vtkImageWriter - Writes images to files.

Super Class: vtkProcessObject

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.

Methods:

• vtkImageWriter ();
• ~vtkImageWriter ();
• vtkImageWriter *New ();
• char *GetClassName ();
• void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent);
• void SetFileName (char *);
• char *GetFileName ();
• void SetFilePrefix (char *filePrefix);
• char *GetFilePrefix ();
• void SetFilePattern (char *filePattern);
• char *GetFilePattern ();
• void SetFileDimensionality (int );
• int GetFileDimensionality ();
• void SetInput (vtkImageCache *);
• vtkImageCacheGetInput ();
• void SetInput (vtkStructuredPoints *spts);
• virtual void Write ();
• vtkImageCache *Inputint FileDimensionalitychar *FilePrefixchar *FilePatternchar *FileNameint FileNumberint FileLowerLeftchar *InternalFileNamevoid RecursiveWrite (int dim, vtkImageCache *region, ofstream *file);
• void RecursiveWrite (int dim, vtkImageCache *cache, vtkImageData *data, ofstream *file);
• virtual void WriteFile (ofstream *file, vtkImageData *data, int extent[6]);
• virtual void WriteFileHeader (ofstream *, vtkImageCache *);
• virtual void WriteFileTrailer (ofstream *, vtkImageCache *);

Detailed Method Descriptions:

• void SetFileName (char *);
• char *GetFileName ();

Specify file name for the image file. You should specify either a FileName or a FilePrefix. Use FilePrefix if the data is stored in multiple files.

• void SetFilePrefix (char *filePrefix);
• char *GetFilePrefix ();

Specify file prefix for the image file(s).You should specify either a FileName or FilePrefix. Use FilePrefix if the data is stored in multiple files.

• void SetFilePattern (char *filePattern);
• char *GetFilePattern ();

The sprintf format used to build filename from FilePrefix and number.

• void SetFileDimensionality (int );
• int GetFileDimensionality ();

What dimension are the files to be written. Usually this is 2, or 3. If it is 2 and the input is a volume then the volume will be written as a series of 2d slices.

• void SetInput (vtkImageCache *);
• vtkImageCacheGetInput ();

Set/Get the input object from the image pipeline.

• void SetInput (vtkStructuredPoints *spts);
• virtual void Write ();

The main interface which triggers the writer to start.