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  Program:   ParaView
  Module:    vtkCPCxxHelper.h

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#ifndef vtkCPCxxHelper_h
#define vtkCPCxxHelper_h

#include "vtkObject.h"
#include "vtkPVCatalystModule.h" // For windows import/export of shared libraries
#include "vtkWeakPointer.h"      // needed for vtkWeakPointer.

class vtkPVOptions;

/// @ingroup CoProcessing
/// Singleton class for initializing without python.
/// The vtkCPCxxHelper instance is created on the first call to
/// vtkCPCxxHelper::New(), subsequent calls return the same instance (but with
/// an increased reference count). When the caller is done with the
/// vtkCPCxxHelper instance, it should simply call Delete() or UnRegister() on
/// it. When the last caller of vtkCPCxxHelper::New() releases the reference,
/// the singleton instance will be cleaned up.
class VTKPVCATALYST_EXPORT vtkCPCxxHelper : public vtkObject
{
public:
  static vtkCPCxxHelper* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkCPCxxHelper, vtkObject);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

protected:
  vtkCPCxxHelper();
  virtual ~vtkCPCxxHelper();

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

  vtkPVOptions* Options;

  /// The singleton instance of the class.
  static vtkWeakPointer<vtkCPCxxHelper> Instance;
};

#endif
