FeatureGroupingAlgorithm.h

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#ifndef OPENMS_ANALYSIS_MAPMATCHING_FEATUREGROUPINGALGORITHM_H
#define OPENMS_ANALYSIS_MAPMATCHING_FEATUREGROUPINGALGORITHM_H

#include <OpenMS/DATASTRUCTURES/DefaultParamHandler.h>
#include <OpenMS/KERNEL/FeatureMap.h>
#include <OpenMS/KERNEL/ConsensusMap.h>

namespace OpenMS
{

  class OPENMS_DLLAPI FeatureGroupingAlgorithm :
    public DefaultParamHandler
  {
public:
    FeatureGroupingAlgorithm();

    virtual ~FeatureGroupingAlgorithm();

    virtual void group(const std::vector<FeatureMap<> > & maps, ConsensusMap & out) = 0;

    virtual void group(const std::vector<ConsensusMap> & maps, ConsensusMap & out);

    void transferSubelements(const std::vector<ConsensusMap> & maps, ConsensusMap & out) const;

    static void registerChildren();

private:
    FeatureGroupingAlgorithm(const FeatureGroupingAlgorithm &);
    FeatureGroupingAlgorithm & operator=(const FeatureGroupingAlgorithm &);

  };

} // namespace OpenMS

#endif // OPENMS_ANALYSIS_MAPMATCHING_FEATUREGROUPINGALGORITHM_H