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#ifndef TRILINOS_DETAILS_LINEARSOLVER_HPP
#define TRILINOS_DETAILS_LINEARSOLVER_HPP

/// \file Trilinos_Details_LinearSolver.hpp
/// \brief Declaration of linear solver interface.
///
/// \warning This header file is NOT currently part of the public
///   interface of Trilinos.  It or its contents may change or
///   disappear at any time.
///
/// \note To developers: The LinearSolver interface must live in the
///   bottom-most (most upstream) package from all solvers that depend
///   on it.

#include "TeuchosRemainder_config.h"
#include "Teuchos_RCP.hpp"

namespace Teuchos {
  // Forward declaration of ParameterList.  If you actually want to
  // _use_ ParameterList, you MUST include Teuchos_ParameterList.hpp.
  class ParameterList;
} // namespace Teuchos

/// \namespace Trilinos
/// \brief Namespace of things generally useful to many Trilinos packages
namespace Trilinos {

/// \namespace Details
/// \brief Namespace of implementation details
///
/// \warning This namespace, and anything in it, is an implementation
///   detail of Trilinos.  Do not rely on this namespace or its
///   contents.  They may change or disappear at any time.
namespace Details {

/// \brief Interface for a method for solving linear system(s) AX=B.
///
/// \tparam MV Type of a (multi)vector, representing either the
///   solution(s) X or the right-hand side(s) B of a linear system
///   AX=B.  For example, with Tpetra, use a Tpetra::MultiVector
///   specialization.  A <i>multivector</i> is a single data structure
///   containing zero or more vectors with the same dimensions and
///   layout.
///
/// \tparam OP Type of a matrix or linear operator that this
///   LinearSolver understands.  For example, for Tpetra, use a
///   Tpetra::Operator specialization.
///
/// \tparam NormType Type of the norm of a vector (see \c MV); in
///   particular, the type of the norm of a <i>residual</i>
///   \f$b - A \tilde{x}\f$, where \f$\tilde{x}\f$ is an approximate
///   solution of the linear system \f$Ax = b\f$.  For
///   <tt>MV = Tpetra::MultiVector</tt>, use
///   <tt>NormType = MV::mag_type</tt>.  In general, if the entries
///   of \c MV have type \c double, and the solver uses the
///   Euclidean norm (i.e., the 2-norm), then
///   <tt>NormType = double</tt>.  If the entries of \c MV have type
///   <tt>std::complex<float></tt>, then <tt>NormType = float</tt>.
///
/// A LinearSolver knows how to solve linear systems AX=B, where A is
/// a linear operator ("matrix") and B the right-hand side(s).
///
/// This interface separates "setup" from "solves."  "Setup" depends
/// only on the matrix A, while solves also depend on the right-hand
/// side(s) B and possibly also on initial guess(es).  "Setup" may be
/// more expensive than solve, but it can be reused for different
/// right-hand side(s) and initial guess(es).  The LinearSolver
/// interface further divides setup into two phases: "symbolic" and
/// "numeric."
///
/// The "symbolic" phase depends only on the "structure" of the
/// matrix, and not its values.  By "structure," we mean
/// <ul>
///   <li> its dimensions, </li>
///   <li> its distribution over parallel processes, and most
///        specifically, </li>
///   <li> the pattern of which entries in the matrix are
///        nonzero. <li>
/// </ul>
///
/// The distinction between "structure" and "values" matters most for
/// sparse matrices.  If the structure of a matrix does not change,
/// LinearSolver can reuse the "symbolic" setup phase for multiple
/// solves, even if the values in the matrix change between solves.
/// If the structure of a matrix changes, you must ask LinearSolver to
/// recompute the symbolic setup.
///
/// The "numeric" setup phase depends on both the matrix's structure,
/// and the values of its entries.  If the values in the matrix
/// change, you must ask the solver to recompute the numeric setup.
/// If only the values changed but not the matrix's structure, then
/// you do <i>not</i> need to ask the solver to recompute the symbolic
/// setup.  The symbolic setup must be done before the numeric setup.
///
/// \note To implementers: For the \c OP template parameter, you
///   should <i>consistently</i> use the most abstract base class that
///   makes sense.  For example, with Tpetra, use Tpetra::Operator,
///   and for Epetra, use Epetra_Operator.  Implementations should use
///   dynamic_cast to get the subclass that they want, and throw an
///   exception if the dynamic_cast fails.  I emphasized
///   "consistently," because this makes explicit template
///   instantiation (ETI) easier, and helps keep build times and
///   library sizes small.
template<class MV, class OP, class NormType>
class LinearSolver {
public:
  //! Destructor (virtual for memory safety of derived classes).
  virtual ~LinearSolver () {}

  /// \brief Set the solver's matrix.
  ///
  /// \param A [in] Pointer to the matrix A in the linear system(s)
  ///   AX=B to solve.
  ///
  /// This LinearSolver instance keeps the matrix (by pointer) given
  /// to it by this method, and does not modify it.  The solver stores
  /// any additional data needed for solves separately from the
  /// matrix.
  ///
  /// Calling this method resets the solver's state.  After calling
  /// this method, you must call symbolic() and numeric() before you
  /// may call solve().
  ///
  /// You are allowed to change the structure and/or numerical values
  /// in the matrix that this LinearSolver instance holds.  If you do
  /// so, you do NOT need to call this method.  If you change the
  /// graph structure of the matrix, you must call symbolic() and
  /// numeric() before you may call solve().  If you change the
  /// numerical values but not the graph structure of the matrix, you
  /// must call numeric() before you may call solve().
  ///
  /// Teuchos::RCP is just like std::shared_ptr.  It uses reference
  /// counting for automatic deallocation.  Passing in a "const OP"
  /// implies that the solver may not modify A.
  virtual void setMatrix (const Teuchos::RCP<const OP>& A) = 0;

  /// \brief Get a pointer to this solver's matrix.
  ///
  /// If this LinearSolver instance does not (yet) have a matrix, this
  /// method will return Teuchos::null.  The solver <i>must</i> have a
  /// matrix before you may call solve().
  ///
  /// Teuchos::RCP is just like std::shared_ptr.  It uses reference
  /// counting for automatic deallocation.  Returning a "const OP"
  /// implies that the caller may not modify A.
  virtual Teuchos::RCP<const OP> getMatrix () const = 0;

  /// \brief Solve the linear system(s) AX=B.
  ///
  /// \param X [in/out] On input: (multi)vector that is allocated and
  ///   ready for output.  The solver may choose to read the contents
  ///   as the initial guess(es).  On output: the solution vector(s).
  ///
  /// \param B [in] Right-hand side(s) of the linear system(s).
  ///
  /// Solves may fail.  "Failure" depends on the accuracy that the
  /// specific solver promises.  The caller is responsible for
  /// determining whether the solve succeeded.  This may require a
  /// dynamic cast to ask the specific kind of solver whether it
  /// succeeded, or testing some error metric (like the the residual
  /// 2-norm).
  virtual void solve (MV& X, const MV& B) = 0;

  /// \brief Set this solver's parameters.
  ///
  /// Depending on the solver and which parameters you set or changed,
  /// you may have to recompute the symbolic or numeric setup (by
  /// calling symbolic() resp. numeric()) after calling
  /// setParameters(), before you may call solve() again.
  ///
  /// Different solver implementations have different ideas about how
  /// to treat parameters.  Some of them (like those in Ifpack2) treat
  /// the input parameter list as a complete snapshot of the desired
  /// state.  Many that do this also fill the input list with
  /// unspecified parameters set to default values.  Other solvers
  /// (like those in Belos) treat the input list as a "delta" -- a set
  /// of changes from the current state -- and thus generally do not
  /// fill in the input list.
  ///
  /// This interface is compatible with either variant.  The solver
  /// reserves the right to modify the input list, or to keep a
  /// pointer to the input list.  Callers are responsible for copying
  /// the list if they don't want the solver to see changes, or if the
  /// Teuchos::RCP is nonowning.  Users are responsible for knowing
  /// how the different solvers behave.
  virtual void setParameters (const Teuchos::RCP<Teuchos::ParameterList>& params) = 0;

  /// \brief Set up any part of the solve that depends on the
  ///   structure of the input matrix, but not its numerical values.
  ///
  /// If the structure of the matrix has changed, or if you have not
  /// yet called this method on this LinearSolver instance, then you
  /// must call this method before you may call numeric() or solve().
  ///
  /// There is no way that the solver can tell users whether the
  /// symbolic factorization is "done," because the solver may have no
  /// way to know whether the structure of the matrix has changed.
  /// Users are responsible for notifying the solver of structure
  /// changes, by calling symbolic().  (This is why there is no
  /// "symbolicDone" Boolean method.)
  ///
  /// \note To developers: If you find it necessary to separate
  ///   "preordering" from the symbolic factorization, you may use a
  ///   mix-in for that.
  virtual void symbolic () = 0;

  /// \brief Set up any part of the solve that depends on both the
  ///   structure and the numerical values of the input matrix.
  ///
  /// If any values in the matrix have changed, or if you have not yet
  /// called this method on this LinearSolver instance, then you must
  /// call this method before you may call solve().
  ///
  /// There is no way that the solver can tell users whether the
  /// numeric factorization is "done," because the solver may have no
  /// way to know whether the values of the matrix has changed.  Users
  /// are responsible for notifying the solver of changes to values,
  /// by calling numeric().  (This is why there is no "numericDone"
  /// Boolean method.)
  virtual void numeric () = 0;
};

} // namespace Details
} // namespace Trilinos

#endif // TRILINOS_DETAILS_LINEARSOLVER_HPP