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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter.h,v $

  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
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// .NAME vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter - Write PVTK XML StructuredGrid files.
// .SECTION Description
// vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter writes the PVTK XML StructuredGrid
// file format.  One structured grid input can be written into a
// parallel file format with any number of pieces spread across files.
// The standard extension for this writer's file format is "pvts".
// This writer uses vtkXMLStructuredGridWriter to write the individual
// piece files.

// .SECTION See Also
// vtkXMLStructuredGridWriter

#ifndef __vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter_h
#define __vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter_h

#include "vtkXMLPStructuredDataWriter.h"

class vtkStructuredGrid;

class VTK_IO_EXPORT vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter : public vtkXMLPStructuredDataWriter
{
public:
  static vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter* New();
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter,vtkXMLPStructuredDataWriter);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);
  
  //BTX
  // Description:
  // Get/Set the writer's input.
  vtkStructuredGrid* GetInput();
  //ETX
  
protected:
  vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter();
  ~vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter();
  
  // see algorithm for more info
  virtual int FillInputPortInformation(int port, vtkInformation* info);

  const char* GetDataSetName();
  const char* GetDefaultFileExtension();
  vtkXMLStructuredDataWriter* CreateStructuredPieceWriter(); 
  void WritePData(vtkIndent indent);
  
private:
  vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter(const vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkXMLPStructuredGridWriter&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif