[vtkusers] Non-virtual version of vtkDataArrayTemplate

[David Lonie]

To finish this off, all of the tools are in VTK, and I checked that they're
all there in VTK 6 :)

Try:

typedef float MyType;
vtkDataArray *myArray = vtkDataArray::CreateDataArray(
  vtkTypeTraits<MyType>::VTKTypeID());

Best,
Dave

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Shawn Waldon <shawn.waldon at kitware.com>
wrote:

> Matthieu,
>
> If you have the VTK type code (VTK_INT, VTK_FLOAT, etc) there is a
> function vtkDataArray::CreateDataArray(int type) that takes this type
> code.  You'll still have to do the first part of the code Cory gave, but
> the switch statement is already implemented in VTK.  I don't know if there
> is anything that takes the template parameter and gives the type code
> though.
>
> HTH,
> Shawn
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Matthieu,
>>
>> I'm not sure if there is a templated array factory in VTK to do this.
>>
>> You could make specialized templated utility functions specialized for
>> each of your types, e.g. (not tested):
>>
>> template <typename T>
>> int GetVTKType(T *)
>> {
>>   return 0;
>> }
>>
>> template <>
>> int GetVTKType(int *)
>> {
>>   return VTK_INT;
>> }
>>
>> template <>
>> int GetVTKType(float* )
>> {
>>   return VTK_FLOAT;
>> }
>>
>> and so on, then use this to create the right type of array in a switch
>> statement:
>>
>> int arrayType = GetVTKType();
>> switch (arrayType)
>> {
>>   case VTK_INT:
>>     return vtkIntArray::New();
>>     break;
>>
>>   case VTK_FLOAT:
>>     return vtkFloatArray::New();
>>     break;
>>
>>   default:
>>     //...
>> }
>>
>> HTH,
>> Cory
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:08 AM, Matthieu Heitz <heitz.matthieu at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all !
>>>
>>> I have a template class myClass<T>, where T can be a scalar (float, int,
>>> double, etc.)
>>> I would like to create a vtkFloatArray, vtkIntArray, or vtkDoubleArray,
>>> depending on the type T.
>>> I thought that vtkDataArrayTemplate<T> would be a good solution.
>>> Unfortunately, it is a virtual class, so I can't write this :
>>>
>>> vtkSmartPointer< vtkDataArrayTemplate<T> > array =
>>> vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataArrayTemplate<T> >::New();
>>>
>>> because when I try to instantiate a myClass<float>, I get the error :
>>>
>>> error: invalid conversion from ‘vtkObject*’ to
>>> ‘vtkDataArrayTemplate<float>*’ [-fpermissive]
>>>
>>> So my question is: Is there an non-virtual version of
>>> vtkDataArrayTemplate that would allow me to create a vtkFloatArray when T
>>> is float, vtkDoubleArray when T is double, etc.
>>>
>>> P.S: I use VTK 6.0.0
>>>
>>> Thank you !
>>> Matthieu Heitz
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Cory Quammen
>> R&D Engineer
>> Kitware, Inc.
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