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

  Copyright (c) 1993-2002 Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen 
  All rights reserved.
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// .NAME vtkImageWriter - Writes images to files.
// .SECTION Description
// vtkImageWriter writes images to files with any data type. The data type of
// the file is the same scalar type as the input.  The dimensionality
// determines whether the data will be written in one or multiple files.
// This class is used as the superclass of most image writing classes 
// such as vtkBMPWriter etc. It supports streaming.

#ifndef __vtkPImageWriter_h
#define __vtkPImageWriter_h

#include "vtkImageWriter.h"
class vtkPipelineSize;

class VTK_PARALLEL_EXPORT vtkPImageWriter : public vtkImageWriter
{
public:
  static vtkPImageWriter *New();
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkPImageWriter,vtkImageWriter);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);  

  // Description:
  // Set / Get the memory limit in kilobytes. The writer will
  // stream to attempt to keep the pipeline size within this limit
  vtkSetMacro(MemoryLimit, unsigned long);
  vtkGetMacro(MemoryLimit, unsigned long);

protected:
  vtkPImageWriter();
  ~vtkPImageWriter();

  unsigned long MemoryLimit;
  
  virtual void RecursiveWrite(int dim, vtkImageData *region, ofstream *file);
  virtual void RecursiveWrite(int dim, vtkImageData *cache, 
                              vtkImageData *data, ofstream *file) 
    {this->vtkImageWriter::RecursiveWrite(dim,cache,data,file);};
  
  vtkPipelineSize *SizeEstimator;
private:
  vtkPImageWriter(const vtkPImageWriter&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkPImageWriter&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif


