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  Program:   ParaView
  Module:    vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation.h

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/**
 * @class   vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation
 * @brief   List of array info
 *
 * Information associated with vtkDataSetAttributes object (i.e point data).
 * This object does not have any user interface.  It is created and destroyed
 * on the fly as needed.  It may be possible to add features of this object
 * to vtkDataSetAttributes.  That would eliminate all of the "Information"
 * in ParaView.
*/

#ifndef vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation_h
#define vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation_h

#include "vtkDataSetAttributes.h"            // needed for NUM_ATTRIBUTES
#include "vtkPVClientServerCoreCoreModule.h" //needed for exports
#include "vtkPVInformation.h"

class vtkDataSetAttributes;
class vtkFieldData;
class vtkPVArrayInformation;
class vtkGenericAttributeCollection;

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

  //@{
  /**
   * Returns the field association to which the instance corresponds to.
   * Returned value can be vtkDataObject::POINT, vtkDataObject::CELL,
   * vtkDataObject::FIELD, etc i.e. vtkDataObject::FieldAssociations or
   * vtkDataObject::AttributeTypes.
   */
  vtkGetMacro(FieldAssociation, int);
  vtkSetMacro(FieldAssociation, int);
  //@}

  //@{
  /**
   * Transfer information about a single vtk data object into
   * this object.
   */
  void CopyFromDataSetAttributes(vtkDataSetAttributes* data);
  void DeepCopy(vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* info);
  //@}

  void CopyFromFieldData(vtkFieldData* data);

  void CopyFromGenericAttributesOnPoints(vtkGenericAttributeCollection* data);
  void CopyFromGenericAttributesOnCells(vtkGenericAttributeCollection* data);
  void CopyFromGenericAttributes(vtkGenericAttributeCollection* data, int centering);

  //@{
  /**
   * Intersect information of argument with information currently
   * in this object.  Arrays must be in both
   * (same name and number of components)to be in final.
   */
  void AddInformation(vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* info);
  virtual void AddInformation(vtkPVInformation* info);
  //@}

  /**
   * Remove all infommation. next add will be like a copy.
   */
  void Initialize();

  //@{
  /**
   * Access to information.
   */
  int GetNumberOfArrays() const;
  // Because not all the arrays have to be the same length:
  int GetMaximumNumberOfTuples() const;
  vtkPVArrayInformation* GetArrayInformation(int idx) const;
  vtkPVArrayInformation* GetArrayInformation(const char* name) const;
  //@}

  /**
   * For getting default scalars ... (vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS).
   */
  vtkPVArrayInformation* GetAttributeInformation(int attributeType);

  /**
   * Mimicks data set attribute call.  Returns -1 if array (of index) is
   * not a standard attribute.  Returns attribute type otherwise.
   */
  int IsArrayAnAttribute(int arrayIndex);

  //@{
  /**
   * Manage a serialized version of the information.
   */
  virtual void CopyToStream(vtkClientServerStream*);
  virtual void CopyFromStream(const vtkClientServerStream*);
  //@}

protected:
  vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation();
  ~vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation();

  // Standard cell attributes.
  int FieldAssociation;

private:
  vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation(const vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
  void operator=(const vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;

  class vtkInternals;
  vtkInternals* Internals;
};

#endif
