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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkDirectory.h
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date$
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  Thanks:    Thanks to William A. Hoffman who developed this class
  

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// .NAME vtkDirectory - OS independent class for access to system directories
// .SECTION Description
// vtkDirectory provides a portable way of finding the names of the files
// in a system directory.

// .SECTION Caveats
// vtkDirectory works with windows and unix only.



#ifndef __vtkDirectory_h
#define __vtkDirectory_h

#include "vtkObject.h"

class VTK_EXPORT vtkDirectory : public vtkObject
{
public:
  // Description:
  // Return the class name as a string.
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkDirectory,vtkObject);

  // Description:
  // Create a new vtkDirectory object.
  static vtkDirectory *New() {return new vtkDirectory;};

  // Description:
  // Print directory to stream.
  virtual void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Open the specified directory and load the names of the files
  // in that directory. 0 is returned if the directory can not be 
  // opened, 1 if it is opened.   
  int Open(const char* dir);
  // Description:
  // Return the number of files in the current directory.
  int GetNumberOfFiles() { return this->NumberOfFiles; }
  // Description:
  // Return the file at the given index, the indexing is 0 based
  const char* GetFile(int index);
protected:
  vtkDirectory();
  ~vtkDirectory() ;
  vtkDirectory(const vtkDirectory&) {};
  void operator=(const vtkDirectory&) {};
private:
  const char* Path;		// Path to Open'ed directory
  char** Files;			// Array of Files
  int NumberOfFiles;		// Number if files in open directory
  
};

#endif
