#ifndef _vtk_DatasetToImageGenerator_h_
#define _vtk_DatasetToImageGenerator_h_

#include <vtkObject.h>
#include <vtkImageData.h>

/** EXPERIMENTAL CODE --- DO NOT USE FOR NOW -- Nicolas Toussaint */

/** This Class merges two images (any type of data) into a third one.
    Input image must have the same dimensions and Scalar Type */

class vtkDataSet;
class vtkImageData;


class VTK_EXPORT vtkDatasetToImageGenerator: public vtkObject
{
 public:

  static vtkDatasetToImageGenerator *New();
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkDatasetToImageGenerator, vtkObject);

  vtkSetObjectMacro (Input, vtkDataSet);
  vtkGetObjectMacro (Input, vtkDataSet);
  vtkGetObjectMacro (Output, vtkImageData);
  
/*   virtual int RequestData(vtkInformation *request,  */
/*                           vtkInformationVector **inputVector,  */
/*                           vtkInformationVector *outputVector); */
  
  /** Call this function to compute the data */
  void Update(void);

 protected:
  
  vtkDatasetToImageGenerator();
  ~vtkDatasetToImageGenerator();

 private:

  vtkImageData* Output;
  vtkDataSet*   Input;
  
  
};


#endif