ENH: Add protected helper function, ProcessObject::SetRequiredOutputs

Author: N-Dekker

Modules/Core/Common/include/itkProcessObject.h

@@ -926,6 +926,20 @@ class ITKCommon_EXPORT ProcessObject : public Object
     return static_cast<uint32_t>(temp);
   };
 
+
+  /** Sets the required number of outputs, and creates each of them by MakeOutput. */
+  template <typename TSourceObject>
+  static void
+  SetRequiredOutputs(TSourceObject & sourceObject, const DataObjectPointerArraySizeType numberOfRequiredOutputs)
+  {
+    sourceObject.ProcessObject::SetNumberOfRequiredOutputs(numberOfRequiredOutputs);
+
+    for (unsigned int i{}; i < numberOfRequiredOutputs; ++i)
+    {
+      sourceObject.ProcessObject::SetNthOutput(i, sourceObject.TSourceObject::MakeOutput(i));
+    }
+  }
+
   /** These ivars are made protected so filters like itkStreamingImageFilter
    * can access them directly. */