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  Program:   ParaView
  Module:    vtkPistonInformationHelper.h

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// .NAME vtkPistonInformationHelper - allows PVDataInformation to
// refer to vtkPistonDataObjects
//
// .SECTION Description
// This is a customization of vtkPistonInformationHelper that populates
// the corresponding vtkPVDataInformation with information from a
// PistonDataObject.

#ifndef __vtkPistonInformationHelper_h
#define __vtkPistonInformationHelper_h

#include "vtkPVDataInformationHelper.h"

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

  const char* GetPrettyDataTypeString();

protected:
  vtkPistonInformationHelper();
  ~vtkPistonInformationHelper();

  bool ValidateType(vtkDataObject *data);

  //API to access information I fill the PVDataInformation I am friend of with
  double *GetBounds();
  int GetNumberOfDataSets();
  vtkTypeInt64 GetNumberOfCells();
  vtkTypeInt64 GetNumberOfPoints();
  vtkTypeInt64 GetNumberOfRows();

private:
  vtkPistonInformationHelper(const vtkPistonInformationHelper&); // Not implemented
  void operator=(const vtkPistonInformationHelper&); // Not implemented
};

#endif
