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#ifndef itkNumberToString_h
#define itkNumberToString_h

#include "itkMacro.h"
#include <string>

namespace itk
{
/** \class NumberToString
 * \brief Convert floating and fixed point numbers to strings
 *
 * This class uses the double-conversion library to floating point and
 * fixed point numbers to ASCII versions that are represented without
 * numerical precision errors.
 *
 * Typical use:
 *  \#include "itkNumberToString.h"
 *  NumberToString<float> convert;
 *  float a = 1.0f/3.0f;
 *  std::cout << convert(a) << std::endl;
 *
 * \ingroup ITKCommon
 */
template< typename TValue>
class ITK_TEMPLATE_EXPORT NumberToString
{
public:
  std::string operator() (TValue val);

private:
  NumberToString & operator=(const NumberToString &); // not defined
};

// declaration of specialization
template<> ITKCommon_EXPORT std::string NumberToString<double>::operator()(double val);
template<> ITKCommon_EXPORT std::string NumberToString<float>::operator()(float val);

} // namespace itk

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#include "itkNumberToString.hxx"
#endif
#endif