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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkPNMReader.h
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// .NAME vtkPNMReader - read pnm (i.e., portable anymap) files
// .SECTION Description
// vtkPNMReader is a source object that reads pnm (portable anymap) files.
// This includes .pbm (bitmap), .pgm (grayscale), and .ppm (pixmap) files.
// (Currently this object only reads binary versions of these files.)
//
// PNMReader creates structured point datasets. The dimension of the 
// dataset depends upon the number of files read. Reading a single file 
// results in a 2D image, while reading more than one file results in a 
// 3D volume.
//
// To read a volume, files must be of the form "FileName.<number>"
// (e.g., foo.ppm.0, foo.ppm.1, ...). You must also specify the image 
// range. This range specifies the beginning and ending files to read (range
// can be any pair of non-negative numbers). 
//
// The default behavior is to read a single file. In this case, the form
// of the file is simply "FileName" (e.g., foo.bar, foo.ppm, foo.pnm). To 
// differentiate between reading images and volumes, the image range is set
// to  (-1,-1) to read a single image file.

#ifndef __vtkPNMReader_h
#define __vtkPNMReader_h

#include <stdio.h>
#include "vtkImageReader.h"

class VTK_EXPORT vtkPNMReader : public vtkImageReader
{
public:
  static vtkPNMReader *New() {return new vtkPNMReader;};
  const char *GetClassName() {return "vtkPNMReader";};
  
protected:
  void UpdateImageInformation();
};

#endif


