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  Module:    vtkPVTemporalDataInformation.h

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/**
 * @class   vtkPVTemporalDataInformation
 *
 * vtkPVTemporalDataInformation is used to gather data information over time.
 * This information provided by this class is a sub-set of vtkPVDataInformation
 * and hence this is not directly a subclass of vtkPVDataInformation. It
 * internally uses vtkPVDataInformation to collect information about each
 * timestep.
*/

#ifndef vtkPVTemporalDataInformation_h
#define vtkPVTemporalDataInformation_h

#include "vtkPVClientServerCoreCoreModule.h" //needed for exports
#include "vtkPVInformation.h"

class vtkPVArrayInformation;
class vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation;

class VTKPVCLIENTSERVERCORECORE_EXPORT vtkPVTemporalDataInformation : public vtkPVInformation
{
public:
  static vtkPVTemporalDataInformation* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkPVTemporalDataInformation, vtkPVInformation);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  //@{
  /**
   * Port number controls which output port the information is gathered from.
   * This is only applicable when the vtkObject from which the information being
   * gathered is a vtkAlgorithm. Set it to -1(default), to return the classname
   * of the vtkAlgorithm itself.
   * This is the only parameter that can be set on  the client-side before
   * gathering the information.
   */
  vtkSetMacro(PortNumber, int);
  //@}

  /**
   * Transfer information about a single object into this object.
   * This expects the \c object to be a vtkAlgorithmOutput.
   */
  virtual void CopyFromObject(vtkObject* object);

  /**
   * Merge another information object. Calls AddInformation(info, 0).
   */
  virtual void AddInformation(vtkPVInformation* info);

  //@{
  /**
   * Manage a serialized version of the information.
   */
  virtual void CopyToStream(vtkClientServerStream*);
  virtual void CopyFromStream(const vtkClientServerStream*);
  //@}

  //@{
  /**
   * Serialize/Deserialize the parameters that control how/what information is
   * gathered. This are different from the ivars that constitute the gathered
   * information itself. For example, PortNumber on vtkPVDataInformation
   * controls what output port the data-information is gathered from.
   */
  virtual void CopyParametersToStream(vtkMultiProcessStream&);
  virtual void CopyParametersFromStream(vtkMultiProcessStream&);
  //@}

  /**
   * Initializes the information object.
   */
  void Initialize();

  //@{
  /**
   * Returns the number of timesteps this information was gathered from.
   */
  vtkGetMacro(NumberOfTimeSteps, int);
  //@}

  //@{
  /**
   * Returns the time-range this information was gathered from.
   */
  vtkGetVector2Macro(TimeRange, double);
  //@}

  //@{
  /**
   * Access to information about point/cell/vertex/edge/row data.
   */
  vtkGetObjectMacro(PointDataInformation, vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(CellDataInformation, vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(VertexDataInformation, vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(EdgeDataInformation, vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(RowDataInformation, vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation);
  //@}

  /**
   * Convenience method to get the attribute information given the attribute
   * type. attr can be vtkDataObject::FieldAssociations or
   * vtkDataObject::AttributeTypes (since both are identical).
   */
  vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* GetAttributeInformation(int attr);

  //@{
  /**
   * Access to information about field data, if any.
   */
  vtkGetObjectMacro(FieldDataInformation, vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation);
  //@}

  /**
   * Method to find and return attribute array information for a particular
   * array for the given attribute type if one exists.
   * Returns NULL if none is found.
   * \c fieldAssociation can be vtkDataObject::FIELD_ASSOCIATION_POINTS,
   * vtkDataObject::FIELD_ASSOCIATION_CELLS etc.
   * (use vtkDataObject::FIELD_ASSOCIATION_NONE for field data) (or
   * vtkDataObject::POINT, vtkDataObject::CELL, vtkDataObject::FIELD).
   */
  vtkPVArrayInformation* GetArrayInformation(const char* arrayname, int fieldAssociation);

protected:
  vtkPVTemporalDataInformation();
  ~vtkPVTemporalDataInformation();

  vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* PointDataInformation;
  vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* CellDataInformation;
  vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* FieldDataInformation;
  vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* VertexDataInformation;
  vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* EdgeDataInformation;
  vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation* RowDataInformation;

  double TimeRange[2];
  int NumberOfTimeSteps;
  int PortNumber;

private:
  vtkPVTemporalDataInformation(const vtkPVTemporalDataInformation&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
  void operator=(const vtkPVTemporalDataInformation&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
};

#endif
