SundanceMeshTypeBase.hpp

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#ifndef SUNDANCE_MESHTYPEBASE_H
#define SUNDANCE_MESHTYPEBASE_H


#include "SundanceDefs.hpp"
#include "PlayaHandleable.hpp"
#include "Teuchos_Describable.hpp"
#include "PlayaPrintable.hpp"
#include "SundanceNoncopyable.hpp"
#include "SundanceMeshBase.hpp"

namespace Sundance
{
using namespace Teuchos;

/**
 * MeshTypeBase is a factory class for empty meshes, allowing generic
 * mesh sources to build a mesh of user-specified type. 
 */
class MeshTypeBase : public Playa::Handleable<MeshTypeBase>,
                     public Playa::Printable,
                     public Teuchos::Describable,
                     public Noncopyable
{
public:
  /** Empty ctor */
  MeshTypeBase() {;}

  /** virtual dtor */
  virtual ~MeshTypeBase(){;}

  /** Create a mesh of the given dimension */
  virtual RCP<MeshBase> createEmptyMesh(int dim,
    const MPIComm& comm) const = 0 ;

  /** */
  virtual void print(std::ostream& os) const {os << description();}
};
}



#endif