Method WriteData

IO/Legacy/vtkDataSetWriter.cxx:24–99

vtkStandardNewMacro(vtkDataSetWriter);

void vtkDataSetWriter::WriteData()
{
  int type;
  vtkDataWriter* writer;
  vtkAlgorithmOutput* input = this->GetInputConnection(0, 0);

  vtkDebugMacro(<< "Writing vtk dataset...");

  type = this->GetInput()->GetDataObjectType();
  if (type == VTK_POLY_DATA)
  {
    vtkPolyDataWriter* pwriter = vtkPolyDataWriter::New();
    pwriter->SetInputConnection(input);
    writer = pwriter;
  }

  else if (type == VTK_STRUCTURED_POINTS || type == VTK_IMAGE_DATA || type == VTK_UNIFORM_GRID)
  {
    vtkStructuredPointsWriter* spwriter = vtkStructuredPointsWriter::New();
    spwriter->SetInputConnection(input);
    writer = spwriter;
  }

  else if (type == VTK_STRUCTURED_GRID)
  {
    vtkStructuredGridWriter* sgwriter = vtkStructuredGridWriter::New();
    sgwriter->SetInputConnection(input);
    writer = sgwriter;
  }

  else if (type == VTK_UNSTRUCTURED_GRID)
  {
    vtkUnstructuredGridWriter* ugwriter = vtkUnstructuredGridWriter::New();
    ugwriter->SetInputConnection(input);
    writer = ugwriter;
  }

  else if (type == VTK_RECTILINEAR_GRID)
  {
    vtkRectilinearGridWriter* rgwriter = vtkRectilinearGridWriter::New();
    rgwriter->SetInputConnection(input);
    writer = rgwriter;
  }

  else
  {
    vtkErrorMacro(<< "Cannot write dataset type: " << type);
    return;
  }

  writer->SetFileName(this->FileName);
  writer->SetScalarsName(this->ScalarsName);
  writer->SetVectorsName(this->VectorsName);
  writer->SetNormalsName(this->NormalsName);
  writer->SetTensorsName(this->TensorsName);
  writer->SetTCoordsName(this->TCoordsName);
  writer->SetHeader(this->Header);
  writer->SetLookupTableName(this->LookupTableName);