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-/*============================================================================
-
-The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
-
-Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
-All rights reserved.
-
-Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
-found in the LICENSE file.
-
-============================================================================*/
-
-#include "vtkActor.h"
-#include "vtkPolyDataMapper.h"
-#include "vtkProperty.h"
-#include "vtkRenderWindow.h"
-#include "vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h"
-#include "vtkRenderer.h"
-#include "vtkSphereSource.h"
-#include "vtkUnsignedCharArray.h"
-
-#include <mitkImage.h>
-#include <mitkPicFileReader.h>
-
-#include <mitkDataStorage.h>
-#include <mitkLevelWindow.h>
-#include <mitkLevelWindowProperty.h>
-
-#include <mitkVtkLayerController.h>
-#include <mitkVtkPropRenderer.h>
-#include <vtkMitkRenderProp.h>
-
-#include <itksys/SystemTools.hxx>
-
-#include <fstream>
-int mitkVtkPropRendererTest(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
- // independently read header of pic file
- mitkIpPicDescriptor *picheader = nullptr;
- if (argc >= 1)
- {
- if (itksys::SystemTools::LowerCase(itksys::SystemTools::GetFilenameExtension(argv[1])).find(".pic") !=
- std::string::npos)
- picheader = mitkIpPicGetHeader(argv[1], nullptr);
- }
- if (picheader == nullptr)
- {
- std::cout << "file not found/not a pic-file - test not applied [PASSED]" << std::endl;
- std::cout << "[TEST DONE]" << std::endl;
- return EXIT_SUCCESS;
- }
-
- static long int sum_orig_Pic3D_pic_gz = 14685408;
-
- mitkIpPicGetTags(argv[1], picheader);
-
- // Read pic-Image from file
- std::cout << "Reading image: ";
- mitk::PicFileReader::Pointer reader = mitk::PicFileReader::New();
- reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);
- reader->Update();
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- mitk::Image::Pointer image = reader->GetOutput();
-
- std::cout << "Creating node: ";
- mitk::DataNode::Pointer node = mitk::DataNode::New();
- node->SetData(image);
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- std::cout << "Creating DataStorage: ";
- mitk::StandaloneDataStorage::Pointer ds = mitk::StandaloneDataStorage::New();
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- std::cout << "Adding node via DataStorage: ";
- ds->Add(node);
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- std::cout << "Adding level-window property: ";
- mitk::LevelWindowProperty::Pointer levWinProp = mitk::LevelWindowProperty::New();
- mitk::LevelWindow levelwindow;
- levelwindow.SetAuto(image);
- levWinProp->SetLevelWindow(levelwindow);
- node->GetPropertyList()->SetProperty("levelwindow", levWinProp);
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- std::cout << "Creating a vtk sphere: ";
- vtkSphereSource *sphere = vtkSphereSource::New();
- sphere->SetRadius(1.0);
- sphere->SetThetaResolution(18);
- sphere->SetPhiResolution(18);
-
- vtkPolyDataMapper *map = vtkPolyDataMapper::New();
- map->SetInput(sphere->GetOutput());
- sphere->Delete();
-
- vtkActor *aSphere = vtkActor::New();
- aSphere->SetMapper(map);
- map->Delete();
- aSphere->GetProperty()->SetColor(0, 0, 1); // sphere color blue
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- std::cout << "Creating a renderer for the sphere: ";
- vtkRenderer *sphereRenderer = vtkRenderer::New();
- sphereRenderer->AddActor(aSphere);
- aSphere->Delete();
- // sphereRenderer->SetBackground(1,1,1); // Background color white
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- std::cout << "Creating vtkRenderWindow and VtkPropRenderer: ";
- vtkRenderWindow *renderWindow = vtkRenderWindow::New();
- mitk::VtkPropRenderer::Pointer propRenderer = mitk::VtkPropRenderer::New("the renderer", renderWindow);
- // propRenderer->SetMapperID(2);
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- // renderWindow->AddRenderer(sphereRenderer);
- // renderWindow->SetErase(0);
-
- std::cout << "BaseRenderer::SetData(iterator): ";
- propRenderer->SetDataStorage(ds);
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- std::cout << "Creating vtkMitkRenderProp and connecting it to the VtkPropRenderer: ";
- vtkMitkRenderProp *renderProp = vtkMitkRenderProp::New();
- renderProp->SetPropRenderer(propRenderer);
- propRenderer->GetVtkRenderer()->AddViewProp(renderProp);
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- std::cout << "Inserting the sphere into the foreground of the VtkLayerController: ";
- mitk::VtkLayerController::GetInstance(renderWindow)->InsertForegroundRenderer(sphereRenderer, true);
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- // mouse interaction for debugging
- // vtkRenderWindowInteractor *iren = vtkRenderWindowInteractor::New();
- // iren->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
-
- std::cout << "Setting and getting size of renderWindow: ";
- renderWindow->SetSize(400, 400);
- int *size = renderWindow->GetSize();
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- std::cout << "Do the rendering: ";
- renderWindow->Render();
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- // iren->Start();
-
- std::cout << "Testing to pick a world position: ";
- mitk::Point2D p;
- mitk::Point3D p_mm;
- p[0] = 10;
- p[1] = 10;
- propRenderer->PickWorldPoint(p, p_mm);
- std::cout << "returned world position: " << p_mm << "\n";
-
- std::cout << "Creating vtkUnsignedCharArray: ";
- vtkUnsignedCharArray *vtkImage = vtkUnsignedCharArray::New();
- std::cout << "[PASSED]" << std::endl;
-
- cout << "Reading image from renderWindow" << std::endl;
- renderWindow->GetRGBACharPixelData(0, 0, size[0] - 1, size[1] - 1, 0, vtkImage);
- cout << "Read " << size[0] * size[1] << " data points\n";
-
- cout << "Computing sum of all RGBA values..\n";
- long int sum_now = 0;
- for (int i = 0; i < size[0] * size[1]; i++)
- sum_now += vtkImage->GetValue(i);
- std::cout << "Sum of all RGBA values: " << sum_now << "\n";
- std::cout << "Sum should be: " << sum_orig_Pic3D_pic_gz << "\n";
-
- // std::string Pic3d_pic_gz_str("Pic3D.pic.gz");
- // std::cout << "pic3d " << Pic3d_pic_gz_str << "\n";
- // std::cout << "argv " << argv_str << "\n";
- // std::cout << "find " << (int) argv_str.find("Pic3D.pic.gz") << "\n";
- // std::cout << "size " << argv_str.size() << "\n";
-
- // if(argv_str.size() - ((int) argv_str.find("Pic3D.pic.gz")) == 12)
- //{
- // std::cout << "Input image is Pic3D.pic.gz\n";
- // std::cout << "Sum should be: " << sum_orig_Pic3D_pic_gz << "\n";
- // if(sum_orig_Pic3D_pic_gz!=sum_now)
- // {
- // std::cout<<"[FAILED]"<<std::endl;
- // return EXIT_FAILURE;
- // }
- // std::cout<<"[PASSED]"<<std::endl;
- //}
- // else
- //{
- // std::cout<<"Unknown image, comparison test skipped"<<std::endl;
- //}
-
- propRenderer->GetVtkRenderer()->RemoveViewProp(renderProp);
- renderProp->Delete();
- propRenderer = nullptr;
- sphereRenderer->Delete();
-
- renderWindow->Delete();
-
- vtkImage->Delete();
- ds = nullptr;
-
- std::cout << "[TEST DONE]" << std::endl;
- return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}