GenericDataObjectReader

#include <vtkGenericDataObjectReader.h>
#include <vtkStructuredGrid.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <string>

int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
  // Ensure a filename was specified
  if(argc != 2)
  {
    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " InputFilename" << endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  // Get the filename from the command line
  std::string inputFilename = argv[1];

  // Get all data from the file
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkGenericDataObjectReader> reader =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkGenericDataObjectReader>::New();
  reader->SetFileName(inputFilename.c_str());
  reader->Update();

  // All of the standard data types can be checked and obtained like this:
  if(reader->IsFilePolyData())
  {
    std::cout << "output is a polydata" << std::endl;
    vtkPolyData* output = reader->GetPolyDataOutput();
    std::cout << "output has " << output->GetNumberOfPoints() << " points." << std::endl;
  }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)

project(GenericDataObjectReader)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  vtkCommonCore
  vtkCommonDataModel
  vtkIOLegacy QUIET)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message("Skipping GenericDataObjectReader: ${VTK_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE}")
  return ()
endif()
message (STATUS "VTK_VERSION: ${VTK_VERSION}")
if (VTK_VERSION VERSION_LESS "8.90.0")
  # old system
  include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
  add_executable(GenericDataObjectReader MACOSX_BUNDLE GenericDataObjectReader.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(GenericDataObjectReader PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else ()
  # include all components
  add_executable(GenericDataObjectReader MACOSX_BUNDLE GenericDataObjectReader.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(GenericDataObjectReader PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
  # vtk_module_autoinit is needed
  vtk_module_autoinit(
    TARGETS GenericDataObjectReader
    MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
    )
endif () 

cd GenericDataObjectReader/build 

cmake ..

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

make

./GenericDataObjectReader