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# Description

Given a filename, render window and optionally a rgba value, take a screenshot of the render window and write it to a file.

After using it, remove the function and the corresponding call.

Typical usage would be:

      // ...
      renWin.Render();
      // After creating the test image, this line must be removed.
      writeImage(renWin, "Test<Name of the Java File>.png");

      iren.Initialize();
      iren.Start();

These imports are needed.

    // For writing an image
    import vtk.vtkPNGWriter;
    import vtk.vtkWindowToImageFilter;

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## Java

### Declaration Section

    /**
      * Write the render window to a PNG file.
      * <p>
      * After creating the image, this function should be removed.
      *
      * @param renWin The render window
      * @param fn     The name of the image file.
      */
    public static void writeImage(vtkRenderWindow renWin, String fn) {
      vtkWindowToImageFilter windowToImageFilter = new vtkWindowToImageFilter();
      windowToImageFilter.SetInput(renWin);
      windowToImageFilter.SetScale(1);
      windowToImageFilter.SetInputBufferTypeToRGB();

      windowToImageFilter.ReadFrontBufferOff();
      windowToImageFilter.Update();

      vtkPNGWriter writer = new vtkPNGWriter();
      writer.SetFileName(fn);
      writer.SetInputConnection(windowToImageFilter.GetOutputPort());
      writer.Write();
    }

### Usage

      // After creating the test image, this line must be removed.
      writeImage(renWin, "Test<Name of the Java File>.png");