vtkCommunicator

Section: Visualization Toolkit Parallel Classes

Usage

This is an abstact class which contains functionality for sending and receiving inter-process messages. It contains methods for marshaling an object into a string (currently used by the MPI communicator but not the shared memory communicator).

To create an instance of class vtkCommunicator, simply invoke its constructor as follows

  obj = vtkCommunicator

Methods

The class vtkCommunicator has several methods that can be used. They are listed below. Note that the documentation is translated automatically from the VTK sources, and may not be completely intelligible. When in doubt, consult the VTK website. In the methods listed below, obj is an instance of the vtkCommunicator class.