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  Program:   ParaView
  Module:    vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation.h

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=========================================================================*/
/**
 * @class   vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation
 * @brief   Generic attribute information like type.
 *
 * This objects is for eliminating direct access to vtkDataObjects
 * by the "client".  Only vtkPVPart and vtkPVProcessModule should access
 * the data directly.  At the moment, this object is only a container
 * and has no useful methods for operating on data.
*/

#ifndef vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation_h
#define vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation_h

#include "vtkPVArrayInformation.h"
#include "vtkPVClientServerCoreCoreModule.h" //needed for exports

class vtkClientServerStream;

class VTKPVCLIENTSERVERCORECORE_EXPORT vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation
  : public vtkPVArrayInformation
{
public:
  static vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation, vtkPVArrayInformation);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent) VTK_OVERRIDE;

  /**
   * Transfer information about a single object into this object.
   */
  virtual void CopyFromObject(vtkObject*) VTK_OVERRIDE;

protected:
  vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation();
  ~vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation();

  vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation(const vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
  void operator=(const vtkPVGenericAttributeInformation&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
};

#endif
