vtkSocketCommunicator

Section: Visualization Toolkit Parallel Classes

Usage

This is a concrete implementation of vtkCommunicator which supports interprocess communication using BSD style sockets. It supports byte swapping for the communication of machines with different endianness.

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

  obj = vtkSocketCommunicator

Methods

The class vtkSocketCommunicator 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 vtkSocketCommunicator class.