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vtkExporter Class Reference

abstract class to write a scene to a file. More...

#include <vtkExporter.h>

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Public Methods

virtual const char * GetClassName ()
virtual int IsA (const char *type)
void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
virtual void Write ()
void Update ()
virtual void SetRenderWindow (vtkRenderWindow *)
virtual vtkRenderWindowGetRenderWindow ()
void SetInput (vtkRenderWindow *renWin)
vtkRenderWindowGetInput ()
void SetStartWrite (void(*f)(void *), void *arg)
void SetEndWrite (void(*f)(void *), void *arg)
void SetStartWriteArgDelete (void(*f)(void *))
void SetEndWriteArgDelete (void(*f)(void *))
unsigned long GetMTime ()

Static Public Methods

int IsTypeOf (const char *type)
vtkExporter * SafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)

Protected Methods

 vtkExporter ()
 ~vtkExporter ()
 vtkExporter (const vtkExporter &)
void operator= (const vtkExporter &)
virtual void WriteData ()=0

Protected Attributes

vtkRenderWindowRenderWindow
void(* StartWrite )(void *)
void(* StartWriteArgDelete )(void *)
void * StartWriteArg
void(* EndWrite )(void *)
void(* EndWriteArgDelete )(void *)
void * EndWriteArg

Detailed Description

abstract class to write a scene to a file.

Date:
2000/12/10 20:08:36
Revision:
1.21

vtkExporter is an abstract class that exports a scene to a file. It is very similar to vtkWriter except that a writer only writes out the geometric and topological data for an object, where an exporter can write out material properties, lighting, camera parameters etc. The concrete subclasses of this class may not write out all of this information. For example vtkOBJExporter writes out Wavefront obj files which do not include support for camera parameters.

vtkExporter provides the convenience methods StartWrite() and EndWrite(). These methods are executed before and after execution of the Write() method. You can also specify arguments to these methods. This class defines SetInput and GetInput methods which take or return a vtkRenderWindow.

Warning:
Every subclass of vtkExporter must implement a WriteData() method.
See also:
vtkOBJExporter vtkRenderWindow vtkWriter


Member Function Documentation

virtual const char* vtkExporter::GetClassName   [virtual]
 

Return the class name as a string. This method is defined in all subclasses of vtkObject with the vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkRIBExporter.

unsigned long vtkExporter::GetMTime   [virtual]
 

Returns the MTime also considering the RenderWindow.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

virtual int vtkExporter::IsA const char *    type [virtual]
 

Return 1 if this class is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkRIBExporter.

int vtkExporter::IsTypeOf const char *    type [static]
 

Return 1 if this class type is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkRIBExporter.

void vtkExporter::PrintSelf ostream &    os,
vtkIndent    indent
[virtual]
 

Methods invoked by print to print information about the object including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to combine the output of several classes.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkRIBExporter.

vtkExporter* vtkExporter::SafeDownCast vtkObject   o [static]
 

Will cast the supplied object to vtkObject* is this is a safe operation (i.e., a safe downcast); otherwise NULL is returned. This method is defined in all subclasses of vtkObject with the vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkRIBExporter.

void vtkExporter::SetEndWrite void(*    f)(void *),
void *    arg
 

Specify a function to be called after data is written. Function will be called with argument provided.

void vtkExporter::SetEndWriteArgDelete void(*    f)(void *)
 

Set the arg delete method. This is used to free user memory.

void vtkExporter::SetInput vtkRenderWindow   renWin [inline]
 

These methods are provided for backward compatibility. Will disappear soon.

virtual void vtkExporter::SetRenderWindow vtkRenderWindow   [virtual]
 

Set/Get the rendering window that contains the scene to be written.

void vtkExporter::SetStartWrite void(*    f)(void *),
void *    arg
 

Specify a function to be called before data is written. Function will be called with argument provided.

void vtkExporter::SetStartWriteArgDelete void(*    f)(void *)
 

Set the arg delete method. This is used to free user memory.

void vtkExporter::Update  
 

Convenient alias for Write() method.

virtual void vtkExporter::Write   [virtual]
 

Write data to output. Method executes subclasses WriteData() method, as well as StartWrite() and EndWrite() methods.


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