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// .NAME vtkImageAppend - Collects data from multiple inputs into one image.
// .SECTION Description
// vtkImageAppend takes the components from multiple inputs and merges
// them into one output. The output images are append along the "AppendAxis".
// Except for the append axis, all inputs must have the same extent.  
// All inputs must have the same number of scalar compnenets.  
// A future extension might be to pad or clip inputs to have the same extent.
// The output has the same origin and spacing as the first input.
// The origin and spacing of all other inputs are ignored.  All inputs
// must have the same scalar type.


#ifndef __vtkImageAppend_h
#define __vtkImageAppend_h


#include "vtkImageMultipleInputFilter.h"

class VTK_EXPORT vtkImageAppend : public vtkImageMultipleInputFilter
{
public:
  static vtkImageAppend *New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkImageAppend,vtkImageMultipleInputFilter);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);
  
  // Description:
  // This axis is expanded to hold the multiple images.
  vtkSetMacro(AppendAxis, int);
  vtkGetMacro(AppendAxis, int);
  
protected:
  vtkImageAppend();
  ~vtkImageAppend();
  vtkImageAppend(const vtkImageAppend&) {};
  void operator=(const vtkImageAppend&) {};

  int AppendAxis;
  // Array holds the AppendAxisExtent shift for each input.
  int *Shifts;

  void ExecuteInformation(vtkImageData **inputs, vtkImageData *output);
  void ComputeInputUpdateExtent(int inExt[6], int outExt[6], int whichInput);
  void ExecuteInformation(){this->vtkImageMultipleInputFilter::ExecuteInformation();};
  
  void ThreadedExecute(vtkImageData **inDatas, vtkImageData *outData,
		       int extent[6], int id);
};

#endif




