一个重要的宏vtkInformationKeyMacro(CLASS,NAME,type)

这个宏的定义如下

vtkInformationKeyMacro(CLASS,NAME,type)             \

static vtkInformation##type##Key * CLASS##_##NAME = \

new vtkInformation##type##Key(#NAME,#CLASS);           \

vtkInformation##type##Key* CLASS::NAME()             \

{                                                                                        \

return CLASS##_##NAME;                                        \

}

这个宏把vtkExecutive和vtkInformationExecutiveKey关联起来，举例：

vtkInformationKeyMacro(vtkExecutive, PRODUCER, ExecutivePort)展开后

static vtkInformationExecutivePortKey*    vtkExecutive_PRODUCER = new vtkInformationExecutivePortKey(PRODUCER,vtkExecutive);

vtkInformationExecutivePortKey* vtkExecutive::PRODUCER()

{

return vtkExecutive_PRODUCER;

}

vtkInformmationKey是用于访问vtkInformation表示的映射的所有key 的超类。vtkInformation::Set() and vtkInformation::Get()方法可以被information(信息）关键字访问，键是指向vtkInformationKey的子类的实列的指针，子类的类型决定了所选set/get的重载。这颗确保存储在与给定密钥对应的vtkInformation实例中的值类型与该密钥所需类型匹配。