paraview-dev 4.0.1-1ubuntu1 / usr / include / paraview / pqDisplayPolicy.h

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#ifndef __pqDisplayPolicy_h
#define __pqDisplayPolicy_h

#include <QObject>
#include "pqCoreModule.h" // Needed for PQCORE_EXPORT macro

class pqDataRepresentation;
class pqOutputPort;
class pqPipelineSource;
class pqView;
class vtkSMProxy;

/// Display policy defines the application specific policy
/// for creating display proxies. Given a pair of a proxy to be displayed 
/// and a view proxy in which to display, this class must tell the type 
/// of display to create, if any. Custom applications can subclass 
/// this to define their own policy. The pqApplicationCore maintains
/// an instance of the policy used by the application. Custom applications
/// should set their own policy instance on the global application core 
/// instance.
class PQCORE_EXPORT pqDisplayPolicy : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
  typedef QObject Superclass;
public:
  pqDisplayPolicy(QObject* p);
  virtual ~pqDisplayPolicy();

  /// Returns a new display for the given (source,view) pair, or NULL 
  /// on failure. If the \c view is not a preferred view to display the source
  /// this method will attempt to create a new view of the preferred type
  /// and create a display for that view. In other words, the argument \c view
  /// is merely a suggestion, it's not necessary that the new display will
  /// be added to the same view. 
  /// In the current implementation the rules as as under:
  /// <ul>
  /// <li>If \c dont_create_view is true and \c view is non-null, then a display
  ///     is created for the given view and returned. If \c view is null, then
  ///     NULL is returned, since we can't create a new view. </li>
  /// <li> If \c dont_create_view is false and \c view is non-null:
  ///     <ul>
  ///     <li>If \c view is of preferred type, we added display to \c view itself.
  ///     </li>
  ///     <li>If \c view is not of preferred type, 
  ///         we create a a new view of the preferred type.
  ///     </li>
  ///     </ul>
  /// </li>
  /// <li> If \c dont_create_view is false and view is null, then a new view of 
  ///      the preferred type is created and the display added to that view.
  /// </li>
  /// </ul>
  /// or not of the type preferred by the source, it may create a new view and 
  /// add the displayto new view. \c dont_create_view can be used to 
  /// override this behavior.
  virtual pqDataRepresentation* createPreferredRepresentation(
    pqOutputPort* port, pqView* view, bool dont_create_view) const;

  /// Set the visibility of the source in the given view. 
  /// Current implementation creates a new display for the source, if possible, 
  /// if none exists. If view is NULL, then a new view of "suitable" type will 
  /// be created for the source. Since custom applications may not necessarily
  /// create new views, we provide this as part of display policy which can 
  /// be easily overridden by creating a new subclass.
  virtual pqDataRepresentation* setRepresentationVisibility(
    pqOutputPort* opPort, pqView* view, bool visible) const;

  /// Returns the type for the view that is indicated as the preferred view
  /// for the given output port. May return a null string if the no view type
  /// can be determined as the preferred view.
  /// If update_pipeline is set, then the pipeline will be update prior to
  /// fetching the data information from the port.
  virtual QString getPreferredViewType(pqOutputPort* opPort, bool update_pipeline) const;

  /// Apps can choose whether new filter outputs are hidden upon creation by
  /// overriding this method. The default behavior is to create a representation
  /// such that it obeys to the Visibility from rendering.xml.
  virtual bool getHideByDefault() const {
    return false;
  }

  enum VisibilityState 
    {
    Visible,
    Hidden,
    NotApplicable
    };

  /// Returns the visibility state for port in the given view (view may be null
  /// for an empty view).
  virtual VisibilityState getVisibility(pqView* view, pqOutputPort* port) const;

protected:
  /// Determines the type of view that's preferred by the \c source. If \c view
  /// is of the preferred type, returns it. Otherwise a new view of the preferred 
  /// type may be created and returned. A new 3D view will be created if the
  /// view has no preferred view type and the active view cannot show the data.
  virtual pqView* getPreferredView(pqOutputPort* opPort, pqView* view) const;

  /// Create a new representation. port and view cannot be null at this point.
  virtual pqDataRepresentation* newRepresentation(pqOutputPort* port, 
    pqView* view) const;
};

#endif