[vtkusers] Re: pipeline introspection

[Goodwin Lawlor]

Hi Theodore,

vtkDataObject::GetSource() returns the filter that created the data object.

There is a tool to do just this here:
http://brighton.ncsa.uiuc.edu/prajlich/vtkPipeline/

I've noticed that the cvs vtk breaks this tool (a bit)

hth

Goodwin


"Theodore Sternberg" <tdsternberg at lbl.gov> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0502101153400.18669-100000 at hepburn.lbl.gov...
> Is there any good way to make a VTK pipeline print out the names of its
> constituent sources, filters and sinks?  Every VTK class has its
> PrintSelf() function.  I guess the question is, does whatever GetOutput()
> returns know the object it belongs to?
>
> Theodore Sternberg
> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
>
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