EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine Class Reference

A class which provides data and command access to Matlab from Epetra. More...

#include <EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.h>

List of all members.

Constructors/destructors.
	EpetraExt_MatlabEngine (const Epetra_Comm &Comm)
	EpetraExt_MatlabEngine constructor which creates a MatlabEngine object with a connection to an instance of the application Matlab by starting a new Matlab process.
	~EpetraExt_MatlabEngine ()
	EpetraExt_MatlabEngine destructor which closes the connection to Matlab which causes the Matlab process to also exit.
General Epetra to Matlab Access Methods
int	EvalString (char *command, char *outputBuffer=NULL, int outputBufferSize=-1)
	Sends a command to Matlab.
Epetra to Matlab Data Transfer Methods
int	PutMultiVector (const Epetra_MultiVector &A, const char *variableName)
	Puts a copy of the serial or distributed MultiVector into the Matlab workspace.
int	PutRowMatrix (const Epetra_RowMatrix &A, const char *variableName, bool transA)
	Puts a copy of the serial or distributed RowMatrix into the Matlab workspace.
int	PutCrsGraph (const Epetra_CrsGraph &A, const char *variableName, bool transA)
	not implemented yet
int	PutSerialDenseMatrix (const Epetra_SerialDenseMatrix &A, const char *variableName, int proc=0)
	Puts a copy of the SerialDenseMatrix into the Matlab workspace.
int	PutIntSerialDenseMatrix (const Epetra_IntSerialDenseMatrix &A, const char *variableName, int proc=0)
	Puts a copy of the IntSerialDenseMatrix into the Matlab workspace.
int	PutBlockMap (const Epetra_BlockMap &blockMap, const char *variableName, bool transA)
	Puts a copy of the BlockMap or Map into the Matlab workspace.
int	PutIntoMatlab (const char *variableName, mxArray *matlabA)
	Puts a mxArray into Matlab.
Matlab to Epetra Data Transfer Methods
int	GetMultiVector (const char *variableName, Epetra_MultiVector &A)
	Puts a Matlab variable into a MultiVector.
int	GetSerialDenseMatrix (const char *variableName, Epetra_SerialDenseMatrix &A, int proc=0)
	Puts a Matlab variable into a SerialDenseMatrix on the specified PE.
int	GetIntSerialDenseMatrix (const char *variableName, Epetra_IntSerialDenseMatrix &A, int proc=0)
	Puts a Matlab variable into a IntSerialDenseMatrix on the specified PE.
int	GetCrsMatrix (const char *variableName, Epetra_CrsMatrix &A, bool getTrans)
	Puts a Matlab variable into a CrsMatrix.
General Matlab to Epetra Access Methods
int	GetmxArrayDimensions (mxArray *matlabA, bool &isSparse, int &numRows, int &numCols, int &numNonZeros)
	Get general information about the mxArray. For internal use but can be used by an advanced user.
int	GetmxArray (const char *variableName, mxArray **matlabA)
	Get a mxArray from Matlab. For internal use but can be used by an advanced user.
Private Attributes
Engine *	Engine_
const Epetra_Comm &	Comm_

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Detailed Description

A class which provides data and command access to Matlab from Epetra.

The EpetraExt_MatlabEngine class allows Epetra data objects to be exported to Matlab and then operated on within Matlab using Matlab commands.

When an EpetraExt_MatlabEngine object is constructed a new instance of the application Matlab is started for EpetraExt_MatlabEngine to communicate with. All communication between EpetraExt_MatlabEngine and Matlab occurs on the root node (0) only. For parallel environments all objects are collected onto the root node before being put into Matlab. Object data is put into a mxArray which is then sent to the Matlab process. All objects passed to Matlab are copied into the Matlab memory space. So at the point when Matlab receives its copy of the data there is two copies of the mxArray in memory, one in the Epetra application and one in Matlab. Since Matlab has its own memory space the mxArray in the Epetra application should be deleted in order to free up memory space. All methods in EpetraExt_MatlabEngine that put Epetra objects into Matlab delete the temporary mxArray as soon as it is put into Matlab. If a user desires to create his/her own mxArray's and then send them to Matlab the method PutIntoMatlab can be used. It is important to note that PutIntoMatlab does NOT delete the mxArray it is passed. When the EpetraExt_MatlabEngine deconstructor is called the instance of Matlab that was started during construction of the EpetraExt_MatlabEngine object exits.

Error Codes

• -1 engPutVariable (Matlab provided C function) returned a nonzero result
• -2 internal gather of epetra object and copy to matlab object returned a nonzero result
• -3 engEvalString (Matlab provided C function) returned a nonzero result
• -4 engOutputBuffer (Matlab provided C function) returned a nonzero result
• -5 GetmxArray returned a nonzero result, the variable requested probably does not exist in the Matlab workspace
• -6 GetmxArrayDimensions determined that the mxArray from Matlab has greater than 2 dimensions
• -7 a sparse Matlab mxArray was passed to a method that requires a dense mxArray
• -8 a dense Matlab mxArray was passed to a method that requires a sparse mxArray

Build Instructions
These instructions can be found in the file Trilinos/packages/epetraext/doc/matlab.README.

Example Code
The following example code generates simple Epetra objects and then puts them into Matlab.

The point of this example is to illustrate the flow of calls when using EpetraExt_MatlabEngine. This example program can be found in the file Trilinos/packages/epetraext/example/matlab/cxx_main.cpp.

Definition at line 102 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine (  const Epetra_Comm &  Comm  )

EpetraExt_MatlabEngine constructor which creates a MatlabEngine object with a connection to an instance of the application Matlab by starting a new Matlab process. Parameters: Comm  (In) An Epetra_Comm object. Returns: A MatlabEngine object Definition at line 52 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::~EpetraExt_MatlabEngine (   )

EpetraExt_MatlabEngine destructor which closes the connection to Matlab which causes the Matlab process to also exit. Definition at line 60 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

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Member Function Documentation

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::EvalString (  char *  command, char *  outputBuffer = NULL, int  outputBufferSize = -1 )

Sends a command to Matlab. Any command that can normally be typed in at the Matlab command line can be passed in to EvalString(char* command). Commands such as 'help desk', 'edit', and 'plot(MATRIX)' will pop up an interactive window. Parameters: command  (In) the matlab command to run outputBuffer  (Out) (Optional) a user preallocated buffer for Matlab text output outputBufferSize  (In) (Optional) the size of the outputBuffer Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 68 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::PutMultiVector (  const Epetra_MultiVector &  A, const char *  variableName )

Puts a copy of the serial or distributed MultiVector into the Matlab workspace. Parameters: A  (In) the Epetra_MultiVector to put into Matlab variableName  (In) the variable name in the Matlab workspace of the Matlab double array (matrix) that will contain the values of the MultiVector Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 85 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::PutRowMatrix (  const Epetra_RowMatrix &  A, const char *  variableName, bool  transA )

Puts a copy of the serial or distributed RowMatrix into the Matlab workspace. Parameters: A  (In) the Epetra_RowMatrix to put into Matlab variableName  (In) the variable name in the Matlab workspace of the Matlab sparse double array (matrix) that will contain the values of the RowMatrix transA  (In) if true then the transpose of A is put into Matlab NOTE: It is faster to put the transpose of A into Matlab since Matlab stores matrices in column-major form whereas Epetra stores them in row-major form. Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 109 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::PutCrsGraph (  const Epetra_CrsGraph &  A, const char *  variableName, bool  transA )

not implemented yet Definition at line 157 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::PutSerialDenseMatrix (  const Epetra_SerialDenseMatrix &  A, const char *  variableName, int  proc = 0 )

Puts a copy of the SerialDenseMatrix into the Matlab workspace. Parameters: A  (In) the Epetra_SerialDenseMatrix to put into Matlab variableName  (In) the variable name in the Matlab workspace of the Matlab double array (matrix) that will contain the values of the SerialDenseMatrix proc  (In) for serial environment set to 0 for a parallel environment set to the process ID that owns the SerialDenseMatrix Warning: The same parameters must be passed to each process. Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 162 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::PutIntSerialDenseMatrix (  const Epetra_IntSerialDenseMatrix &  A, const char *  variableName, int  proc = 0 )

Puts a copy of the IntSerialDenseMatrix into the Matlab workspace. Parameters: A  (In) the Epetra_IntSerialDenseMatrix to put into Matlab variableName  (In) the variable name in the Matlab workspace of the Matlab double array (matrix) that will contain the values of the IntSerialDenseMatrix proc  (In) for serial environment set to 0 for a parallel environment set to the process ID that owns the IntSerialDenseMatrix Warning: The same parameters must be passed to each process. Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 222 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::PutBlockMap (  const Epetra_BlockMap &  blockMap, const char *  variableName, bool  transA )

Puts a copy of the BlockMap or Map into the Matlab workspace. Parameters: blockMap  (In) the Epetra_BlockMap to put into Matlab variableName  (In) the variable name in the Matlab workspace of the Matlab sparse double array (matrix) that will contain the values of the BlockMap transA  (In) if true then the transpose of blockMap is put into Matlab NOTE: It is faster to put the transpose of blockMap into Matlab since Matlab stores matrices in column-major form whereas Epetra stores them in row-major form. Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 326 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::PutIntoMatlab (  const char *  variableName, mxArray *  matlabA )

Puts a mxArray into Matlab. The Matlab provided C library provides mxArray which is used to construct and fill a Matlab object before sending it to Matlab to be put into the Matlab workspace. The mxArray is copied into the Matlab memory space and is not needed after it has been passed to Matlab. mxArrays should be destroyed using mxDestoryArray(mxArray) when they are no longer needed by the C/C++ program using them. Objects in Matlab must be destroyed using EvalString(char* command) and the appropriate Matlab command to destroy the object. EpetraExt::MatlabEngine uses PutIntoMatlab to pass all mxArrays it generates into Matlab. However, a user can create, fill, and put his/her own mxArrays into Matlab using this method. To create a mxArray mex.h must be included. For more information on how to use mxArrays see Matlab's documentation (type helpdesk at the Matlab command prompt) and see the External API Reference section. Parameters: variableName  (In) the name for the mxArray once it has been put into the Matlab workspace matlabA  (In) the mxArray to put into the Matlab workspace Returns: Matlab error code from engPutVariable for Matlab versions >= 6.5 or from engPutArray for all other versions Definition at line 366 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::GetMultiVector (  const char *  variableName, Epetra_MultiVector &  A )

Puts a Matlab variable into a MultiVector. The values from the Matlab variable are exported to the MultiVector using an export object. Therefore the MultiVector must be prepared by the user just like any MultiVector would be before calling an export. Parameters: variableName  (In) the name of the Matlab variable to be put into the given MultiVector A  (In) the MultiVector to put the Matlab variable values into Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 381 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::GetSerialDenseMatrix (  const char *  variableName, Epetra_SerialDenseMatrix &  A, int  proc = 0 )

Puts a Matlab variable into a SerialDenseMatrix on the specified PE. The SerialDenseMatrix must be constructed by the user and have the proper amount of space to hold the values that will be copied from the given Matlab variable. Parameters: variableName  (In) the name of the Matlab variable to be put into the given SerialDenseMatrix A  (In) the SerialDenseMatrix to put the Matlab variable values into proc  (In) the PE that will own the SerialDenseMatrix Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 422 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::GetIntSerialDenseMatrix (  const char *  variableName, Epetra_IntSerialDenseMatrix &  A, int  proc = 0 )

Puts a Matlab variable into a IntSerialDenseMatrix on the specified PE. The IntSerialDenseMatrix must be constructed by the user and have the proper amount of space to hold the values that will be copied from the given Matlab variable. Parameters: variableName  (In) the name of the Matlab variable to be put into the given IntSerialDenseMatrix A  (In) the IntSerialDenseMatrix to put the Matlab variable values into proc  (In) the PE that will own the IntSerialDenseMatrix Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 447 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::GetCrsMatrix (  const char *  variableName, Epetra_CrsMatrix &  A, bool  getTrans )

Puts a Matlab variable into a CrsMatrix. The values from the Matlab variable are exported to the CrsMatrix using an export object. Therefore the CrsMatrix must be prepared by the user just like any CrsMatrix would be before calling an export. Warning: Getting a CrsMatrix from Matlab will cause a temporary Matlab variable to be created and then deleted named TRANS_variableName where variableName is the name of the Matlab variable. Parameters: variableName  (In) the name of the Matlab variable to be put into the given CrsMatrix A  (In) the CrsMatrix to put the Matlab variable values into getTrans  (In) if false then a temporary Matlab variable is created TRANS_variableName if true then the transpose of A copied from Matlab NOTE: It is faster to copy the transpose of A from Matlab since Matlab stores matrices in column-major form whereas Epetra stores them in row-major form. Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 478 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::GetmxArrayDimensions (  mxArray *  matlabA, bool &  isSparse, int &  numRows, int &  numCols, int &  numNonZeros )

Get general information about the mxArray. For internal use but can be used by an advanced user. Makes several Matlab function calls on the mxArray in order to determine the number of rows, columns, nonzeros, and whether or not the mxArray is sparse. Parameters: matlabA  (In) the mxArray to get information about isSparse  (Out) true if the mxArray is sparse numRows  (Out) the number of rows in the mxArray numCols  (Out) the number of columns in the mxArray numNonZeros  (Out) the number of nonzeros in the mxArray Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 563 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

int EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::GetmxArray (  const char *  variableName, mxArray **  matlabA )

Get a mxArray from Matlab. For internal use but can be used by an advanced user. Calls the Matlab provided engGetVariable function which copies the specified variable from the Matlab workspace into a mxArray. Hence any changes to mxArray will not show up in Matlab, and any changes to the Matlab variable in Matlab will not show up in the mxArray. When finished with the mxArray mxDestroyArray should be called on the mxArray. Matlab appears to perform a copy to a new mxArray each time engGetVariable is called. Parameters: variableName  (In) the mxArray to get from the Matlab workspace matlabA  (Out) a pointer to a mxArray* to put the mxArray that engGetVariable returns Returns: Error Codes, see Detailed Description for more information Definition at line 586 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp.

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Member Data Documentation

Engine* EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::Engine_ [private]

Definition at line 375 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.h.

const Epetra_Comm& EpetraExt::EpetraExt_MatlabEngine::Comm_ [private]

Definition at line 377 of file EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.h
• EpetraExt_MatlabEngine.cpp

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