vtkObjectFactory Class Reference

#include <vtkObjectFactory.h>

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Detailed Description

abstract base class for vtkObjectFactories

vtkObjectFactory is used to create vtk objects. The base class vtkObjectFactory contains a static method CreateInstance which is used to create vtk objects from the list of registered vtkObjectFactory sub-classes. The first time CreateInstance is called, all dll's or shared libraries in the environment variable VTK_AUTOLOAD_PATH are loaded into the current process. The C functions vtkLoad, vtkGetFactoryCompilerUsed, and vtkGetFactoryVersion are called on each dll. To implement these functions in a shared library or dll, use the macro: VTK_FACTORY_INTERFACE_IMPLEMENT. VTK_AUTOLOAD_PATH is an environment variable containing a colon separated (semi-colon on win32) list of paths.

The vtkObjectFactory can be use to override the creation of any object in VTK with a sub-class of that object. The factories can be registered either at run time with the VTK_AUTOLOAD_PATH, or at compile time with the vtkObjectFactory::RegisterFactory method.

Examples:
vtkObjectFactory (Examples)
Tests:
vtkObjectFactory (Tests)

Definition at line 55 of file vtkObjectFactory.h.


Public Types

typedef vtkObject Superclass
typedef vtkObject *(* CreateFunction )()

Public Member Functions

virtual const char * GetClassName ()
virtual int IsA (const char *type)
virtual void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
virtual const char * GetVTKSourceVersion ()=0
virtual const char * GetDescription ()=0
virtual int GetNumberOfOverrides ()
virtual const char * GetClassOverrideName (int index)
virtual const char * GetClassOverrideWithName (int index)
virtual int GetEnableFlag (int index)
virtual const char * GetOverrideDescription (int index)
virtual void Disable (const char *className)
virtual void SetEnableFlag (int flag, const char *className, const char *subclassName)
virtual int GetEnableFlag (const char *className, const char *subclassName)
virtual int HasOverride (const char *className)
virtual int HasOverride (const char *className, const char *subclassName)
virtual char * GetLibraryPath ()

Static Public Member Functions

static vtkObjectCreateInstance (const char *vtkclassname)
static vtkObjectFactoryCollectionGetRegisteredFactories ()
static int HasOverrideAny (const char *className)
static int IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkObjectFactorySafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)
static void CreateAllInstance (const char *vtkclassname, vtkCollection *retList)
static void ReHash ()
static void RegisterFactory (vtkObjectFactory *)
static void UnRegisterFactory (vtkObjectFactory *)
static void UnRegisterAllFactories ()
static void GetOverrideInformation (const char *name, vtkOverrideInformationCollection *)
static void SetAllEnableFlags (int flag, const char *className)
static void SetAllEnableFlags (int flag, const char *className, const char *subclassName)

Protected Member Functions

virtual vtkObjectCreateObject (const char *vtkclassname)
 vtkObjectFactory ()
 ~vtkObjectFactory ()
void RegisterOverride (const char *classOverride, const char *overrideClassName, const char *description, int enableFlag, CreateFunction createFunction)

Protected Attributes

OverrideInformationOverrideArray
char ** OverrideClassNames
int SizeOverrideArray
int OverrideArrayLength

Classes

struct  OverrideInformation

Member Typedef Documentation

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkParallelFactory, and vtkTestingObjectFactory.

Definition at line 118 of file vtkObjectFactory.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkObjectFactory::vtkObjectFactory (  )  [protected]

vtkObjectFactory::~vtkObjectFactory (  )  [protected]


Member Function Documentation

static vtkObject* vtkObjectFactory::CreateInstance ( const char *  vtkclassname  )  [static]

Create and return an instance of the named vtk object. Each loaded vtkObjectFactory will be asked in the order the factory was in the VTK_AUTOLOAD_PATH. After the first factory returns the object no other factories are asked.

static void vtkObjectFactory::CreateAllInstance ( const char *  vtkclassname,
vtkCollection retList 
) [static]

Create all possible instances of the named vtk object. Each registered vtkObjectFactory will be asked, and the result will be stored in the user allocated vtkCollection passed in to the function.

static void vtkObjectFactory::ReHash (  )  [static]

Create all possible instances of the named vtk object. Each registered vtkObjectFactory will be asked, and the result will be stored in the user allocated vtkCollection passed in to the function.

static void vtkObjectFactory::RegisterFactory ( vtkObjectFactory  )  [static]

Create all possible instances of the named vtk object. Each registered vtkObjectFactory will be asked, and the result will be stored in the user allocated vtkCollection passed in to the function.

static void vtkObjectFactory::UnRegisterFactory ( vtkObjectFactory  )  [static]

Create all possible instances of the named vtk object. Each registered vtkObjectFactory will be asked, and the result will be stored in the user allocated vtkCollection passed in to the function.

static void vtkObjectFactory::UnRegisterAllFactories (  )  [static]

Create all possible instances of the named vtk object. Each registered vtkObjectFactory will be asked, and the result will be stored in the user allocated vtkCollection passed in to the function.

static vtkObjectFactoryCollection* vtkObjectFactory::GetRegisteredFactories (  )  [static]

Return the list of all registered factories. This is NOT a copy, do not remove items from this list!

static int vtkObjectFactory::HasOverrideAny ( const char *  className  )  [static]

return 1 if one of the registered factories overrides the given class name

static void vtkObjectFactory::GetOverrideInformation ( const char *  name,
vtkOverrideInformationCollection  
) [static]

Fill the given collection with all the overrides for the class with the given name.

static void vtkObjectFactory::SetAllEnableFlags ( int  flag,
const char *  className 
) [static]

Set the enable flag for a given named class for all registered factories.

static void vtkObjectFactory::SetAllEnableFlags ( int  flag,
const char *  className,
const char *  subclassName 
) [static]

Set the enable flag for a given named class for all registered factories.

virtual const char* vtkObjectFactory::GetClassName (  )  [virtual]

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkParallelFactory, and vtkTestingObjectFactory.

static int vtkObjectFactory::IsTypeOf ( const char *  name  )  [static]

Return 1 if this class type is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkParallelFactory, and vtkTestingObjectFactory.

virtual int vtkObjectFactory::IsA ( const char *  name  )  [virtual]

Return 1 if this class is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkParallelFactory, and vtkTestingObjectFactory.

static vtkObjectFactory* vtkObjectFactory::SafeDownCast ( vtkObject o  )  [static]

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkParallelFactory, and vtkTestingObjectFactory.

virtual void vtkObjectFactory::PrintSelf ( ostream &  os,
vtkIndent  indent 
) [virtual]

Print ObjectFactory to stream.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkParallelFactory, and vtkTestingObjectFactory.

virtual const char* vtkObjectFactory::GetVTKSourceVersion (  )  [pure virtual]

All sub-classes of vtkObjectFactory should must return the version of VTK they were built with. This should be implemented with the macro VTK_SOURCE_VERSION and NOT a call to vtkVersion::GetVTKSourceVersion. As the version needs to be compiled into the file as a string constant. This is critical to determine possible incompatible dynamic factory loads.

Implemented in vtkParallelFactory, and vtkTestingObjectFactory.

virtual const char* vtkObjectFactory::GetDescription (  )  [pure virtual]

Return a descriptive string describing the factory.

Implemented in vtkParallelFactory, and vtkTestingObjectFactory.

virtual int vtkObjectFactory::GetNumberOfOverrides (  )  [virtual]

Return number of overrides this factory can create.

virtual const char* vtkObjectFactory::GetClassOverrideName ( int  index  )  [virtual]

Return the name of a class override at the given index.

virtual const char* vtkObjectFactory::GetClassOverrideWithName ( int  index  )  [virtual]

Return the name of the class that will override the class at the given index

virtual int vtkObjectFactory::GetEnableFlag ( int  index  )  [virtual]

Return the enable flag for the class at the given index.

virtual const char* vtkObjectFactory::GetOverrideDescription ( int  index  )  [virtual]

Return the description for a the class override at the given index.

virtual void vtkObjectFactory::SetEnableFlag ( int  flag,
const char *  className,
const char *  subclassName 
) [virtual]

Set and Get the Enable flag for the specific override of className. if subclassName is null, then it is ignored.

virtual int vtkObjectFactory::GetEnableFlag ( const char *  className,
const char *  subclassName 
) [virtual]

Set and Get the Enable flag for the specific override of className. if subclassName is null, then it is ignored.

virtual int vtkObjectFactory::HasOverride ( const char *  className  )  [virtual]

Return 1 if this factory overrides the given class name, 0 otherwise.

virtual int vtkObjectFactory::HasOverride ( const char *  className,
const char *  subclassName 
) [virtual]

Return 1 if this factory overrides the given class name, 0 otherwise.

virtual void vtkObjectFactory::Disable ( const char *  className  )  [virtual]

Set all enable flags for the given class to 0. This will mean that the factory will stop producing class with the given name.

virtual char* vtkObjectFactory::GetLibraryPath (  )  [virtual]

This returns the path to a dynamically loaded factory.

void vtkObjectFactory::RegisterOverride ( const char *  classOverride,
const char *  overrideClassName,
const char *  description,
int  enableFlag,
CreateFunction  createFunction 
) [protected]

Register object creation information with the factory.

virtual vtkObject* vtkObjectFactory::CreateObject ( const char *  vtkclassname  )  [protected, virtual]

This method is provided by sub-classes of vtkObjectFactory. It should create the named vtk object or return 0 if that object is not supported by the factory implementation.


Member Data Documentation

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