In general (unless I missed something), it looks fine. A couple of notes: 1. You don't need to even shallow copy, you can simply save the output from any of the internal filters (I typically use a vtkSmartPointer to hold on to the reference). e.g.
vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataObject> intermediaResult = filt1->GetOutput(); 2. You can connect fil1 and filt2 in a pipeline too, to avoid keeping the intermediate dataset explicitly: filter2->SetInputConnection(filt1->GetOutputPort()); filter2->Update(); output->ShallowCopy(filter2->GetOutput()); On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 6:42 AM, Cornelis Bockemühl < cornelis.bockemu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > Would the following construct be safe in terms of proper data handling > inside a filter or would I generate some "unpredictable results", like data > being copied over other data that is still being used? > > My purpose is of course to copy data only if it is absolutely required. > And I assume that within the different filters, data are again handled > correctly. > > ...::RequestData(...) > { > // get input and output > vtkPolyData* input0 = vtkPolyData::SafeDownCast( > info->Get(vtkDataObject::DATA_OBJECT())); > vtkPolyData* output = vtkPolyData::SafeDownCast(...); > ... > > // intermediate data storage > vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> intermediateData = > vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New(); > > // first filter > vtkSmartPointer<vtkSomeFilter> filt1 = vtkSmartPointer<vtkSomeFilter> > ::New(); > filt1->SetInputData(input0); > ... > filt1->Update(); > intermediateData->ShallowCopy(filt1->GetOutput()); > > // second filter > vtkSmartPointer<vtkSomeOtherFilter> filt2 = vtkSmartPointer< > vtkSomeOtherFilter>::New(); > filt2->SetInputData(intermediateData); > ... > filt2->Update(); > intermediateData->ShallowCopy(filt2->GetOutput()); // !!! actually > replacing the input data... > > // some more filters in the same way as filt2 - with always reusing > intermediateData... > ... > > // return the results > output->ShallowCopy(intermediateData); > } > > Any comments? > > Of course I could play safe and > > 1) replace all "ShallowCopy" with "DeepCopy", and > 2) generate an intermediate data object for each and every filter that I > am applying > > but this for sure would blow up my memory enormously! > > Maybe there is also some document that clearly states what is the proper > "behaviour" inside filters like that, some kind of "code of conduct" > regarding memory management in VTK? > > Thanks for any helpful hints! > > Regards, > Cornelis > > -- > Cornelis Bockemühl > Basel, Schweiz > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/ > opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >
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