[ITK] How to check the functions in the ITK documentation

[Sam Raby]

Thanks for the info. Is there any "summarized" version of the
ItkSoftwareGuide?

http://www.itk.org/ItkSoftwareGuide.pdf

-S


On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:15 AM, Michka Popoff <michkapopoff at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi
>
> I merged your two questions in one topic, so I can answer the two at once.
>
> In the class ImageFileReader, there is no SetFileName method. But the
> documentation states:
> *This source object is a general filter to read data from a variety of
> file formats. It works with a ImageIOBase subclass to actually do the
> reading of the data.*
>
> So if you go the ImageIOBase [1] class definition, you will find the
> SetFileName method. This can be confusing at the beginning, but when you
> don’t find a method somewhere (and this is often the case for most of
> projects you’ll find around, not only ITK), think to look at the parent
> class and the child/subclass. Often the methods are defined somewhere else.
>
>
> For the Update() call, this is related to the ITK pipeline. Some detailed
> description can be found here [2]. There is also one article here [3] that
> is more readable, or there is a section (13.3) in the ITK software guide
> here [4].
>
> Finally, we have a nice set of examples here [5] which show you how to use
> the ITK pipeline. This should help you getting started.
>
>
> [1] http://www.itk.org/Insight/Doxygen/html/classitk_1_1ImageIOBase.html
> [2] http://www.itk.org/Doxygen/html/classitk_1_1DataObject.html
> [3] http://www.kitware.com/media/html/IOStreamingInITK.html
> [4] http://www.itk.org/ItkSoftwareGuide.pdf
> [5] http://itk.org/ITKExamples/
>
>
> On 9 mai 2014, at 22:45, Simplicity Peace <simplicitypeacescm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> For instance, I tried to look for the functions of the class
> "ImageFileReader". In the ITK software guide, a function called
> "SetFileName" was used. I thought of looking for the functions that come
> under that class here<http://www.itk.org/Insight/Doxygen/html/classitk_1_1ImageFileReader.html#pub-methods>,
> but couldn't find that "SetFileName" function. Am I searching in the wrong
> place?
>
> Thanks.
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> Hello,
>
> I'm new to `ITK`. I just want to ask, what does `Update()` mean? For
> example, I found that I had to use it with an `ImageFileReader`. Why is
> that?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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