[vtkusers] SafeDownCast does not work properly

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Maximilian,

I am confused why any arbitrary vtkPolyData object would be castable to
"Mesh". It will only return non-null, if it's is indeed created as a Mesh.
Is it? Where's the "<vtkPolyData object>" coming from?

Utkarsh

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Maximilian Weiherer <
weiherer.maximilian at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I defined my own mesh class (named *Mesh*) by inheriting from
> vtkPolyData. Now I am struggling with the SafeDownCast method in order to
> cast a vtkPolyData object into a *Mesh* object. Whenever I am applying a
> SafeDownCast to a vtkPolyData object, NULL is returned.
>
>
>
> The *Mesh* class looks as follows:
>
>
>
> class Mesh : public vtkPolyData
>
> {
>
>   public:
>
>     static Mesh* New();
>
>     vtkTypeMacro(Mesh, vtkPolyData);
>
>     void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);
>
>
>
>   protected:
>
>     Mesh();
>
>     ~Mesh();
>
>   private:
>
>     Mesh(const Mesh&); // Not implemented.
>
>     void operator=(const Mesh&); // Not implemented.
>
> };
>
>
>
> …and this is the cast that does not work properly:
>
>
>
> Mesh* mesh = Mesh::SafeDownCast(<vtkPolyData object>); // mesh always
> equals NULL
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Maximilian
>
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