子类指针不能转换为父类指针？？？

编译一程序，出现如下错误：
 main.cpp(51) : error C2664: 'void __thiscall vtkVolumeMapper::SetInput(class vtkImageData *)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'class vtkStructuredPoints *' to 'class vtkImageData *'

vtkStructuredPoints是vtkImageData的子类，为何会有上述错误？原来是没有“#include "vtkStructuredPoints.h"（子类的头文件）”。因为没有这个头文件，编译器根本不知道这两个类之间有继承关系。

 

#include  " vtkActor.h "
#include  " vtkRenderWindow.h "
#include  " vtkRenderer.h "
#include  " vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h "
#include  " vtkProperty.h "
#include  " vtkStructuredPointsReader.h "
#include  " vtkStructuredPoints.h " // 没有这一行就会出现上述错误
#include  " vtkPiecewiseFunction.h "
#include  " vtkColorTransferFunction.h "
#include  " vtkVolumeProperty.h "
#include  " vtkVolumeRayCastCompositeFunction.h "
#include  " vtkVolumeRayCastMapper.h "
#include  " vtkVolume.h "

void  main ()
{
    vtkRenderer  * ren  =  vtkRenderer::New();
    vtkRenderWindow  * renWin  =  vtkRenderWindow::New();
    renWin -> AddRenderer(ren);
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor  * iren  =  vtkRenderWindowInteractor::New();
    iren -> SetRenderWindow(renWin);

    vtkStructuredPointsReader  * reader  =  vtkStructuredPointsReader::New();
    reader -> SetFileName( " ./Data/ironProt.vtk " );

    vtkPiecewiseFunction  * opacityTransferFunction  =  
        vtkPiecewiseFunction::New();
    opacityTransferFunction -> AddPoint( 20 ,  0.0 );
    opacityTransferFunction -> AddPoint( 255 ,  0.2 );

    vtkColorTransferFunction  * colorTransferFunction  =  
        vtkColorTransferFunction::New();
    colorTransferFunction -> AddRGBPoint( 0.0 ,  0.0 ,  0.0 ,  0.0 );
    colorTransferFunction -> AddRGBPoint( 64.0 ,  1.0 ,  0.0 ,  0.0 );
    colorTransferFunction -> AddRGBPoint( 128.0 ,  0.0 ,  0.0 ,  1.0 );
    colorTransferFunction -> AddRGBPoint( 192.0 ,  0.0 ,  1.0 ,  0.0 );
    colorTransferFunction -> AddRGBPoint( 255.0 ,  0.0 ,  0.2 ,  0.0 );

    vtkVolumeProperty  * volumeProperty  =  vtkVolumeProperty::New();
    volumeProperty -> SetColor(colorTransferFunction);
    volumeProperty -> SetScalarOpacity(opacityTransferFunction);
    volumeProperty -> ShadeOn();
    volumeProperty -> SetInterpolationTypeToLinear();

    vtkVolumeRayCastCompositeFunction  * compositeFunction  =  
        vtkVolumeRayCastCompositeFunction::New();
    vtkVolumeRayCastMapper  * volumeMapper  =  
        vtkVolumeRayCastMapper::New();
    volumeMapper -> SetVolumeRayCastFunction(compositeFunction);
     // volumeMapper->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
    volumeMapper -> SetInput(reader -> GetOutput());

    vtkVolume  * volume  =  vtkVolume::New();
    volume -> SetMapper(volumeMapper);
    volume -> SetProperty(volumeProperty);

    ren -> AddVolume(volume);
    ren -> SetBackground( 1 ,  1 ,  1 );
    renWin -> SetSize( 600 ,  600 );
    renWin -> Render();

    iren -> Initialize();
    renWin -> Render();
    iren -> Start();
}