/// \file algorithm/algorithm.h
/// \copyright 2022 Sascha Nitsch
/// Licence under MIT license
/// \brief declaration of the Algorithm class

#ifndef ALGORITHM_ALGORITHM_H_
#define ALGORITHM_ALGORITHM_H_

// system includes
#include <inttypes.h>
// own includes
#include "../image.h"

/// namespace for different time generation algorithms
namespace Algorithm {
/// \brief base class for the different time generation algorithms
class Algorithm {
 public:
  /// \brief destructor
  virtual ~Algorithm() {}
  /// \brief process images
  /// \param input input image
  /// \param output output image
  /// \return 0 if ok, != 0 on error
  virtual int8_t process(Image* input, Image* output) = 0;
};
}  // namespace Algorithm
#endif  // ALGORITHM_ALGORITHM_H_