protected:

    public:
  
	/** simple constructor */
	LocalFeature();
      
	/** simple destructor */
	virtual ~LocalFeature();

	virtual int getDescSize() const = 0;

	virtual int getDescriptors ( const NICE::Image & img, NICE::VVector & positions, NICE::VVector & descriptors) const = 0;
	
	virtual int getDescriptors ( const NICE::ColorImage & img, NICE::VVector & positions, NICE::VVector & descriptors) const;
	
	virtual void visualizeFeatures ( NICE::Image & mark,
				 const NICE::VVector & positions,
				 size_t color ) const;
    
};


} // namespace

#endif