/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkArrayReader.h

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  the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
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  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
  All rights reserved.
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// .NAME vtkArrayReader -  Reads sparse and dense vtkArray data written by vtkArrayWriter.
//
// .SECTION Description
// Reads sparse and dense vtkArray data written with vtkArrayWriter.
//
// Outputs:
//   Output port 0: vtkArrayData containing a dense or sparse array.
//
// .SECTION See Also
// vtkArrayWriter
//
// .SECTION Thanks
// Developed by Timothy M. Shead (tshead@sandia.gov) at Sandia National Laboratories.

#ifndef vtkArrayReader_h
#define vtkArrayReader_h

#include "vtkIOCoreModule.h" // For export macro
#include "vtkArrayDataAlgorithm.h"

class VTKIOCORE_EXPORT vtkArrayReader :
  public vtkArrayDataAlgorithm
{
public:
  static vtkArrayReader* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkArrayReader, vtkArrayDataAlgorithm);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Set the filesystem location from which data will be read.
  vtkGetStringMacro(FileName);
  vtkSetStringMacro(FileName);

  // Description:
  // The input string to parse. If you set the input string, you must also set
  // the ReadFromInputString flag to parse the string instead of a file.
  virtual void SetInputString(const vtkStdString& string);
  virtual vtkStdString GetInputString();

  // Description:
  // Whether to read from an input string as opposed to a file, which is the default.
  vtkSetMacro(ReadFromInputString, bool);
  vtkGetMacro(ReadFromInputString, bool);
  vtkBooleanMacro(ReadFromInputString, bool);

  // Description:
  // Read an arbitrary array from a stream.  Note: you MUST always
  // open streams in binary mode to prevent problems reading files
  // on Windows.
  static vtkArray* Read(istream& stream);

  // Description:
  // Read an arbitrary array from a string.
  static vtkArray* Read(vtkStdString str);

protected:
  vtkArrayReader();
  ~vtkArrayReader();

  int RequestData(
    vtkInformation*,
    vtkInformationVector**,
    vtkInformationVector*);

  char* FileName;
  vtkStdString InputString;
  bool ReadFromInputString;

private:
  vtkArrayReader(const vtkArrayReader&); // Not implemented
  void operator=(const vtkArrayReader&);   // Not implemented
};

#endif

