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// .NAME vtkAppendFilter - appends one or more datasets together into a single unstructured grid
// .SECTION Description
// vtkAppendFilter is a filter that appends one of more datasets into a single
// unstructured grid. All geometry is extracted and appended, but point 
// attributes (i.e., scalars, vectors, normals) are extracted and appended
// only if all datasets have the point attributes available. (For example, 
// if one dataset has scalars but another does not, scalars will not be 
// appended.)
// .SECTION See Also
// vtkAppendPolyData

#ifndef __vtkAppendFilter_h
#define __vtkAppendFilter_h

#include "vtkDataSetToUnstructuredGridFilter.h"
#include "vtkDataSetCollection.h"

class VTK_EXPORT vtkAppendFilter : public vtkDataSetToUnstructuredGridFilter
{
public:
  vtkAppendFilter();
  char *GetClassName() {return "vtkAppendFilter";};
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  void AddInput(vtkDataSet *in);
  void AddInput(vtkDataSet& in) {this->AddInput(&in);};
  void RemoveInput(vtkDataSet *in);
  void RemoveInput(vtkDataSet& in) {this->RemoveInput(&in);};
  vtkDataSetCollection *GetInputList() {return &(this->InputList);};

  // filter interface
  void Update();

protected:
  // Usual data generation method
  void Execute();
  // list of data sets to append together
  vtkDataSetCollection InputList;
};

#endif


