/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */

/*
 Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Gaida
 Copyright (C) 2008 Ralph Schreyer
 Copyright (C) 2008 Klaus Spanderen

 This file is part of QuantLib, a free-software/open-source library
 for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://quantlib.org/

 QuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the QuantLib license.  You should have received a
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*/

/*! \file fdmlinearopcomposite.hpp
    \brief composite pattern for linear operators
*/

#ifndef quantlib_fdm_affine_map_composite_hpp
#define quantlib_fdm_affine_map_composite_hpp

#include <ql/experimental/finitedifferences/fdmlinearop.hpp>

namespace QuantLib {

    class FdmLinearOpComposite : public FdmLinearOp {
      public:
        virtual Size size() const = 0;

        //! Time \f$t1 <= t2\f$ is required
        virtual void setTime(Time t1, Time t2) = 0;

        virtual Disposable<Array> apply_mixed(const Array& r) const = 0;
        
        virtual Disposable<Array> 
            apply_direction(Size direction, const Array& r) const = 0;
        virtual Disposable<Array> 
            solve_splitting(Size direction, const Array& r, Real s) const = 0;
        virtual Disposable<Array> 
            preconditioner(const Array& r, Real s) const = 0;
    };
}

#endif
