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+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// RTToolbox - DKFZ radiotherapy quantitative evaluation library
+//
+// Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ),
+// Software development for Integrated Diagnostics and Therapy (SIDT).
+// ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
+// See rttbCopyright.txt or
+// http://www.dkfz.de/en/sidt/projects/rttb/copyright.html [^]
+//
+// 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.
+//
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/*!
+// @file
+// @version $Revision: 922 $ (last changed revision)
+// @date $Date: 2015-04-07 06:53:37 +0200 (Di, 07 Apr 2015) $ (last change date)
+// @author $Author: hentsch $ (last changed by)
+*/
+
+// this file defines the rttbCoreTests for the test driver
+// and all it expects is that you have a function called RegisterTests
+
+#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+
+#include "litCheckMacros.h"
+
+#include "rttbBaseType.h"
+#include "rttbDoseStatistics.h"
+#include "rttbDoseStatisticsXMLWriter.h"
+#include "rttbGenericMaskedDoseIterator.h"
+#include "rttbDoseIteratorInterface.h"
+#include "rttbVirtuosPlanFileDoseAccessorGenerator.h"
+#include "rttbVirtuosDoseAccessor.h"
+#include "rttbVirtuosFileStructureSetGenerator.h"
+#include "rttbBoostMaskAccessor.h"
+#include "rttbInvalidParameterException.h"
+#include "rttbNullPointerException.h"
+
+
+namespace rttb
+{
+
+	namespace testing
+	{
+
+		/*! @brief OtherIOTest - test the IO for dose statistics
+		    1) test exception
+			2) test writing statistcs to xml file
+		*/
+
+		int DoseStatisticsIOVirtuosTest(int argc, char* argv[])
+		{
+			typedef core::GenericDoseIterator::DoseAccessorPointer DoseAccessorPointer;
+			typedef core::DoseIteratorInterface::DoseIteratorPointer DoseIteratorPointer;
+			typedef core::StructureSetGeneratorInterface::StructureSetPointer StructureSetPointer;
+			typedef boost::shared_ptr<rttb::algorithms::DoseStatistics> DoseStatisticsPtr;
+			typedef core::MaskAccessorInterface::MaskAccessorPointer MaskAccessorPointer;
+			typedef boost::shared_ptr<rttb::core::GeometricInfo> GeometricInfoPointer;
+
+			PREPARE_DEFAULT_TEST_REPORTING;
+
+			std::string Struct_FILENAME;
+			std::string BPLCT_FILENAME;
+			std::string Dose_FILENAME;
+			std::string Plan_FILENAME;
+			std::string Struct_NAME;
+
+			if (argc > 5)
+			{
+				Struct_FILENAME = argv[1];
+				BPLCT_FILENAME = argv[2];
+				Dose_FILENAME = argv[3];
+				Plan_FILENAME = argv[4];
+				Struct_NAME = argv[5];
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				std::cout << "at least 5 arguments are expected in DoseStatisticsIOVirtuosTest." << std::endl;
+			}
+
+			/* generate dummy dose */
+			io::virtuos::VirtuosPlanFileDoseAccessorGenerator doseAccessorGenerator(Dose_FILENAME.c_str(), Plan_FILENAME.c_str());
+
+			DoseAccessorPointer doseAccessor(doseAccessorGenerator.generateDoseAccessor());
+
+			StructureSetPointer rtStructureSet = io::virtuos::VirtuosFileStructureSetGenerator(
+			        Struct_FILENAME.c_str(), BPLCT_FILENAME.c_str()).generateStructureSet();
+
+			GeometricInfoPointer geometricInfoPtr = boost::make_shared<rttb::core::GeometricInfo>(doseAccessor->getGeometricInfo());
+			MaskAccessorPointer maskAccessorPtr = boost::make_shared<rttb::masks::boost::BoostMaskAccessor>
+			                                      (rtStructureSet->getStructure(3), doseAccessor->getGeometricInfo());
+			maskAccessorPtr->updateMask();
+
+			boost::shared_ptr<core::GenericMaskedDoseIterator> spTestDoseIterator =
+			    boost::make_shared<core::GenericMaskedDoseIterator>(maskAccessorPtr, doseAccessor);
+			DoseIteratorPointer spDoseIterator(spTestDoseIterator);
+
+			rttb::algorithms::DoseStatistics myDoseStats(spDoseIterator);
+			DoseStatisticsPtr myDoseStatsPtr = boost::make_shared<rttb::algorithms::DoseStatistics>
+			                                   (myDoseStats);
+
+			/* test writing statistcs to xml file */
+			FileNameString fN = "StatisticsSarkomPatient2.xml";
+			CHECK_NO_THROW(io::other::writeDoseStatistics(myDoseStatsPtr, fN));
+
+			RETURN_AND_REPORT_TEST_SUCCESS;
+		}
+
+	}//testing
+}//rttb
+