Add pickle support
The Python pickle
module (https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html) is often used to serialize python objects to disk for later loading. This MR introduces the capability to use the python pickle
module to both pickle and unpickle vtkDataObject
s python wrapped objects. The serialization of the data object uses the marshaling capabilities of vtkCommunicator
behind the scenes.
In order to use this new feature in python, you must first run:
import vtkmodules.util.pickle_support
Once you have imported the module the pickling of data objects is completely transparent. Here is a code snippet:
from vtkmodules.vtkFiltersSources import vtkSphereSource
import vtk.util.pickle_support
import pickle
sphereSrc = vtk.vtkSphereSource()
sphereSrc.Update()
pickled = pickle.dumps(sphereSrc.GetOutput())
unpickled = pickle.loads(pickled)
print(unpickled)
Edited by Julien Fausty