%extend itkPyVectorContainer@PyVectorContainerTypes@{
    %pythoncode %{

    def array_view_from_vector_container(vector_container):
        """Get a NumPy array view of an itk.VectorContainer.

        Warning: No copy of the data is performed. Using an array
        view after its source vector has been deleted can results in corrupt values
        or a segfault.
        """

        import itk

        itksize = vector_container.Size()
        container_type = itk.template(vector_container)
        if isinstance(container_type[1][1], type):
            container_element_type = itk.template(container_type[1][1])
            dimension = container_element_type[1][1]
            shape   = (itksize, dimension)
        else:
            shape   = (itksize,)

        element_type     = "@ElementType@"
        numpydatatype = _get_numpy_pixelid(element_type)
        memview       = itkPyVectorContainer@PyVectorContainerTypes@._array_view_from_vector_container(vector_container)
        ndarrview  = np.asarray(memview).view(dtype = numpydatatype).reshape(shape).view(np.ndarray)

        return ndarrview

    array_view_from_vector_container = staticmethod(array_view_from_vector_container)

    def array_from_vector_container(vector_container):
        """Get a NumPy ndarray from an itk.VectorContainer.

        This is a deep copy of the itk.VectorContainer and is completely safe and without potential side effects.
        """

        arrayView = itkPyVectorContainer@PyVectorContainerTypes@.array_view_from_vector_container(vector_container)

        # perform deep copy of the buffer
        return np.array(arrayView, copy=True)

    array_from_vector_container = staticmethod(array_from_vector_container)

    def vector_container_from_array(ndarr):
        """Get an itk.VectorContainer from a NumPy array.

        This is a deep copy of the NumPy array buffer and is completely safe without potential
        side effects.
        """

        assert ndarr.ndim == 1 , "Only arrays of 1 dimension are supported."

        vec = itkPyVectorContainer@PyVectorContainerTypes@._vector_container_from_array(ndarr, ndarr.shape)

        return vec

    vector_container_from_array = staticmethod(vector_container_from_array)

  %}
};