[Paraview] ANN: Upcoming changes to ParaView Server Manager

[Takuya OSHIMA]

Thanks again for the clarification!

Takuya

Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D.
Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University
8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN

From: Sebastien Jourdain <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com>
Subject: Re: [Paraview] ANN: Upcoming changes to ParaView Server Manager
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:34:09 -0400

> Hi Takuya,
> 
> >> NEW2: pxy->ExecuteStream(stream)
> >
> > In fact, this is not possible because vtkSMProxy::ExecuteStream() is
> > protected (is this a bug or intended?).
> 
> It is intended, specially if your are not inside the vtkSMProxy class
> implementation.
> It is more a helper method that use the proxy session and location to
> send and execute the stream that may not be related in any other way
> to that proxy.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Seb
> 
> >
> > Takuya
> >
> > Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D.
> > Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University
> > 8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN
> >
> >
> > From: Sebastien Jourdain <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Paraview] ANN: Upcoming changes to ParaView Server Manager
> > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:37:14 -0400
> >
> >> Hi Takuya,
> >>
> >> I'm glad that you gave a try and you managed to make your plugin work.
> >> Moreover, thanks for that "cheat sheet".
> >>
> >> Here is my feedback about it:
> >>
> >>> OLD: pxy->Set/GetServers() (where pxy is a vtkSMProxy)
> >>> NEW: pxy->Set/GetLocation()
> >>
> >> Yes
> >>
> >>> OLD: pxy->Set/GetConnectionID()
> >>> NEW: pxy->Set/GetSession()
> >>
> >> Yes, but those lines should simply be removed as the session is set on
> >> the Proxy at its creation, therefore there is no point in doing it
> >> twice.
> >>
> >>> OLD: pxy->GetID()
> >>> NEW: VTKOBJECT(pxy) (a stream operator in client-server stream)
> >>
> >> Yes
> >>
> >>> OLD: pm->SendSteram(this->GetConnectionID(), this->GetServers(), stream)
> >>> NEW: this->ExecuteStream(stream) (where this is a vtkSMProxy)
> >>
> >> Yes
> >>
> >>> OLD: pm->SendStream(pxy->GetConnectionID(), pxy->GetServers(), stream)
> >>> NEW: pxy->GetSession()->ExecuteStream(pxy->GetLocation(), stream)
> >>> (where pm is a vtkProcessModule)
> >>
> >> Yes, but as you did it previously you can also do that
> >> NEW2: pxy->ExecuteStream(stream)
> >>
> >>> Also, what I noticed so far are
> >>> * CoProcessing module does not build due to some missing headers.
> >>
> >> I'm going to look into that and fix it. Thanks to have notice it.
> >>
> >>> * ParaViewCore/ServerManager/vtkSMDataSourceProxy.{cxx,h} are orphaned
> >>>  (have no reference from other sources or CMakeLists).
> >>
> >> Yes, I was planning to remove it. Are you using it ?
> >>
> >> Thanks again for those valuable comments,
> >>
> >> Seb
> >