VLAFilter.h

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#ifndef NRAO_VLAFILTER_H
#define NRAO_VLAFILTER_H

#include <casa/aips.h>

#include <casa/namespace.h>
class VLALogicalRecord;

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class VLAFilter
{
public:
  // A virtual destructor is necessary to ensure that the destructor of derived
  // classes is used.
  virtual ~VLAFilter();

  // Return a pointer to a copy of the derived object upcast to a
  // VLAFilter object. The class that uses this function is responsible
  // for deleting the pointer. This is used to implement a virtual copy
  // constructor.
  virtual VLAFilter* clone() const = 0;

  // returns true if the supplied record meets the filter criteria.
  virtual casacore::Bool passThru(const VLALogicalRecord& record) const = 0;

  // casacore::Function which checks the internal data of this class for correct
  // dimensionality and consistant values. Returns true if everything is fine
  // otherwise returns false.
  virtual casacore::Bool ok() const;

private:

};
#endif