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

[Chris Harris]

Sorry Bill, I should have replied to Berk's message. This was in
response to add another method SetInputDataXXX(....)

Chris

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> GetProducerPort() has been there for a long time and I have seen it
> used frequently. Foe example in the VTK Wiki Examples it is used 165
> times.
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Chris Harris <chris.harris at kitware.com> wrote:
>> I am of the opinion that if this is a pretty uncommon use case lets
>> not pollute the API with another method ( that we may struggle to find
>> a decent name for ). We should just document the trivial producer
>> approach.
>>
>> My 2 cents
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Why not reactivate GetProducerPort()? And do not add a new Set method.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Berk Geveci <berk.geveci at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>> I am fine with making this change with the exception of calling it
>>>> "SetInputData". The moment you did that, you will start seeing hidden method
>>>> warning in all subclasses that define SetInputData with another type as
>>>> input. SetInputDataObject? SetInputDataAsDataObject?
>>>>
>>>> -berk
>>>>
>>>> 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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