VtkTypeInfo.hpp

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    MESQUITE -- The Mesh Quality Improvement Toolkit

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#ifndef MSQ_VTK_TYPE_INFO_HPP
#define MSQ_VTK_TYPE_INFO_HPP

#include "Mesquite.hpp"
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <vector>

namespace MBMesquite
{

class MsqError;

/** A struct describing a mapping between a Mesquite type/node_count
 *  combination an a VTK element type.*/
struct MESQUITE_EXPORT VtkTypeInfo
{

    const char* name;

    unsigned vtkType;             //!< The VTK type number
    EntityTopology msqType;       //!< The Mesquite element topology for the VTK type
    unsigned numNodes;            //!< The number of nodes in the VTK type.
    const unsigned* vtkConnOrder; /**< NULL if VTK node ordering is the same as
                                   *   Mesquite's internal ordering.  If non-null,
                                   *   an array of length VtkTypeInfo::numNodes, indexed
                                   *   with the Mesquite connectivity offset and
                                   *   containing the corresponding VTK connectivity
                                   *   offset
                                   */

    /** Get VtkTypeInfo from VTK type number */
    static const VtkTypeInfo* find_type( unsigned vtk_type, MsqError& err );
    /** Get VtkTypeInfo from Mesquite type and number of nodes */
    static const VtkTypeInfo* find_type( EntityTopology msq_type, unsigned num_nodes, MsqError& err );

    /** Reorder element connectivty list for writing to a VTK file
     *
     * If the VTK node ordering is the same as Mesquite's node ordering
     * for the type, the input list is not changed.  If the canonical
     * ordering for the elment differs, the passed list will be reordered
     * for writing to a VTK file.
     */
    void mesquiteToVtkOrder( std::vector< size_t >& connectivity_list ) const;
};

}  // namespace MBMesquite

#endif