[Paraview-developers] Upcoming changes to ParaView Server Manager

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

> I have a number of information only XML helper items that I would like to get rid of.
>
> Suppose my class (in VTK) sets an ivar like Time (and I have a TimeInfo information_
> only helper to get it)
>
>    double tval[1] = { -1.0 };
>    vtkSMPropertyHelper time(this->Internals->DSMProxyHelper, "TimeInfo");
>    time.UpdateValueFromServer();
>    time.Get(tval,1);
> Can I get rid of these information only properties now, and just use the same Time variable that is for Set as for Get?

No, information_only properties have not been deprecated. The need for
writing an "Information Helper" class is deprecated. If you have
defined new information helper types (which would be rare), you
convert those to SI.*Property.

Utkarsh