/*=========================================================================

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

  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
  All rights reserved.
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=========================================================================*/
// .NAME vtkInformationDataObjectKey - Key for vtkDataObject values.
// .SECTION Description
// vtkInformationDataObjectKey is used to represent keys in
// vtkInformation for values that are vtkDataObject instances.

#ifndef __vtkInformationDataObjectKey_h
#define __vtkInformationDataObjectKey_h

#include "vtkInformationKey.h"

#include "vtkCommonInformationKeyManager.h" // Manage instances of this type.

class vtkDataObject;

class VTK_COMMON_EXPORT vtkInformationDataObjectKey : public vtkInformationKey
{
public:
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkInformationDataObjectKey,vtkInformationKey);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  vtkInformationDataObjectKey(const char* name, const char* location);
  ~vtkInformationDataObjectKey();

  // Description:
  // Get/Set the value associated with this key in the given
  // information object.
  //BTX
  void Set(vtkInformation* info, vtkDataObject*);
  vtkDataObject* Get(vtkInformation* info);
  //ETX
  int Has(vtkInformation* info);

  // Description:
  // Copy the entry associated with this key from one information
  // object to another.  If there is no entry in the first information
  // object for this key, the value is removed from the second.
  virtual void ShallowCopy(vtkInformation* from, vtkInformation* to);

  // Description:
  // Report a reference this key has in the given information object.
  virtual void Report(vtkInformation* info, vtkGarbageCollector* collector);

private:
  vtkInformationDataObjectKey(const vtkInformationDataObjectKey&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkInformationDataObjectKey&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif
