#ifndef NUMREDUCEB_HH
#define NUMREDUCEB_HH
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//! author="Robert Crida"
//! lib=NumReduce
//! date="3/3/1998"
//! userlevel=Develop
//! file="amma/PatternRec/FuncTools/Reduce/NumReduceB.hh"
//! docentry="Pattern Recognition.Feature Reduction"
//! rcsid="$Id: NumReduceB.hh,v 1.10 2000/02/16 14:11:24 ees1cg Exp $"

#include "amma/Num/NumFuncB.hh"

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// **********  NumReduceBC  *************************************************
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
//: Implementation base class for feature dimension reduction.
//
// Class hierarchy for feature space reduction algorithms. The handle class
// NumReduceC should be used.

class NumReduceBC: public NumFuncBC
{
public:
  NumReduceBC (const StringC &name);
  //: Constructor with derived class name

  NumReduceBC (const StringC &name, istream &in);
  //: Contructs from stream with derived class name

  NumReduceBC (const NumReduceBC &oth);
  //: Copy Constructor

protected:
  virtual const StringC GetInfo () const;
  //: Prints derived class information

  virtual BooleanT Save (ostream &out) const;
  //: Writes object to stream, can be loaded using constructor

  friend class NumReduceC;
  //: Handle class
};

#endif