teca_mesh_join.h

#ifndef teca_mesh_join_h
#define teca_mesh_join_h
 
#include "teca_shared_object.h"
#include "teca_algorithm.h"
#include "teca_metadata.h"
 
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
TECA_SHARED_OBJECT_FORWARD_DECL(teca_mesh_join)
 
 
/**
 * An algorithm that joins two or more mesh data.
 * It requires that the mesh geometry be identical in all files.
 */
class TECA_EXPORT teca_mesh_join : public teca_algorithm
{
public:
    TECA_ALGORITHM_STATIC_NEW(teca_mesh_join)
    TECA_ALGORITHM_DELETE_COPY_ASSIGN(teca_mesh_join)
    TECA_ALGORITHM_CLASS_NAME(teca_mesh_join)
    ~teca_mesh_join();
 
    // report/initialize to/from Boost program options
    // objects.
    TECA_GET_ALGORITHM_PROPERTIES_DESCRIPTION()
    TECA_SET_ALGORITHM_PROPERTIES()
 
    /** Set the number input connections. The default is 2, this must be called
     * when more than 2 meshes are to be merged.
     */
    void set_number_of_input_connections(unsigned int n)
    { this->teca_algorithm::set_number_of_input_connections(n); }
 
protected:
    teca_mesh_join();
 
private:
    using teca_algorithm::get_output_metadata;
 
    teca_metadata get_output_metadata(
        unsigned int port,
        const std::vector<teca_metadata> &input_md) override;
 
    std::vector<teca_metadata> get_upstream_request(
        unsigned int port,
        const std::vector<teca_metadata> &input_md,
        const teca_metadata &request) override;
 
    const_p_teca_dataset execute(
        unsigned int port,
        const std::vector<const_p_teca_dataset> &input_data,
        const teca_metadata &request) override;
 
private:
};
 
#endif