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+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   ORFEO Toolbox
+  Language:  C++
+  Date:      $Date$
+  Version:   $Revision$
+
+
+  Copyright (c) Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. All rights reserved.
+  See OTBCopyright.txt for details.
+
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#ifndef __otbLocalGradientVectorImageFilter_h
+#define __otbLocalGradientVectorImageFilter_h
+
+#include "otbUnaryFunctorNeighborhoodVectorImageFilter.h"
+
+#include <itkNumericTraits.h>
+
+namespace otb
+{
+
+namespace Functor
+{
+/** \class LocalGradientOperator
+ * \brief Performs the calculation of LocalGradient derivation
+ */
+template < class TInput, class TOutput >
+class LocalGradientOperator
+{
+public:
+  LocalGradientOperator() { }
+  virtual ~LocalGradientOperator() { }
+
+  TOutput operator() ( const TInput & input )
+  {
+    /*
+     * it is assumed that input and output have the same size
+     */
+    unsigned int length = input.GetPixel(0).Size();
+    TOutput output ( length );
+    for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < length; i++ )
+    {
+      output[i] = static_cast<typename TOutput::ValueType>(
+                  input.GetPixel(4)[i] 
+                  - input.GetPixel(5)[i] / 2.
+                  - input.GetPixel(7)[i] / 2. );
+    }
+    return output;
+  }
+}; // end of functor class
+
+} // end of namespace Functor
+
+/** \class LocalGradientVectorImageFilter
+ * \brief Implements the 3x3 Local Gradient to be processed on a vector image
+ */
+template < class TInputImage, class TOutputImage >
+class ITK_EXPORT LocalGradientVectorImageFilter
+  : public UnaryFunctorNeighborhoodVectorImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage,
+            Functor::LocalGradientOperator< 
+              typename itk::ConstNeighborhoodIterator<TInputImage>,
+              typename TOutputImage::PixelType > > 
+{
+public:
+  /** Standart class typedefs */
+  typedef LocalGradientVectorImageFilter Self;
+  typedef UnaryFunctorNeighborhoodVectorImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage,
+            Functor::LocalGradientOperator< 
+              typename itk::ConstNeighborhoodIterator<TInputImage>,
+              typename TOutputImage::PixelType > >  Superclass;
+  typedef itk::SmartPointer<Self> Pointer;
+  typedef itk::SmartPointer<const Self> ConstPointer;
+
+  /** Method for creation through the object factory. */
+  itkNewMacro(Self);
+
+  /** Creation through object factory macro */
+  itkTypeMacro(LocalGradientVectorImageFilter, ImageToImageFilter);
+
+protected:
+  LocalGradientVectorImageFilter() { }
+  virtual ~LocalGradientVectorImageFilter() { }
+
+private:
+  LocalGradientVectorImageFilter( const Self & ); // Not implemented
+  void operator=( const Self & ); // Not implemented
+}; // end of class
+
+} // end of namespace otb
+
+
+#endif // __otbLocalGradientVectorImageFilter_h