[Paraview] Writer plugin?

[David Thompson]

Hi Andy,

> I think you may be missing the FileName property. I thought that PV looked for that attribute to know that it should be classified as a writer. Also, you'll want to hide that property.

Adding the FileName property and hints did not work.

	Thanks,
	David

> So:
>       <StringVectorProperty name="FileName"
>                             command="SetFileName"
>                             number_of_elements="1"
>                             label="File Name">
>         <Documentation>
>           The file name.
>         </Documentation>
>       </StringVectorProperty>
> 
> 
> and:
>       <Hints>
>         <Property name="Input" show="0"/>
>         <Property name="FileName" show="0"/>
>         <WriterFactory extensions="json" file_description="JSON tabular data" />
>       </Hints>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:34 AM, David Thompson <david.thompson at kitware.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a ParaView plugin that contains a new writer which I would like to expose. However, while the plugin does properly expose a new view and representation, the writer does not appear to get added (when I try to save a vtkTable such as a statistics filter output, it doesn't appear as an option).
> 
> 1. Is there any documentation for adding writers in plugins? This page has a comment or two but doesn't appear complete:
> 
>     http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo
> 
> 2. If you're willing to look over the XML, I've attached it below. See any mistakes?
> 
>         Thanks,
>         David
> 
> <ServerManagerConfiguration>
>   <!-- Other proxy groups for views and representations here -->
> 
>   <ProxyGroup name="writers">
>     <WriterProxy
>       class="vtkPJSONTableWriter"
>       name="PJSONTableWriter">
>       <Documentation>
>         Write tabular data to a JSON file.
>       </Documentation>
>       <InputProperty
>         command="SetInputConnection"
>         name="Input">
>         <DataTypeDomain
>           composite_data_supported="0"
>           name="input_type">
>           <DataType value="vtkTable"/>
>         </DataTypeDomain>
>         <Documentation>The input filter/source whose output dataset is to
>         written to the file.</Documentation>
>       </InputProperty>
>       <Hints>
>         <WriterFactory extensions="json" file_description="JSON tabular data" />
>       </Hints>
>     </WriterProxy>
> 
>   </ProxyGroup>
> </ServerManagerConfiguration>
> 
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