ProcessObject is the base class for all process objects (source, filters, mappers) in the Insight data processing pipeline. More...

#include <itkProcessObject.h>

Inherits itk::Object.

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Public Types
typedef SmartPointer< const Self >	ConstPointer
typedef DataObject::Pointer	DataObjectPointer
typedef std::vector < DataObjectPointer >	DataObjectPointerArray
typedef DataObjectPointerArray::size_type	DataObjectPointerArraySizeType
typedef SmartPointer< Self >	Pointer
typedef ProcessObject	Self
typedef Object	Superclass
Public Member Functions
virtual void	AbortGenerateDataOff ()
virtual void	AbortGenerateDataOn ()
virtual LightObject::Pointer	CreateAnother () const
virtual void	DebugOff () const
virtual void	DebugOn () const
virtual void	Delete ()
virtual void	EnlargeOutputRequestedRegion (DataObject *)
virtual const bool &	GetAbortGenerateData ()
Command *	GetCommand (unsigned long tag)
bool	GetDebug () const
DataObjectPointerArray &	GetInputs ()
MetaDataDictionary &	GetMetaDataDictionary (void)
const MetaDataDictionary &	GetMetaDataDictionary (void) const
virtual unsigned long	GetMTime () const
MultiThreader *	GetMultiThreader ()
virtual const char *	GetNameOfClass () const
DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	GetNumberOfInputs () const
virtual DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	GetNumberOfValidRequiredInputs () const
virtual const float &	GetProgress ()
virtual int	GetReferenceCount () const
bool	HasObserver (const EventObject &event) const
void	InvokeEvent (const EventObject &)
void	InvokeEvent (const EventObject &) const
virtual DataObjectPointer	MakeOutput (unsigned int idx)
virtual void	Modified () const
virtual void	PrepareOutputs ()
void	Print (std::ostream &os, Indent indent=0) const
virtual void	PropagateRequestedRegion (DataObject *output)
virtual void	Register () const
void	RemoveAllObservers ()
void	RemoveObserver (unsigned long tag)
virtual void	ResetPipeline ()
virtual void	SetAbortGenerateData (bool _arg)
void	SetDebug (bool debugFlag) const
void	SetMetaDataDictionary (const MetaDataDictionary &rhs)
virtual void	SetProgress (float _arg)
virtual void	SetReferenceCount (int)
virtual void	UnRegister () const
virtual void	Update ()
virtual void	UpdateLargestPossibleRegion ()
virtual void	UpdateOutputData (DataObject *output)
virtual void	UpdateOutputInformation ()
void	UpdateProgress (float amount)


DataObjectPointerArray &	GetOutputs ()
DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	GetNumberOfOutputs () const


virtual void	SetReleaseDataFlag (bool flag)
virtual bool	GetReleaseDataFlag () const
void	ReleaseDataFlagOn ()
void	ReleaseDataFlagOff ()


virtual void	SetReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag (bool _arg)
virtual const bool &	GetReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag ()
virtual void	ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlagOn ()
virtual void	ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlagOff ()


virtual void	SetNumberOfThreads (int _arg)
virtual const int &	GetNumberOfThreads ()


unsigned long	AddObserver (const EventObject &event, Command *)
unsigned long	AddObserver (const EventObject &event, Command *) const
Static Public Member Functions
static void	BreakOnError ()
static Pointer	New ()


static void	SetGlobalWarningDisplay (bool flag)
static bool	GetGlobalWarningDisplay ()
static void	GlobalWarningDisplayOn ()
static void	GlobalWarningDisplayOff ()
Protected Types


typedef int	InternalReferenceCountType
Protected Member Functions
virtual void	CacheInputReleaseDataFlags ()
virtual void	GenerateData ()
virtual void	GenerateInputRequestedRegion ()
virtual void	GenerateOutputInformation ()
virtual void	GenerateOutputRequestedRegion (DataObject *output)
bool	PrintObservers (std::ostream &os, Indent indent) const
void	PrintSelf (std::ostream &os, Indent indent) const
	ProcessObject ()
virtual void	PropagateResetPipeline ()
virtual void	ReleaseInputs ()
virtual void	RestoreInputReleaseDataFlags ()
void	SetNumberOfInputs (unsigned int num)
void	SetNumberOfOutputs (unsigned int num)
	~ProcessObject ()


virtual void	SetNthInput (unsigned int num, DataObject *input)
virtual void	AddInput (DataObject *input)
virtual void	RemoveInput (DataObject *input)
virtual void	SetNumberOfRequiredInputs (unsigned int _arg)
virtual const unsigned int &	GetNumberOfRequiredInputs ()


virtual void	PushBackInput (const DataObject *input)
virtual void	PopBackInput ()
virtual void	PushFrontInput (const DataObject *input)
virtual void	PopFrontInput ()


DataObject *	GetInput (unsigned int idx)
const DataObject *	GetInput (unsigned int idx) const


virtual void	SetNthOutput (unsigned int num, DataObject *output)
virtual void	AddOutput (DataObject *output)
virtual void	RemoveOutput (DataObject *output)
virtual void	SetNumberOfRequiredOutputs (unsigned int _arg)
virtual const unsigned int &	GetNumberOfRequiredOutputs ()


DataObject *	GetOutput (unsigned int idx)
const DataObject *	GetOutput (unsigned int idx) const


virtual void	PrintHeader (std::ostream &os, Indent indent) const
virtual void	PrintTrailer (std::ostream &os, Indent indent) const
Protected Attributes
TimeStamp	m_OutputInformationMTime
InternalReferenceCountType	m_ReferenceCount
SimpleFastMutexLock	m_ReferenceCountLock
bool	m_Updating
Friends
class	DataObject

Detailed Description

ProcessObject is the base class for all process objects (source, filters, mappers) in the Insight data processing pipeline.

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.

ProcessObject invokes the following events: Command::StartEvent, Command::EndEvent These are convenience events you can use for any purpose (e.g., debugging info, highlighting/notifying user interface, etc.) See Command and LightObject for information on using AddObserver.

Another event Command::ProgressEvent can be observed. Some filters invoke this event periodically during their execution (with the progress, parameter, the fraction of work done). The use is similar to that of StartEvent and EndEvent. Filters may also check their AbortGenerateData flag to determine whether to prematurally end their execution.

An important feature of subclasses of ProcessObject is that it is possible to control the memory-management model (i.e., retain output versus delete output data). The ReleaseDataFlag enables the deletion of the output data once the downstream process object finishes processing the data (please see text). The ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag enables the deletion of the ProcessObject's output data from a previous update if that output data is slated to be regenerated by the pipeline process. Setting this flag can control peak memory usage during a subsequent pipeline update. For a ProcessObject, the ReleaseDataFlag defaults to false and the ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag defaults to true. Some subclasses of ProcessObject, for example ImageSource, use a default setting of false for the ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag.

Subclasses of ProcessObject may override 4 of the methods of this class to control how a given filter may interact with the pipeline (dataflow). These methods are: GenerateOutputInformation(), EnlargeOutputRequestedRegion(), GenerateInputRequestedRegion(), and GenerateOutputRequestedRegion(). By overriding these methods, a filter can deviate from the base assumptions of the pipeline execution model.

Definition at line 87 of file itkProcessObject.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef SmartPointer<const Self> itk::ProcessObject::ConstPointer

Reimplemented from itk::Object.

Definition at line 94 of file itkProcessObject.h.

typedef DataObject::Pointer itk::ProcessObject::DataObjectPointer

Smart Pointer type to a DataObject.

Definition at line 97 of file itkProcessObject.h.

typedef std::vector<DataObjectPointer> itk::ProcessObject::DataObjectPointerArray

STL Array of SmartPointers to DataObjects

Definition at line 103 of file itkProcessObject.h.

typedef DataObjectPointerArray::size_type itk::ProcessObject::DataObjectPointerArraySizeType

Size type of an std::vector

Definition at line 112 of file itkProcessObject.h.

typedef int itk::LightObject::InternalReferenceCountType [protected, inherited]

Define the type of the reference count according to the target. This allows the use of atomic operations

Definition at line 139 of file itkLightObject.h.

typedef SmartPointer<Self> itk::ProcessObject::Pointer

Reimplemented from itk::Object.

Definition at line 93 of file itkProcessObject.h.

typedef ProcessObject itk::ProcessObject::Self

Standard class typedefs.

Reimplemented from itk::Object.

Definition at line 91 of file itkProcessObject.h.

typedef Object itk::ProcessObject::Superclass

Reimplemented from itk::Object.

Definition at line 92 of file itkProcessObject.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

itk::ProcessObject::ProcessObject ( ) [protected]

itk::ProcessObject::~ProcessObject ( ) [protected]

Member Function Documentation

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::AbortGenerateDataOff ( ) [virtual]

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::AbortGenerateDataOn ( ) [virtual]

Turn on and off the AbortGenerateData flag.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::AddInput ( DataObject * input ) [protected, virtual]

Protected methods for setting inputs. Subclasses make use of them for setting input.

unsigned long itk::Object::AddObserver	(	const EventObject &	event,
		Command *
	)			`[inherited]`

Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any ITK object. This is an implementation of the subject/observer design pattern. An observer is added by specifying an event to respond to and an itk::Command to execute. It returns an unsigned long tag which can be used later to remove the event or retrieve the command. The memory for the Command becomes the responsibility of this object, so don't pass the same instance of a command to two different objects

unsigned long itk::Object::AddObserver	(	const EventObject &	event,
		Command *
	)			const `[inherited]`

Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any ITK object. This is an implementation of the subject/observer design pattern. An observer is added by specifying an event to respond to and an itk::Command to execute. It returns an unsigned long tag which can be used later to remove the event or retrieve the command. The memory for the Command becomes the responsibility of this object, so don't pass the same instance of a command to two different objects

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::AddOutput ( DataObject * output ) [protected, virtual]

Protected methods for setting outputs. Subclasses make use of them for getting output.

static void itk::LightObject::BreakOnError ( ) [static, inherited]

This method is called when itkExceptionMacro executes. It allows the debugger to break on error.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::CacheInputReleaseDataFlags ( ) [protected, virtual]

Cache the state of any ReleaseDataFlag's on the inputs. While the filter is executing, we need to set the ReleaseDataFlag's on the inputs to false in case the current filter is implemented using a mini-pipeline (which will try to release the inputs). After the filter finishes, we restore the state of the ReleaseDataFlag's before the call to ReleaseInputs().

virtual LightObject::Pointer itk::Object::CreateAnother ( ) const [virtual, inherited]

Create an object from an instance, potentially deferring to a factory. This method allows you to create an instance of an object that is exactly the same type as the referring object. This is useful in cases where an object has been cast back to a base class.

Reimplemented from itk::LightObject.

virtual void itk::Object::DebugOff ( ) const [virtual, inherited]

Turn debugging output off.

virtual void itk::Object::DebugOn ( ) const [virtual, inherited]

Turn debugging output on.

virtual void itk::LightObject::Delete ( ) [virtual, inherited]

Delete an itk object. This method should always be used to delete an object when the new operator was used to create it. Using the C delete method will not work with reference counting.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::EnlargeOutputRequestedRegion ( DataObject * ) [inline, virtual]

Give the process object a chance to indictate that it will produce more output than it was requested to produce. For example, many imaging filters must compute the entire output at once or can only produce output in complete slices. Such filters cannot handle smaller requested regions. These filters must provide an implementation of this method, setting the output requested region to the size they will produce. By default, a process object does not modify the size of the output requested region.

Definition at line 225 of file itkProcessObject.h.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::GenerateData ( void ) [inline, protected, virtual]

This method causes the filter to generate its output.

Definition at line 387 of file itkProcessObject.h.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::GenerateInputRequestedRegion ( ) [protected, virtual]

What is the input requested region that is required to produce the output requested region? By default, the largest possible region is always required but this is overridden in many subclasses. For instance, for an image processing filter where an output pixel is a simple function of an input pixel, the input requested region will be set to the output requested region. For an image processing filter where an output pixel is a function of the pixels in a neighborhood of an input pixel, then the input requested region will need to be larger than the output requested region (to avoid introducing artificial boundary conditions). This function should never request an input region that is outside the the input largest possible region (i.e. implementations of this method should crop the input requested region at the boundaries of the input largest possible region).

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::GenerateOutputInformation ( ) [protected, virtual]

Generate the information decribing the output data. The default implementation of this method will copy information from the input to the output. A filter may override this method if its output will have different information than its input. For instance, a filter that shrinks an image will need to provide an implementation for this method that changes the spacing of the pixels. Such filters should call their superclass' implementation of this method prior to changing the information values they need (i.e. GenerateOutputInformation() should call Superclass::GenerateOutputInformation() prior to changing the information.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::GenerateOutputRequestedRegion ( DataObject * output ) [protected, virtual]

Given one output whose requested region has been set, how should the requested regions for the remaining outputs of the process object be set? By default, all the outputs are set to the same requested region. If a filter needs to produce different requested regions for each output, for instance an image processing filter producing several outputs at different resolutions, then that filter may override this method and set the requested regions appropriatedly.

Note that a filter producing multiple outputs of different types is required to override this method. The default implementation can only correctly handle multiple outputs of the same type.

Reimplemented in itk::MultiResolutionPyramidImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >, itk::RecursiveMultiResolutionPyramidImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >, itk::watershed::BoundaryResolver< TPixelType, TDimension >, itk::watershed::EquivalenceRelabeler< TScalarType, TImageDimension >, itk::watershed::Relabeler< TScalarType, TImageDimension >, itk::watershed::Segmenter< TInputImage >, itk::watershed::SegmentTreeGenerator< TScalarType >, itk::watershed::Relabeler< ScalarType, itkGetStaticConstMacro(ImageDimension)>, itk::watershed::Segmenter< InputImageType >, and itk::watershed::SegmentTreeGenerator< ScalarType >.

virtual const bool& itk::ProcessObject::GetAbortGenerateData ( ) [virtual]

Get the AbortGenerateData flag for the process object. Process objects may handle premature termination of execution in different ways.

Command* itk::Object::GetCommand ( unsigned long tag ) [inherited]

Get the command associated with the given tag. NOTE: This returns a pointer to a Command, but it is safe to asign this to a Command::Pointer. Since Command inherits from LightObject, at this point in the code, only a pointer or a reference to the Command can be used.

bool itk::Object::GetDebug ( ) const [inherited]

Get the value of the debug flag.

static bool itk::Object::GetGlobalWarningDisplay ( ) [static, inherited]

This is a global flag that controls whether any debug, warning or error messages are displayed.

DataObject* itk::ProcessObject::GetInput ( unsigned int idx ) [protected]

Method used internally for getting an input.

const DataObject* itk::ProcessObject::GetInput ( unsigned int idx ) const [protected]

Method used internally for getting an input.

Reimplemented in itk::MeshToMeshFilter< TInputMesh, TOutputMesh >, and itk::MeshToMeshFilter< TInput, TOutput >.

DataObjectPointerArray& itk::ProcessObject::GetInputs ( ) [inline]

Return an array with all the inputs of this process object. This is useful for tracing back in the pipeline to construct graphs etc.

Definition at line 108 of file itkProcessObject.h.

MetaDataDictionary& itk::Object::GetMetaDataDictionary ( void ) [inherited]

Returns:: A reference to this objects MetaDataDictionary.

Warning:: This reference may be changed.

const MetaDataDictionary& itk::Object::GetMetaDataDictionary ( void ) const [inherited]

Returns:: A constant reference to this objects MetaDataDictionary.

virtual unsigned long itk::Object::GetMTime ( ) const [virtual, inherited]

Return this objects modified time.

Referenced by itk::SpatialObject< ::itk::GetMeshDimension< TMesh >::PointDimension >::GetObjectMTime().

MultiThreader* itk::ProcessObject::GetMultiThreader ( ) [inline]

Return the multithreader used by this class.

Definition at line 284 of file itkProcessObject.h.

virtual const char* itk::ProcessObject::GetNameOfClass ( ) const [virtual]

Run-time type information (and related methods).

Reimplemented from itk::Object.

Referenced by itk::XMLFilterWatcher::EndFilter(), and itk::XMLFilterWatcher::StartFilter().

DataObjectPointerArraySizeType itk::ProcessObject::GetNumberOfInputs ( ) const [inline]

Get the size of the input vector. This is merely the size of the input vector, not the number of inputs that have valid DataObject's assigned. Use GetNumberOfValidRequiredInputs() to determine how many inputs are non-null.

Definition at line 118 of file itkProcessObject.h.

DataObjectPointerArraySizeType itk::ProcessObject::GetNumberOfOutputs ( ) const [inline]

Return an array with all the outputs of this process object. This is useful for tracing forward in the pipeline to contruct graphs etc.

Definition at line 135 of file itkProcessObject.h.

virtual const unsigned int& itk::ProcessObject::GetNumberOfRequiredInputs ( ) [protected, virtual]

Protected methods for setting inputs. Subclasses make use of them for setting input.

virtual const unsigned int& itk::ProcessObject::GetNumberOfRequiredOutputs ( ) [protected, virtual]

Protected methods for setting outputs. Subclasses make use of them for getting output.

virtual const int& itk::ProcessObject::GetNumberOfThreads ( ) [virtual]

Get/Set the number of threads to create when executing.

Referenced by itk::BSplineScatteredDataPointSetToImageFilter< TInputPointSet, TOutputImage >::SplitRequestedRegion().

virtual DataObjectPointerArraySizeType itk::ProcessObject::GetNumberOfValidRequiredInputs ( ) const [virtual]

Get the number of valid inputs. This is the number of non-null entries in the input vector in the first NumberOfRequiredInputs slots. This method is used to determine whether the necessary required inputs have been set. Subclasses of ProcessObject may override this implementation if the required inputs are not the first slots in input vector.

Reimplemented in itk::MultiResolutionPDEDeformableRegistration< TFixedImage, TMovingImage, TDeformationField, TRealType >, and itk::PDEDeformableRegistrationFilter< TFixedImage, TMovingImage, TDeformationField >.

DataObject* itk::ProcessObject::GetOutput ( unsigned int idx ) [protected]

Method used internally for getting an output.

Referenced by itk::watershed::Segmenter< InputImageType >::GetBoundary(), itk::watershed::BoundaryResolver< TPixelType, TDimension >::GetEquivalencyTable(), itk::TwoOutputExampleImageFilter< TImage >::GetInverseOutput(), itk::watershed::Segmenter< InputImageType >::GetOutputImage(), itk::watershed::Relabeler< ScalarType, itkGetStaticConstMacro(ImageDimension)>::GetOutputImage(), itk::watershed::EquivalenceRelabeler< TScalarType, TImageDimension >::GetOutputImage(), itk::watershed::SegmentTreeGenerator< ScalarType >::GetOutputSegmentTree(), and itk::watershed::Segmenter< InputImageType >::GetSegmentTable().

const DataObject* itk::ProcessObject::GetOutput ( unsigned int idx ) const [protected]

Method used internally for getting an output.

DataObjectPointerArray& itk::ProcessObject::GetOutputs ( ) [inline]

Return an array with all the outputs of this process object. This is useful for tracing forward in the pipeline to contruct graphs etc.

Definition at line 133 of file itkProcessObject.h.

virtual const float& itk::ProcessObject::GetProgress ( ) [virtual]

Get the execution progress of a process object. The progress is a floating number in [0,1] with 0 meaning no progress and 1 meaning the filter has completed execution.

Referenced by itk::XMLFilterWatcher::ShowProgress().

virtual int itk::LightObject::GetReferenceCount ( ) const [inline, virtual, inherited]

Gets the reference count on this object.

Definition at line 106 of file itkLightObject.h.

virtual const bool& itk::ProcessObject::GetReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag ( ) [virtual]

Turn on/off the flags to control whether the bulk data belonging to the outputs of this ProcessObject are released/reallocated during an Update(). In limited memory scenarios, a user may want to force the elements of a pipeline to release any bulk data that is going to be regenerated anyway during an Update() in order to control peak memory allocation. Note that this flag is different from the ReleaseDataFlag. ReleaseDataFlag manages the deallocation of a ProcessObject's bulk output data once that data has been consumed by a downstream ProcessObject. The ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag manages the deallocation/reallocation of bulk data during a pipeline update to control peak memory utilization. Default value is on.

virtual bool itk::ProcessObject::GetReleaseDataFlag ( ) const [virtual]

Turn on/off the flags to control whether the bulk data belonging to the outputs of this ProcessObject are released after being used by a downstream ProcessObject. Default value is off. Another options for controlling memory utilization is the ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag.

static void itk::Object::GlobalWarningDisplayOff ( ) [inline, static, inherited]

This is a global flag that controls whether any debug, warning or error messages are displayed.

Definition at line 100 of file itkObject.h.

References itk::Object::SetGlobalWarningDisplay().

static void itk::Object::GlobalWarningDisplayOn ( ) [inline, static, inherited]

This is a global flag that controls whether any debug, warning or error messages are displayed.

Definition at line 98 of file itkObject.h.

References itk::Object::SetGlobalWarningDisplay().

bool itk::Object::HasObserver ( const EventObject & event ) const [inherited]

Return true if an observer is registered for this event.

void itk::Object::InvokeEvent ( const EventObject & ) [inherited]

Call Execute on all the Commands observing this event id.

void itk::Object::InvokeEvent ( const EventObject & ) const [inherited]

Call Execute on all the Commands observing this event id. The actions triggered by this call doesn't modify this object.

virtual DataObjectPointer itk::ProcessObject::MakeOutput ( unsigned int idx ) [virtual]

Make a DataObject of the correct type to used as the specified output. Every ProcessObject subclass must be able to create a DataObject that can be used as a specified output. This method is automatically called when DataObject::DisconnectPipeline() is called. DataObject::DisconnectPipeline, disconnects a data object from being an output of its current source. When the data object is disconnected, the ProcessObject needs to construct a replacement output data object so that the ProcessObject is in a valid state. So DataObject::DisconnectPipeline eventually calls ProcessObject::MakeOutput. Note that MakeOutput always returns a itkSmartPointer to a DataObject. ImageSource and MeshSource override this method to create the correct type of image and mesh respectively. If a filter has multiple outputs of different types, then that filter must provide an implementation of MakeOutput().

virtual void itk::Object::Modified ( ) const [virtual, inherited]

Update the modification time for this object. Many filters rely on the modification time to determine if they need to recompute their data.

Referenced by itk::NarrowBandImageFilterBase< TInputImage, Image< TOutputPixelType,::itk::GetImageDimension< TInputImage >::ImageDimension > >::InsertNarrowBandNode(), itk::MatrixOffsetTransformBase< TScalarType, 3, 3 >::SetCenter(), itk::MatrixOffsetTransformBase< TScalarType, 3, 3 >::SetMatrix(), itk::NarrowBandImageFilterBase< TInputImage, Image< TOutputPixelType,::itk::GetImageDimension< TInputImage >::ImageDimension > >::SetNarrowBand(), itk::NarrowBandImageFilterBase< TInputImage, Image< TOutputPixelType,::itk::GetImageDimension< TInputImage >::ImageDimension > >::SetNarrowBandInnerRadius(), itk::NarrowBandImageFilterBase< TInputImage, Image< TOutputPixelType,::itk::GetImageDimension< TInputImage >::ImageDimension > >::SetNarrowBandTotalRadius(), itk::MatrixOffsetTransformBase< TScalarType, 3, 3 >::SetOffset(), itk::ThresholdLabelerImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >::SetRealThresholds(), itk::ThresholdLabelerImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >::SetThresholds(), itk::Statistics::GoodnessOfFitFunctionBase< TInputHistogram >::SetTotalObservedScale(), and itk::MatrixOffsetTransformBase< TScalarType, 3, 3 >::SetTranslation().

static Pointer itk::Object::New ( ) [static, inherited]

Method for creation through the object factory.

Reimplemented from itk::LightObject.

Referenced by itk::NarrowBandImageFilterBase< TInputImage, Image< TOutputPixelType,::itk::GetImageDimension< TInputImage >::ImageDimension > >::NarrowBandImageFilterBase().

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::PopBackInput ( ) [protected, virtual]

Push/Pop an input of this process object. These methods allow a filter to model its input vector as a queue or stack. These routines may not be appropriate for all filters, especially filters with different types of inputs. These routines follow the semantics of STL.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::PopFrontInput ( ) [protected, virtual]

Push/Pop an input of this process object. These methods allow a filter to model its input vector as a queue or stack. These routines may not be appropriate for all filters, especially filters with different types of inputs. These routines follow the semantics of STL.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::PrepareOutputs ( ) [virtual]

An opportunity to deallocate a ProcessObject's bulk data storage. Some filters may wish to reuse existing bulk data storage to avoid unnecessary deallocation/allocation sequences. The default implementation calls Initialize() on each output. DataObject::Initialize() frees its bulk data by default.

Reimplemented in itk::WatershedImageFilter< TInputImage >.

void itk::LightObject::Print	(	std::ostream &	os,
		Indent	indent = `0`
	)			const `[inherited]`

Cause the object to print itself out.

Referenced by itk::WeakPointer< ProcessObject >::Print().

virtual void itk::LightObject::PrintHeader	(	std::ostream &	os,
		Indent	indent
	)			const `[protected, virtual, inherited]`

Methods invoked by Print() to print information about the object including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to combine the output of several classes.

bool itk::Object::PrintObservers	(	std::ostream &	os,
		Indent	indent
	)			const `[protected, inherited]`

void itk::ProcessObject::PrintSelf	(	std::ostream &	os,
		Indent	indent
	)			const `[protected, virtual]`

Methods invoked by Print() to print information about the object including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to combine the output of several classes.

Reimplemented from itk::Object.

virtual void itk::LightObject::PrintTrailer	(	std::ostream &	os,
		Indent	indent
	)			const `[protected, virtual, inherited]`

Methods invoked by Print() to print information about the object including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to combine the output of several classes.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::PropagateRequestedRegion ( DataObject * output ) [virtual]

Send the requested region information back up the pipeline (to the filters that preceed this one).

Reimplemented in itk::StreamingImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >, and itk::VTKImageImport< TOutputImage >.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::PropagateResetPipeline ( ) [protected, virtual]

Called to allocate the input array. Copies old inputs. Propagate a call to ResetPipeline() up the pipeline. Called only from DataObject.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::PushBackInput ( const DataObject * input ) [protected, virtual]

Push/Pop an input of this process object. These methods allow a filter to model its input vector as a queue or stack. These routines may not be appropriate for all filters, especially filters with different types of inputs. These routines follow the semantics of STL.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::PushFrontInput ( const DataObject * input ) [protected, virtual]

Push/Pop an input of this process object. These methods allow a filter to model its input vector as a queue or stack. These routines may not be appropriate for all filters, especially filters with different types of inputs. These routines follow the semantics of STL.

virtual void itk::Object::Register ( ) const [virtual, inherited]

Increase the reference count (mark as used by another object).

Reimplemented from itk::LightObject.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlagOff ( ) [virtual]

Turn on/off the flags to control whether the bulk data belonging to the outputs of this ProcessObject are released/reallocated during an Update(). In limited memory scenarios, a user may want to force the elements of a pipeline to release any bulk data that is going to be regenerated anyway during an Update() in order to control peak memory allocation. Note that this flag is different from the ReleaseDataFlag. ReleaseDataFlag manages the deallocation of a ProcessObject's bulk output data once that data has been consumed by a downstream ProcessObject. The ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag manages the deallocation/reallocation of bulk data during a pipeline update to control peak memory utilization. Default value is on.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlagOn ( ) [virtual]

Turn on/off the flags to control whether the bulk data belonging to the outputs of this ProcessObject are released/reallocated during an Update(). In limited memory scenarios, a user may want to force the elements of a pipeline to release any bulk data that is going to be regenerated anyway during an Update() in order to control peak memory allocation. Note that this flag is different from the ReleaseDataFlag. ReleaseDataFlag manages the deallocation of a ProcessObject's bulk output data once that data has been consumed by a downstream ProcessObject. The ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag manages the deallocation/reallocation of bulk data during a pipeline update to control peak memory utilization. Default value is on.

void itk::ProcessObject::ReleaseDataFlagOff ( ) [inline]

Turn on/off the flags to control whether the bulk data belonging to the outputs of this ProcessObject are released after being used by a downstream ProcessObject. Default value is off. Another options for controlling memory utilization is the ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag.

Definition at line 257 of file itkProcessObject.h.

void itk::ProcessObject::ReleaseDataFlagOn ( ) [inline]

Turn on/off the flags to control whether the bulk data belonging to the outputs of this ProcessObject are released after being used by a downstream ProcessObject. Default value is off. Another options for controlling memory utilization is the ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag.

Definition at line 256 of file itkProcessObject.h.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::ReleaseInputs ( ) [protected, virtual]

A filter may need to release its input's bulk data after it has finished calculating a new output. The filter may need to release the inputs because the user has turned on the ReleaseDataFlag or it may need to release the inputs because the filter is an "in place" filter and it has overwritten its input with its output data. The implementation here simply checks the ReleaseDataFlag of the inputs. InPlaceImageFilter overrides this method so release the input it has overwritten.

See also:: InPlaceImageFilter::ReleaseInputs()

void itk::Object::RemoveAllObservers ( ) [inherited]

Remove all observers .

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::RemoveInput ( DataObject * input ) [protected, virtual]

Protected methods for setting inputs. Subclasses make use of them for setting input.

void itk::Object::RemoveObserver ( unsigned long tag ) [inherited]

Remove the observer with this tag value.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::RemoveOutput ( DataObject * output ) [protected, virtual]

Protected methods for setting outputs. Subclasses make use of them for getting output.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::ResetPipeline ( ) [virtual]

Reset the pipeline. If an exception is thrown during an Update(), the pipeline may be in an inconsistent state. This method clears the internal state of the pipeline so Update() can be called.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::RestoreInputReleaseDataFlags ( ) [protected, virtual]

Restore the cached input ReleaseDataFlags.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::SetAbortGenerateData ( bool _arg ) [virtual]

Set the AbortGenerateData flag for the process object. Process objects may handle premature termination of execution in different ways.

void itk::Object::SetDebug ( bool debugFlag ) const [inherited]

Set the value of the debug flag. A non-zero value turns debugging on.

static void itk::Object::SetGlobalWarningDisplay ( bool flag ) [static, inherited]

This is a global flag that controls whether any debug, warning or error messages are displayed.

Referenced by itk::Object::GlobalWarningDisplayOff(), and itk::Object::GlobalWarningDisplayOn().

void itk::Object::SetMetaDataDictionary ( const MetaDataDictionary & rhs ) [inherited]

Returns:: Set the MetaDataDictionary

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::SetNthInput	(	unsigned int	num,
		DataObject *	input
	)			`[protected, virtual]`

Protected methods for setting inputs. Subclasses make use of them for setting input.

Reimplemented in itk::ImageToVectorImageFilter< TInputImage >.

Referenced by itk::watershed::BoundaryResolver< TPixelType, TDimension >::SetBoundaryA(), itk::watershed::BoundaryResolver< TPixelType, TDimension >::SetBoundaryB(), itk::watershed::EquivalenceRelabeler< TScalarType, TImageDimension >::SetEquivalencyTable(), itk::SegmentationLevelSetImageFilter< TInputImage, TFeatureImage, TOutputPixelType >::SetFeatureImage(), itk::NarrowBandLevelSetImageFilter< TInputImage, TFeatureImage, TOutputPixelType, Image< TOutputPixelType,::itk::GetImageDimension< TInputImage >::ImageDimension > >::SetFeatureImage(), itk::WatershedImageFilter< TInputImage >::SetInput(), itk::watershed::SegmentTreeGenerator< ScalarType >::SetInputEquivalencyTable(), itk::watershed::Segmenter< InputImageType >::SetInputImage(), itk::watershed::Relabeler< ScalarType, itkGetStaticConstMacro(ImageDimension)>::SetInputImage(), itk::watershed::EquivalenceRelabeler< TScalarType, TImageDimension >::SetInputImage(), itk::watershed::SegmentTreeGenerator< ScalarType >::SetInputSegmentTable(), itk::watershed::Relabeler< ScalarType, itkGetStaticConstMacro(ImageDimension)>::SetInputSegmentTree(), itk::DiffusionTensor3DReconstructionImageFilter< TReferenceImagePixelType, TGradientImagePixelType, TTensorPixelType >::SetReferenceImage(), and itk::ChangeInformationImageFilter< TInputImage >::SetReferenceImage().

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::SetNthOutput	(	unsigned int	num,
		DataObject *	output
	)			`[protected, virtual]`

Protected methods for setting outputs. Subclasses make use of them for getting output.

Referenced by itk::watershed::BoundaryResolver< TPixelType, TDimension >::BoundaryResolver(), itk::watershed::EquivalenceRelabeler< TScalarType, TImageDimension >::EquivalenceRelabeler(), itk::watershed::Segmenter< InputImageType >::SetBoundary(), itk::watershed::BoundaryResolver< TPixelType, TDimension >::SetEquivalencyTable(), itk::watershed::Segmenter< InputImageType >::SetOutputImage(), itk::watershed::Relabeler< ScalarType, itkGetStaticConstMacro(ImageDimension)>::SetOutputImage(), itk::watershed::EquivalenceRelabeler< TScalarType, TImageDimension >::SetOutputImage(), and itk::watershed::Segmenter< InputImageType >::SetSegmentTable().

void itk::ProcessObject::SetNumberOfInputs ( unsigned int num ) [protected]

Called to allocate the input array. Copies old inputs.

void itk::ProcessObject::SetNumberOfOutputs ( unsigned int num ) [protected]

Called to allocate the output array. Copies old outputs.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::SetNumberOfRequiredInputs ( unsigned int _arg ) [protected, virtual]

Protected methods for setting inputs. Subclasses make use of them for setting input.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::SetNumberOfRequiredOutputs ( unsigned int _arg ) [protected, virtual]

Protected methods for setting outputs. Subclasses make use of them for getting output.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::SetNumberOfThreads ( int _arg ) [virtual]

Get/Set the number of threads to create when executing.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::SetProgress ( float _arg ) [virtual]

Set the execution progress of a process object. The progress is a floating number in [0,1] with 0 meaning no progress and 1 meaning the filter has completed execution. The ProgressEvent is NOT invoked.

virtual void itk::Object::SetReferenceCount ( int ) [virtual, inherited]

Sets the reference count (use with care)

Reimplemented from itk::LightObject.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::SetReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag ( bool _arg ) [virtual]

Turn on/off the flags to control whether the bulk data belonging to the outputs of this ProcessObject are released/reallocated during an Update(). In limited memory scenarios, a user may want to force the elements of a pipeline to release any bulk data that is going to be regenerated anyway during an Update() in order to control peak memory allocation. Note that this flag is different from the ReleaseDataFlag. ReleaseDataFlag manages the deallocation of a ProcessObject's bulk output data once that data has been consumed by a downstream ProcessObject. The ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag manages the deallocation/reallocation of bulk data during a pipeline update to control peak memory utilization. Default value is on.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::SetReleaseDataFlag ( bool flag ) [virtual]

Turn on/off the flags to control whether the bulk data belonging to the outputs of this ProcessObject are released after being used by a downstream ProcessObject. Default value is off. Another options for controlling memory utilization is the ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag.

virtual void itk::Object::UnRegister ( ) const [virtual, inherited]

Decrease the reference count (release by another object).

Reimplemented from itk::LightObject.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::Update ( ) [virtual]

Bring this filter up-to-date. Update() checks modified times against last execution times, and re-executes objects if necessary. A side effect of this method is that the whole pipeline may execute in order to bring this filter up-to-date. This method updates the currently prescribed requested region. If no requested region has been set on the output, then the requested region will be set to the largest possible region. Once the requested region is set, Update() will make sure the specified requested region is up-to-date. This is a confusing side effect to users who are just calling Update() on a filter. A first call to Update() will cause the largest possible region to be updated. A second call to Update() will update that same region. If a modification to the upstream pipeline cause a filter to have a different largest possible region, this second call to Update() will not cause the output requested region to be reset to the new largest possible region. Instead, the output requested region will be the same as the last time Update() was called. To have a filter always to produce its largest possible region, users should call UpdateLargestPossibleRegion() instead.

Reimplemented in itk::CoreAtomImageToUnaryCorrespondenceMatrixProcess< TSourceImage >, itk::MedialNodePairCorrespondenceProcess< TSourceImage >, itk::MedialNodeTripletCorrespondenceProcess< TSourceImage >, itk::CoreAtomImageToDistanceMatrixProcess< TSourceImage >, itk::ImageFileWriter< TInputImage >, and itk::ImageSeriesWriter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::UpdateLargestPossibleRegion ( ) [virtual]

Like Update(), but sets the output requested region to the largest possible region for the output. This is the method users should call if they want the entire dataset to be processed. If a user wants to update the same output region as a previous call to Update() or a previous call to UpdateLargestPossibleRegion(), then they should call the method Update().

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::UpdateOutputData ( DataObject * output ) [virtual]

Actually generate new output

Reimplemented in itk::StreamingImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >.

virtual void itk::ProcessObject::UpdateOutputInformation ( ) [virtual]

Update the information decribing the output data. This method transverses up the pipeline gathering modified time information. On the way back down the pipeline, this method calls GenerateOutputInformation() to set any necessary information about the output data objects. For instance, a filter that shrinks an image will need to provide an implementation for GenerateOutputInformation() that changes the spacing of the pixels. Such filters should call their superclass' implementation of GenerateOutputInformation prior to changing the information values they need (i.e. GenerateOutputInformation() should call Superclass::GenerateOutputInformation() prior to changing the information.

Reimplemented in itk::watershed::Segmenter< TInputImage >, itk::VTKImageImport< TOutputImage >, and itk::watershed::Segmenter< InputImageType >.

void itk::ProcessObject::UpdateProgress ( float amount )

Update the progress of the process object.

Sets the Progress ivar to amount and invokes any observers for the ProgressEvent. The parameter amount should be in [0,1] and is the cumulative (not incremental) progress.

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friend class DataObject [friend]

Friends of ProcessObject

Definition at line 461 of file itkProcessObject.h.

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TimeStamp itk::ProcessObject::m_OutputInformationMTime [protected]

Time when GenerateOutputInformation was last called.

Definition at line 431 of file itkProcessObject.h.

InternalReferenceCountType itk::LightObject::m_ReferenceCount [mutable, protected, inherited]

Number of uses of this object by other objects.

Definition at line 144 of file itkLightObject.h.

SimpleFastMutexLock itk::LightObject::m_ReferenceCountLock [mutable, protected, inherited]

Mutex lock to protect modification to the reference count

Definition at line 147 of file itkLightObject.h.

bool itk::ProcessObject::m_Updating [protected]

These ivars are made protected so filters like itkStreamingImageFilter can access them directly. This flag indicates when the pipeline is executing. It prevents infinite recursion when pipelines have loops.

Definition at line 428 of file itkProcessObject.h.

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itkProcessObject.h

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