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

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

I concur. It's been troubling me a bit already. 

Utkarsh 

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On Apr 12, 2012, at 7:32 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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