/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkStructuredGridWriter.h
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date$
  Version:   $Revision$

  Copyright (c) 1993-2002 Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen 
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
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=========================================================================*/
// .NAME vtkStructuredGridWriter - write vtk structured grid data file
// .SECTION Description
// vtkStructuredGridWriter is a source object that writes ASCII or binary 
// structured grid data files in vtk format. See text for format details.

// .SECTION Caveats
// Binary files written on one system may not be readable on other systems.

#ifndef __vtkStructuredGridWriter_h
#define __vtkStructuredGridWriter_h

#include "vtkDataWriter.h"

class vtkStructuredGrid;

class VTK_IO_EXPORT vtkStructuredGridWriter : public vtkDataWriter
{
public:
  static vtkStructuredGridWriter *New();
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkStructuredGridWriter,vtkDataWriter);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Set / get the input data or filter.
  void SetInput(vtkStructuredGrid *input);
  vtkStructuredGrid *GetInput();
                               
protected:
  vtkStructuredGridWriter() {};
  ~vtkStructuredGridWriter() {};

  void WriteData();
  void WriteBlanking(ostream *fp, vtkStructuredGrid *ds);

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

#endif


