Thyra_VectorSpaceConverterBase.hpp

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#ifndef THYRA_VECTOR_SPACE_CONVERTED_BASE_HPP
#define THYRA_VECTOR_SPACE_CONVERTED_BASE_HPP

#include "Thyra_OperatorVectorTypes.hpp"

namespace Thyra {

template<class ScalarFrom, class ScalarTo>
class VectorSpaceConverterBase {
public:

  virtual ~VectorSpaceConverterBase() {}

  virtual Teuchos::RCP<const VectorSpaceBase<ScalarTo> >
  createVectorSpaceTo(
    const VectorSpaceBase<ScalarFrom>    &vecSpc
    ) const = 0;

  virtual Teuchos::RCP<const VectorSpaceBase<ScalarFrom> >
  createVectorSpaceFrom(
    const VectorSpaceBase<ScalarTo>    &vecSpc
    ) const = 0;

  virtual void convert(
    const MultiVectorBase<ScalarFrom>    &mv_from
    ,MultiVectorBase<ScalarTo>           *mv_to
    ) const = 0;
  
};

} // namespace Thyra

#endif // THYRA_VECTOR_SPACE_CONVERTED_BASE_HPP

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