GenericLinearSolver.h

// Copyright (C) 2008-2013 Garth N. Wells
//
// This file is part of DOLFIN.
//
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#ifndef __GENERIC_LINEAR_SOLVER_H
#define __GENERIC_LINEAR_SOLVER_H

#include <vector>
#include <memory>
#include <dolfin/common/Variable.h>
#include <dolfin/log/log.h>

namespace dolfin
{

  // Forward declarations
  class GenericLinearOperator;
  class GenericMatrix;
  class GenericVector;
  class VectorSpaceBasis;


  class GenericLinearSolver : public Variable
  {
  public:

    virtual void
      set_operator(std::shared_ptr<const GenericLinearOperator> A) = 0;

    virtual void
      set_operators(std::shared_ptr<const GenericLinearOperator> A,
                    std::shared_ptr<const GenericLinearOperator> P)
    {
      dolfin_error("GenericLinearSolver.h",
                   "set operator and preconditioner for linear solver",
                   "Not supported by current linear algebra backend");
    }

    virtual std::size_t solve(const GenericLinearOperator& A, GenericVector& x,
                              const GenericVector& b)
    {
      dolfin_error("GenericLinearSolver.h",
                   "solve linear system",
                   "Not supported by current linear algebra backend. Consider using solve(x, b)");
      return 0;
    }

    virtual std::size_t solve(GenericVector& x, const GenericVector& b) = 0;

    // FIXME: This should not be needed. Need to cleanup linear solver
    // name jungle: default, lu, iterative, direct, krylov, etc
    virtual std::string parameter_type() const
    {
      return "default";
    }

    virtual void update_parameters(const Parameters& parameters)
    {
      this->parameters.update(parameters);
    }

  protected:

    // Developer note: The functions here provide similar
    // functionality as the as_type functions in the
    // LinearAlgebraObject base class. The difference is that they
    // specifically complain that a matrix is required, which gives a
    // user a more informative error message from solvers that don't
    // support matrix-free representation of linear operators.

    static const GenericMatrix& require_matrix(const GenericLinearOperator& A);

    static std::shared_ptr<const GenericMatrix>
      require_matrix(std::shared_ptr<const GenericLinearOperator> A);

  };

}

#endif