itk input and output

ProcessObject is an abstract object that specifies behavior and interface of network process objects (sources, filters, mappers). Source objects are creators of visualization data; filters input, process, and output image data; and mappers transform data into another form (like transforming coordinates or writing data to a file).

A major role of ProcessObject is to define the inputs and outputs of a filter. More than one input and/or output may exist for a given filter. Some classes (e.g., source objects or mapper objects) will not use inputs (the source) or outputs (mappers). In this case, the inputs or outputs is just ignored.

The inputs and outputs are referenced by name. The Primary input and the Primary output play a special role: they drive the pipeline.

In addition to the reference by name, it is possible to access the inputs and outputs with an index. The index is mapped internally to a name built as "IndexedDataObject" followed by the index. The indexed input or output 0 is mapped to the Primary input or output. The name of the Primary input or output is "Primary", but this can be changed with SetPrimaryInputName and SetPrimaryOutputName.

The inputs and outputs shouldn't be accessed by index in most cases. Using the name is most of the time a better solution. The access by index should be used only when the number of input or output of a filter is decided at run time.

virtual void

Update ()

virtual void	SetInput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key, DataObject *input)
virtual void	SetNthInput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num, DataObject *input)
virtual void	SetNthOutput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num, DataObject *output)
void	SetNumberOfIndexedInputs (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num)
void	SetNumberOfIndexedOutputs (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num)
virtual void	SetNumberOfRequiredOutputs (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType _arg)
virtual void	SetOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key, DataObject *output)
virtual void	SetPrimaryInput (DataObject *input)
virtual void	SetPrimaryOutput (DataObject *output)
void	SetRequiredInputNames (const NameArray &)
virtual void	VerifyInputInformation ()
virtual void	VerifyPreconditions ()
	~ProcessObject ()
DataObject *	GetInput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)
const DataObject *	GetInput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key) const
DataObject *	GetInput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType)
const DataObject *	GetInput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx) const
DataObject *	GetPrimaryInput ()
const DataObject *	GetPrimaryInput () const
virtual void	SetPrimaryInputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)
virtual const char *	GetPrimaryInputName () const
DataObject *	GetOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)
const DataObject *	GetOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key) const
virtual void	SetPrimaryOutputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)
virtual const char *	GetPrimaryOutputName () const
DataObject *	GetOutput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx)
const DataObject *	GetOutput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx) const
DataObject *	GetPrimaryOutput ()
const DataObject *	GetPrimaryOutput () const
virtual void	SetNumberOfRequiredInputs (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType)
virtual const  DataObjectPointerArraySizeType &	GetNumberOfRequiredInputs ()
virtual void	PushBackInput (const DataObject *input)
virtual void	PopBackInput ()
virtual void	PushFrontInput (const DataObject *input)
virtual void	PopFrontInput ()