What is subproxy?

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1

Hello ParaView developers!

Could one please clarify when I should use SubProxy and not property and give an example?

Thank you very much!

2

It is proxy that is integrated into another proxy seamlessly.

see:
Examples/Plugins/Representation/Plugin/GeometryRepresentations/Representation.xml

3

I dont get what is written there

What is representation type?

      <!-- this adds to what is already defined in PVRepresentationBase -->
      <RepresentationType subproxy="MySpecialRepresentation"
        text="Special Mapper" subtype="Surface" />

And what is this subproxy needed for?

  <SubProxy>
    <Proxy name="MySpecialRepresentation"
      proxygroup="representations" proxyname="MySpecialRepresentation">
    </Proxy>
    <ShareProperties subproxy="SurfaceRepresentation">
      <Exception name="Input" />
      <Exception name="Visibility" />
      <Exception name="Representation" />
    </ShareProperties>
  </SubProxy>
4

What is representation type?

Surface, SurfaceWithEdges, Volume…

And what is this subproxy needed for?

It is needed so that “MySpecialRepresentation” is added to the possible representaiton types.

5

What is the difference of name and proxyname for proxy/subproxy?

6

A proxy has a name, it should be unique.

When you set a subproxy, you give it a name, then you point which proxy to use using proxygroup and proxyname. It should correspond to a proxy name and group.