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// .NAME vtkImageBlockWriter - Breaks up image into blocks and save in files.
// .SECTION Description
// Experimenting with different file formats. This one saves an image in 
// multiple files.  I am allowing overlap between file for efficiency.

// .SECTION see also
// vtkImageBlockReader.

#ifndef __vtkImageBlockWriter_h
#define __vtkImageBlockWriter_h

#include "vtkProcessObject.h"
#include "vtkImageData.h"

class VTK_EXPORT vtkImageBlockWriter : public vtkProcessObject
{
public:
  static vtkImageBlockWriter *New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkImageBlockWriter,vtkProcessObject);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // The whole extent is broken up into this many divisions along each axis.
  vtkSetVector3Macro(Divisions, int);
  vtkGetVector3Macro(Divisions, int);

  // Description:
  // The number of points along any axis that belong to more than one piece.
  vtkSetMacro(Overlap, int);
  vtkGetMacro(Overlap, int);

  // Description:
  // This writer takes images as input.
  void SetInput(vtkImageData *input);
  vtkImageData *GetInput();
  
  // Description:
  // This printf pattern should take three integers, one for each axis.
  vtkSetStringMacro(FilePattern);
  vtkGetStringMacro(FilePattern);

  // Description:
  // Write the files.
  void Write();

  
protected:
  vtkImageBlockWriter();
  ~vtkImageBlockWriter();
  vtkImageBlockWriter(const vtkImageBlockWriter&) {};
  void operator=(const vtkImageBlockWriter&) {};
  
  char *FilePattern;

  int Divisions[3];
  int Overlap;
};


#endif


