ShiftEstimator.h

//-*-C++-*-
/***************************************************************************
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2009 by Willem van Straten
 *   Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1
 *
 ***************************************************************************/
 
// psrchive/More/Timing/Pulsar/ShiftEstimator.h
 
#ifndef __Pulsar_ShiftEstimator_h
#define __Pulsar_ShiftEstimator_h
 
#include "Pulsar/Algorithm.h"
 
#include "TextInterface.h"
#include "Estimate.h"
 
namespace Pulsar {
 
  class Archive;

  class ShiftEstimator : public Algorithm
  {
 
  public:
 
    static bool verbose;

    virtual Estimate<double> get_shift () const = 0;

    virtual double get_reduced_chisq () const { return 0; }

    virtual double get_snr () const { return 0; }

    virtual TextInterface::Parser* get_interface () = 0;

    virtual ShiftEstimator* clone () const = 0;

    virtual std::string get_name () const { return "N/A"; }
    
    virtual void preprocess (Archive*);

    static ShiftEstimator* factory (const std::string& name_and_parse);
 
  };

  template<class T>
  class EmptyInterface : public TextInterface::To<T>
  {
    std::string name;
  public:
    EmptyInterface (const std::string& _name) { name = _name; }
    std::string get_interface_name () const { return name; }
  };
}
 
 
#endif // !defined __Pulsar_ShiftEstimator_h