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// .NAME vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter - manipulate attribute (cell and point) data via a user-specified function
// .SECTION Description
// vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter is a filter that allows you to write a
// custom procedure to manipulate attribute data - either point or cell
// data. For example, you could generate scalars based on a complex formula;
// convert vectors to normals; compute scalar values as a function of
// vectors, texture coords, and/or any other point data attribute; and so
// on. The filter takes multiple inputs (input plus an auxiliary input list),
// so you can write procedures that combine several dataset point
// attributes. Note that the output of the filter is the same type
// (topology/geometry) as the input.
//
// The filter works as follows. It operates like any other filter (i.e.,
// checking and managing modified and execution times, processing Update()
// and Execute() methods, managing release of data, etc.), but the difference
// is that the Execute() method simply invokes a user-specified function with
// an optional (void *) argument (typically the "this" pointer in C++). It is
// also possible to specify a function to delete the argument via
// ExecuteMethodArgDelete().
//
// To use the filter, you write a procedure to process the input datasets,
// process the data, and generate output data. Typically, this means grabbing
// the input point or cell data (using GetInput() and maybe GetInputList()),
// operating on it (creating new point and cell attributes such as scalars,
// vectors, etc.), and then setting the point and/or cell attributes in the
// output dataset (you'll need to use GetOutput() to access the output).
// (Note: besides C++, it is possible to do the same thing in Tcl, Java, or
// other languages that wrap the C++ core.) Remember, proper filter protocol
// requires that you don't modify the input data - you create new output data
// from the input.
//
// .SECTION Caveats
// This filter operates on any combination of the filter input plus a list of
// additional inputs (at a minimum you must set the filter input via
// SetInput()).  It is up to you check whether the input is valid, and to
// insure that the output is valid. Also, you have to write the control
// structure for the traversal and operation on the point and cell attribute
// data.
//
// By default the output point and cell data will be copied through from the
// input point data (using reference counting).  You can control this using
// the output's CopyAllOff() flag, or by using individual flags for each
// point data field (i.e., scalars, vectors, etc.)
//
// The output of this filter is the abstract type vtkDataSet, even if your
// input is a concrete type like vtkPolyData. Thus you may need to use
// vtkCastToConcrete to obtain the output as a particular concrete type, or
// one of the special methods of the superclass (e.g.,
// vtkDataSetAlgorithm::GetPolyDataOutput) to retrieve output of the
// correct type.
//
// The filter correctly manages modified time and network execution in most
// cases. However, if you change the definition of the filter function,
// you'll want to send a manual Modified() method to the filter to force it
// to reexecute.

#ifndef __vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter_h
#define __vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter_h

#include "vtkDataSetAlgorithm.h"

class vtkDataSetCollection;

class VTK_GRAPHICS_EXPORT vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter : public vtkDataSetAlgorithm 
{
public:
  static vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter *New();
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter,vtkDataSetAlgorithm);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Add a dataset to the list of data to process.
  void AddInput(vtkDataSet *in);

  // Description:
  // Remove a dataset from the list of data to process.
  void RemoveInput(vtkDataSet *in);

  // Description:
  // Return the list of inputs.
  vtkDataSetCollection *GetInputList() {return this->InputList;};

  // Description:
  // Specify the function to use to operate on the point attribute data. Note
  // that the function takes a single (void *) argument.
  void SetExecuteMethod(void (*f)(void *), void *arg);

  // Description:
  // Set the arg delete method. This is used to free user memory.
  void SetExecuteMethodArgDelete(void (*f)(void *));

protected:
  vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter();
  ~vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter();

  int RequestData(vtkInformation *, vtkInformationVector **, vtkInformationVector *);
  vtkDataSetCollection *InputList; //list of datasets to process
  void (*ExecuteMethod)(void *); //function to invoke
  void (*ExecuteMethodArgDelete)(void *);
  void *ExecuteMethodArg;

  virtual void ReportReferences(vtkGarbageCollector*);

private:
  // hide the superclass' AddInput() from the user and the compiler
  void AddInput(vtkDataObject *)
    { vtkErrorMacro( << "AddInput() must be called with a vtkDataSet not a vtkDataObject."); };

private:
  vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter(const vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkProgrammableAttributeDataFilter&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif


