[vtk-developers] No api for vtkAlgorithm::SetInputData()

[Bill Lorensen]

I agree that this is a problem...

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Pat Marion <pat.marion at kitware.com> wrote:
> Here is a example, which may not be very common, but I had it in my code...
>
> void foo(vtkAlgorithm* aFilter, vtkDataObject* aData)
> {
>   vtkDataObject* aDataCopy = copyData(aData);
>   aFilter->SetInputConnection(aDataCopy->GetProducerPort());
>   ...
> }
>
> In VTK 6, I can't find a generic way to connect a data object to an
> algorithm.
> I have to create a trivial producer (reimplement
> vtkAlgorithm::SetInputDataInternal)
>
> I'm curious if there is a reason not to change protected
> SetInputDataInternal to public SetInputData?
>
> Most subclasses define SetInputData as:
>
> void vtkPolyDataAlgorithm::SetInputData(int index, vtkDataObject* input)
> {
>   this->SetInputDataInternal(index, input);
> }
>
>
> Pat
>
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