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#ifndef MFEM_PGRIDFUNC
#define MFEM_PGRIDFUNC
 
#include "../config/config.hpp"
 
#ifdef MFEM_USE_MPI
 
#include "../general/globals.hpp"
#include "pfespace.hpp"
#include "gridfunc.hpp"
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>
 
namespace mfem
{
 
/// @brief Compute a global Lp norm from the local Lp norms computed by each
///        processor
///
/// @param[in] p         Real value indicating the exponent of the $L^p$ norm.
///                      To avoid domain errors p should have a positive
///                      value, either finite or infinite.
/// @param[in] loc_norm  Local $L^p$ norm as computed separately on each
///                      processor.
/// @param[in] comm      MPI Communicator
///
/// @return              Global $L^p$ norm, returned on every processor
///
/// @note Quadratures with negative weights (as in some simplex integration
///       rules in MFEM) can produce negative integrals even with
///       non-negative integrands. To avoid returning negative norms this
///       function uses the absolute values of the local norms.
///       This may lead to results which are not entirely consistent with
///       such integration rules.
real_t GlobalLpNorm(const real_t p, real_t loc_norm, MPI_Comm comm);
 
/// Class for parallel grid function
class ParGridFunction : public GridFunction
{
protected:
   ParFiniteElementSpace *pfes; ///< Points to the same object as #fes
 
   /** @brief Vector used to store data from face-neighbor processors,
       initialized by ExchangeFaceNbrData(). */
   Vector face_nbr_data;
 
   /** @brief Vector used as an MPI buffer to send face-neighbor data
       in ExchangeFaceNbrData() to neighboring processors. */
   //TODO: Use temporary memory to avoid CUDA malloc allocation cost.
   Vector send_data;
 
   void ProjectBdrCoefficient(Coefficient *coeff[], VectorCoefficient *vcoeff,
                              const Array<int> &attr);
 
   /** @brief Project a discontinuous (vector) coefficient as a grid function on
       a continuous finite element space. The values in shared dofs are
       determined from the element with maximal attribute. */
   virtual void ProjectDiscCoefficient(
      std::variant<Coefficient*, VectorCoefficient*> coeff) override;
 
public:
   ParGridFunction() { pfes = NULL; }
 
   /// Copy constructor. The internal vector #face_nbr_data is not copied.
   ParGridFunction(const ParGridFunction &orig)
      : GridFunction(orig), pfes(orig.pfes) { }
 
   ParGridFunction(ParFiniteElementSpace *pf) : GridFunction(pf), pfes(pf) { }
 
   /// Same as above but specify the device memory type
   ParGridFunction(ParFiniteElementSpace *pf, MemoryType mt) :
      GridFunction(pf, mt), pfes(pf) { }
 
   /// Construct a ParGridFunction using previously allocated array @a data.
   /** The ParGridFunction does not assume ownership of @a data which is assumed
       to be of size at least `pf->GetVSize()`. Similar to the GridFunction and
       Vector constructors for externally allocated array, the pointer @a data
       can be NULL. The data array can be replaced later using the method
       SetData().
    */
   ParGridFunction(ParFiniteElementSpace *pf, real_t *data) :
      GridFunction(pf, data), pfes(pf) { }
 
   /** @brief Construct a ParGridFunction using previously allocated Vector
       @a base starting at the given offset, @a base_offset. */
   ParGridFunction(ParFiniteElementSpace *pf, Vector &base, int base_offset = 0)
      : GridFunction(pf, base, base_offset), pfes(pf) { }
 
   /// Construct a ParGridFunction using a GridFunction as external data.
   /** The parallel space @a *pf and the space used by @a *gf should match. The
       data from @a *gf is used as the local data of the ParGridFunction on each
       processor. The ParGridFunction does not assume ownership of the data.
       The boolean, @a preserve, indicates that the data stored in @a *gf should
       remain unchanged. An error will occur if @a preserve is true and
       construction of a valid ParGridFunction requires the data to change. */
   ParGridFunction(ParFiniteElementSpace *pf, GridFunction *gf,
                   bool preserve = true);
 
   /** @brief Creates grid function on (all) dofs from a given vector on the
       true dofs, i.e. P tv. */
   ParGridFunction(ParFiniteElementSpace *pf, HypreParVector *tv);
 
   /** @brief Construct a local ParGridFunction from the given *global*
       GridFunction. If @a partitioning is NULL (default), the data from @a gf
       is NOT copied. */
   ParGridFunction(ParMesh *pmesh, const GridFunction *gf,
                   const int *partitioning = NULL);
 
   /** @brief Construct a ParGridFunction on a given ParMesh, @a pmesh, reading
       from an std::istream.
 
       In the process, a ParFiniteElementSpace and a FiniteElementCollection are
       constructed. The new ParGridFunction assumes ownership of both. */
   ParGridFunction(ParMesh *pmesh, std::istream &input);
 
   /// Copy assignment. Only the data of the base class Vector is copied.
   /** It is assumed that this object and @a rhs use ParFiniteElementSpace%s
       that have the same size.
 
       @note Defining this method overwrites the implicitly defined copy
       assignment operator. */
   ParGridFunction &operator=(const ParGridFunction &rhs)
   { return operator=((const Vector &)rhs); }
 
   /// Assign constant values to the ParGridFunction data.
   ParGridFunction &operator=(real_t value)
   { GridFunction::operator=(value); return *this; }
 
   /// Copy the data from a Vector to the ParGridFunction data.
   ParGridFunction &operator=(const Vector &v)
   { GridFunction::operator=(v); return *this; }
 
   ParFiniteElementSpace *ParFESpace() const { return pfes; }
 
   void Update() override;
 
   /// Associate a new FiniteElementSpace with the ParGridFunction.
   /** The ParGridFunction is resized using the SetSize() method. The new space
       @a f is expected to be a ParFiniteElementSpace. */
   void SetSpace(FiniteElementSpace *f) override;
 
   /// Associate a new parallel space with the ParGridFunction.
   void SetSpace(ParFiniteElementSpace *f);
 
   using GridFunction::MakeRef;
 
   /** @brief Make the ParGridFunction reference external data on a new
       FiniteElementSpace. */
   /** This method changes the FiniteElementSpace associated with the
       ParGridFunction and sets the pointer @a v as external data in the
       ParGridFunction. The new space @a f is expected to be a
       ParFiniteElementSpace. */
   void MakeRef(FiniteElementSpace *f, real_t *v) override;
 
   /** @brief Make the ParGridFunction reference external data on a new
       ParFiniteElementSpace. */
   /** This method changes the ParFiniteElementSpace associated with the
       ParGridFunction and sets the pointer @a v as external data in the
       ParGridFunction. */
   void MakeRef(ParFiniteElementSpace *f, real_t *v);
 
   /** @brief Make the ParGridFunction reference external data on a new
       FiniteElementSpace. */
   /** This method changes the FiniteElementSpace associated with the
       ParGridFunction and sets the data of the Vector @a v (plus the @a
       v_offset) as external data in the ParGridFunction. The new space @a f is
       expected to be a ParFiniteElementSpace.
       @note This version of the method will also perform bounds checks when
       the build option MFEM_DEBUG is enabled. */
   void MakeRef(FiniteElementSpace *f, Vector &v, int v_offset) override;
 
   /** @brief Make the ParGridFunction reference external data on a new
       ParFiniteElementSpace. */
   /** This method changes the ParFiniteElementSpace associated with the
       ParGridFunction and sets the data of the Vector @a v (plus the
       @a v_offset) as external data in the ParGridFunction.
       @note This version of the method will also perform bounds checks when
       the build option MFEM_DEBUG is enabled. */
   void MakeRef(ParFiniteElementSpace *f, Vector &v, int v_offset);
 
   /** Set the grid function on (all) dofs from a given vector on the
       true dofs, i.e. P tv. */
   void Distribute(const Vector *tv);
   void Distribute(const Vector &tv) { Distribute(&tv); }
   void AddDistribute(real_t a, const Vector *tv);
   void AddDistribute(real_t a, const Vector &tv) { AddDistribute(a, &tv); }
 
   /// Set the GridFunction from the given true-dof vector.
   void SetFromTrueDofs(const Vector &tv) override { Distribute(tv); }
 
   /// Short semantic for Distribute()
   ParGridFunction &operator=(const HypreParVector &tv)
   { Distribute(&tv); return (*this); }
 
   using GridFunction::GetTrueDofs;
 
   /// Returns the true dofs in a new HypreParVector
   HypreParVector *GetTrueDofs() const;
 
   /// Returns the vector averaged on the true dofs.
   void ParallelAverage(Vector &tv) const;
 
   /// Returns the vector averaged on the true dofs.
   void ParallelAverage(HypreParVector &tv) const;
 
   /// Returns a new vector averaged on the true dofs.
   HypreParVector *ParallelAverage() const;
 
   /// Returns the vector restricted to the true dofs.
   void ParallelProject(Vector &tv) const;
 
   /// Returns the vector restricted to the true dofs.
   void ParallelProject(HypreParVector &tv) const;
 
   /// Returns a new vector restricted to the true dofs.
   HypreParVector *ParallelProject() const;
 
   /// Returns the vector assembled on the true dofs.
   void ParallelAssemble(Vector &tv) const;
 
   /// Returns the vector assembled on the true dofs.
   void ParallelAssemble(HypreParVector &tv) const;
 
   /// Returns a new vector assembled on the true dofs.
   HypreParVector *ParallelAssemble() const;
 
   void ExchangeFaceNbrData();
   Vector &FaceNbrData() { return face_nbr_data; }
   const Vector &FaceNbrData() const { return face_nbr_data; }
 
   // Redefine to handle the case when i is a face-neighbor element
   real_t GetValue(int i, const IntegrationPoint &ip,
                   int vdim = 1) const override;
   real_t GetValue(ElementTransformation &T)
   { return GetValue(T, T.GetIntPoint()); }
 
   // Redefine to handle the case when T describes a face-neighbor element
   real_t GetValue(ElementTransformation &T, const IntegrationPoint &ip,
                   int comp = 0, Vector *tr = NULL) const override;
 
   void GetVectorValue(int i, const IntegrationPoint &ip,
                       Vector &val) const override;
 
   // Redefine to handle the case when T describes a face-neighbor element
   void GetVectorValue(ElementTransformation &T,
                       const IntegrationPoint &ip,
                       Vector &val, Vector *tr = NULL) const override;
 
   /** @brief For each vdof, counts how many elements contain the vdof,
       as containment is determined by FiniteElementSpace::GetElementVDofs(). */
   void CountElementsPerVDof(Array<int> &elem_per_vdof) const override;
 
   /// Parallel version of GridFunction::GetDerivative(); see its documentation.
   void GetDerivative(int comp, int der_comp, ParGridFunction &der) const;
 
   /** Sets the output vector @a dof_vals to the values of the degrees of
       freedom of element @a el. If @a el is greater than or equal to the number
       of local elements, it will be interpreted as a shifted index of a face
       neighbor element. */
   void GetElementDofValues(int el, Vector &dof_vals) const override;
 
   using GridFunction::ProjectCoefficient;
   void ProjectCoefficient(Coefficient &coeff,
                           ProjectType type = ProjectType::DEFAULT) override;
 
   void ProjectCoefficient(VectorCoefficient &vcoeff,
                           ProjectType type = ProjectType::DEFAULT) override;
 
   using GridFunction::ProjectDiscCoefficient;
   void ProjectDiscCoefficient(Coefficient &coeff, AvgType type) override;
 
   void ProjectDiscCoefficient(VectorCoefficient &vcoeff, AvgType type) override;
 
   using GridFunction::ProjectBdrCoefficient;
 
   void ProjectBdrCoefficient(VectorCoefficient &vcoeff,
                              const Array<int> &attr) override;
 
   void ProjectBdrCoefficient(Coefficient *coeff[],
                              const Array<int> &attr) override
   { ProjectBdrCoefficient(coeff, NULL, attr); }
 
   void ProjectBdrCoefficientTangent(VectorCoefficient &vcoeff,
                                     const Array<int> &bdr_attr) override;
 
   void ProjectCoefficientGlobalL2(Coefficient &coeff,
                                   real_t rtol = 1e-12,
                                   int iter = 1000) override;
 
   void ProjectCoefficientElementL2(Coefficient &coeff) override;
 
   void ProjectCoefficientGlobalL2(VectorCoefficient &vcoeff,
                                   real_t rtol = 1e-12,
                                   int iter = 1000) override;
 
   void ProjectCoefficientElementL2(VectorCoefficient &vcoeff) override;
 
   /// @brief Returns ||u_ex - u_h||_L1 in parallel for H1 or L2 elements
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeL1Error(Coefficient *exsol[],
   ///                                   const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   ///
   /// @warning While this function is nominally equivalent to ComputeLpError,
   ///          with appropriate arguments, the returned errors may differ
   ///          noticeably because ComputeLpError uses a higher order
   ///          integration rule by default.
   ///
   /// @deprecated See @ref ComputeL1Error(Coefficient &exsol,
   ///                              const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///             for the preferred implementation.
   MFEM_DEPRECATED
   real_t ComputeL1Error(Coefficient *exsol[],
                         const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
#ifdef MFEM_HAVE_GCC_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC
#pragma GCC diagnostic push
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
#endif
      real_t glb_err = GlobalLpNorm(1.0,
                                    GridFunction::ComputeL1Error(exsol, irs),
                                    pfes->GetComm());
#ifdef MFEM_HAVE_GCC_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
#endif
      return glb_err;
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||u_ex - u_h||_L1 in parallel for scalar fields
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeL1Error(Coefficient &exsol,
   ///                                   const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeL1Error(Coefficient &exsol,
                         const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   { return ComputeLpError(1.0, exsol, NULL, irs); }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||u_ex - u_h||_L1 in parallel for vector fields
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeL1Error(VectorCoefficient &exsol,
   ///                                   const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeL1Error(VectorCoefficient &exsol,
                         const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   { return ComputeLpError(1.0, exsol, NULL, NULL, irs); }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||u_ex - u_h||_L2 in parallel for H1 or L2 elements
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeL2Error(Coefficient *exsol[],
   ///                                   const IntegrationRule *irs[],
   ///                                   const Array<int> *elems) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeL2Error(Coefficient *exsol[],
                         const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL,
                         const Array<int> *elems = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0, GridFunction::ComputeL2Error(exsol, irs, elems),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||u_ex - u_h||_L2 in parallel for scalar fields
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeL2Error(Coefficient &exsol,
   ///                                   const IntegrationRule *irs[],
   ///                                   const Array<int> *elems) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeL2Error(Coefficient &exsol,
                         const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL,
                         const Array<int> *elems = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0, GridFunction::ComputeL2Error(exsol, irs, elems),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||u_ex - u_h||_L2 in parallel for vector fields
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeL2Error(VectorCoefficient &exsol,
   ///                                   const IntegrationRule *irs[],
   ///                                   const Array<int> *elems) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeL2Error(VectorCoefficient &exsol,
                         const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL,
                         const Array<int> *elems = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0, GridFunction::ComputeL2Error(exsol, irs, elems),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||grad u_ex - grad u_h||_L2 in parallel for H1 or L2
   ///        elements
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeGradError(VectorCoefficient *exgrad,
   ///                                     const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeGradError(VectorCoefficient *exgrad,
                           const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0, GridFunction::ComputeGradError(exgrad,irs),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||curl u_ex - curl u_h||_L2 in parallel for ND elements
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeCurlError(VectorCoefficient *excurl,
   ///                                     const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeCurlError(VectorCoefficient *excurl,
                           const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0, GridFunction::ComputeCurlError(excurl,irs),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||div u_ex - div u_h||_L2 in parallel for RT elements
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeDivError(Coefficient *exdiv,
   ///                                    const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeDivError(Coefficient *exdiv,
                          const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0, GridFunction::ComputeDivError(exdiv,irs),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns the Face Jumps error for L2 elements.
   ///
   /// Computes:
   ///   $$\sqrt{\sum_{faces} \int_f js[f] ell[f] (2 u_{ex} - u_1 - u_2)^2}$$
   ///
   /// Where js[f] is the jump_scaling evaluated on the face f and ell is the
   /// average of ell_coef evaluated in the two elements sharing the face f.
   ///
   /// @param[in] exsol         Pointer to a Coefficient object reproducing the
   ///                          anticipated values of the scalar field, u_ex.
   /// @param[in] ell_coeff     Pointer to a Coefficient object used to compute
   ///                          the averaged value ell in the above integral.
   /// @param[in] jump_scaling  Can be configured to provide scaling by
   ///                          nu, nu/h, or nu*p^2/h
   /// @param[in] irs           Optional pointer to a custom integration rule
   ///                          e.g. higher order than the default rule.
   ///
   /// @note Quadratures with negative weights (as in some simplex integration
   ///       rules in MFEM) can produce negative integrals even with
   ///       non-negative integrands. To avoid returning negative errors this
   ///       function uses the absolute values of the element-wise integrals.
   ///       This may lead to results which are not entirely consistent with
   ///       such integration rules.
   real_t ComputeDGFaceJumpError(Coefficient *exsol,
                                 Coefficient *ell_coeff,
                                 JumpScaling jump_scaling,
                                 const IntegrationRule *irs[]=NULL
                                ) const override;
 
   /// Returns either the H1-seminorm or the DG Face Jumps error or both
   /// depending on norm_type = 1, 2, 3
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeH1Error(Coefficient *exsol,
   ///                                   VectorCoefficient *exgrad,
   ///                                   Coefficient *ell_coef,
   ///                                   real_t NU,
   ///                                   int norm_type) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeH1Error(Coefficient *exsol, VectorCoefficient *exgrad,
                         Coefficient *ell_coef, real_t Nu,
                         int norm_type) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0,
                          GridFunction::ComputeH1Error(exsol,exgrad,ell_coef,
                                                       Nu, norm_type),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns the error measured in H1-norm in parallel for H1 or L2
   /// elements
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeH1Error(Coefficient *exsol,
   ///                                   VectorCoefficient *exgrad,
   ///                                   const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeH1Error(Coefficient *exsol, VectorCoefficient *exgrad,
                         const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0, GridFunction::ComputeH1Error(exsol,exgrad,irs),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns the error measured H(div)-norm in parallel for RT elements
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeHDivError(VectorCoefficient *exsol,
   ///                                     Coefficient *exdiv,
   ///                                     const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeHDivError(VectorCoefficient *exsol,
                           Coefficient *exdiv,
                           const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0, GridFunction::ComputeHDivError(exsol,exdiv,irs),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns the error measured H(curl)-norm in parallel for ND
   ///        elements
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeHCurlError(VectorCoefficient *exsol,
   ///                                     VectorCoefficient *excurl,
   ///                                     const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeHCurlError(VectorCoefficient *exsol,
                            VectorCoefficient *excurl,
                            const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(2.0,
                          GridFunction::ComputeHCurlError(exsol,excurl,irs),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns Max|u_ex - u_h| error in parallel for scalar or vector
   ///        fields
   ///
   /// @note This implementation of the max error of a vector field computes
   ///       the max norm over vector components rather than the magnitude of
   ///       the vector.
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeMaxError(Coefficient *exsol[],
   ///                                    const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeMaxError(Coefficient *exsol[],
                          const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(infinity(),
                          GridFunction::ComputeMaxError(exsol, irs),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns Max|u_ex - u_h| error in parallel for scalar fields
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeMaxError(Coefficient &exsol,
   ///                                    const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeMaxError(Coefficient &exsol,
                          const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return ComputeLpError(infinity(), exsol, NULL, irs);
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns Max|u_ex - u_h| error in parallel for vector fields
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeMaxError(VectorCoefficient &exsol,
   ///                                    const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeMaxError(VectorCoefficient &exsol,
                          const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return ComputeLpError(infinity(), exsol, NULL, NULL, irs);
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||u_ex - u_h||_Lp in parallel for scalar fields
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeLpError(const real_t p,
   ///                                   Coefficient &exsol,
   ///                                   Coefficient *weight,
   ///                                   const IntegrationRule *irs[],
   ///                                   const Array<int> *elems) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeLpError(const real_t p, Coefficient &exsol,
                         Coefficient *weight = NULL,
                         const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL,
                         const Array<int> *elems = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(p, GridFunction::ComputeLpError(p, exsol, weight,
                                                          irs, elems),
                          pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   /// @brief Returns ||u_ex - u_h||_Lp in parallel for vector fields
   ///
   /// @see GridFunction::ComputeLpError(const real_t p,
   ///                                   VectorCoefficient &exsol,
   ///                                   Coefficient *weight,
   ///                                   VectorCoefficient *v_weight,
   ///                                   const IntegrationRule *irs[]) const
   ///      for more detailed documentation.
   real_t ComputeLpError(const real_t p, VectorCoefficient &exsol,
                         Coefficient *weight = NULL,
                         VectorCoefficient *v_weight = NULL,
                         const IntegrationRule *irs[] = NULL) const override
   {
      return GlobalLpNorm(p, GridFunction::ComputeLpError(
                             p, exsol, weight, v_weight, irs), pfes->GetComm());
   }
 
   void ComputeFlux(BilinearFormIntegrator &blfi,
                    GridFunction &flux,
                    bool wcoef = true, int subdomain = -1) override;
 
   /// Computes the PLBound for the gridfunction with number of control
   /// points based on @a ref_factor, and returns the bounds for each
   /// vdim across all elements in @b lower and @b upper. We also return the
   /// PLBound object used to compute the bounds. Note: if vdim < 1, we compute
   /// the bounds for each vector dimension.
   PLBound GetBounds(Vector &lower, Vector &upper,
                     const int ref_factor=1, const int vdim=-1) const override;
 
   /** @brief Estimate the GridFunction minimum across all elements. */
   std::pair<real_t, real_t> EstimateFunctionMinimum(const int vdim,
                                                     const PLBound &plb,
                                                     const int max_depth,
                                                     const real_t tol) const override;
 
   /** @brief Estimate the GridFunction maximum across all elements. */
   std::pair<real_t, real_t> EstimateFunctionMaximum(const int vdim,
                                                     const PLBound &plb,
                                                     const int max_depth,
                                                     const real_t tol) const override;
 
   /** Save the local portion of the ParGridFunction. This differs from the
       serial GridFunction::Save in that it takes into account the signs of
       the local dofs. */
   void Save(std::ostream &out) const override;
 
   /// Save the ParGridFunction to a single file (written using MPI rank 0). The
   /// given @a precision will be used for ASCII output.
   void SaveAsOne(const char *fname, int precision=16) const;
 
   /// Save the ParGridFunction to files (one for each MPI rank). The files will
   /// be given suffixes according to the MPI rank. The given @a precision will
   /// be used for ASCII output.
   void Save(const char *fname, int precision=16) const override;
 
   /// @brief Returns a GridFunction on MPI rank @a save_rank that does not have
   /// any duplication of vertices/nodes at processor boundaries.
   ///
   /// The @a serial_mesh is obtained using ParMesh::GetSerialMesh. Note that
   /// the @a save_rank must be the same as that used in ParMesh::GetSerialMesh.
   ///
   /// @note The returned GridFunction will own the newly created
   /// FiniteElementCollection and FiniteElementSpace objects.
   GridFunction GetSerialGridFunction(int save_rank, Mesh &serial_mesh) const;
 
   /// @brief Returns a GridFunction on MPI rank @a save_rank that does not have
   /// any duplication of vertices/nodes at processor boundaries.
   ///
   /// The given @a serial_fes must be defined on the mesh returned by
   /// ParMesh::GetSerialMesh (with @a save_rank ranks), for example using the
   /// space belonging to the GridFunction obtained from @ref
   /// ParGridFunction::GetSerialGridFunction(int,Mesh &) const.
   ///
   /// @note The returned GridFunction does not assume ownership of @a
   /// serial_fes.
   GridFunction GetSerialGridFunction(
      int save_rank, FiniteElementSpace &serial_fes) const;
 
   /// Write the serial GridFunction to a single file (written using MPI rank 0).
   /// The given @a precision will be used for ASCII output.
   void SaveAsSerial(const char *fname, int precision=16, int save_rank=0) const;
 
#ifdef MFEM_USE_ADIOS2
   /** Save the local portion of the ParGridFunction. This differs from the
       serial GridFunction::Save in that it takes into account the signs of
       the local dofs. */
   void Save(
      adios2stream &out, const std::string &variable_name,
      const adios2stream::data_type type = adios2stream::data_type::point_data) const
   override;
#endif
 
   /// Merge the local grid functions
   void SaveAsOne(std::ostream &out = mfem::out) const;
 
   /** @brief Return a GridFunction with the values of this, prolongated to the
       maximum order of all elements in the mesh. */
   std::unique_ptr<ParGridFunction> ProlongateToMaxOrder() const;
 
   virtual ~ParGridFunction() = default;
};
 
 
/** Performs a global L2 projection (through a HypreBoomerAMG solve) of flux
    from supplied discontinuous space into supplied smooth (continuous, or at
    least conforming) space, and computes the Lp norms of the differences
    between them on each element. This is one approach to handling conforming
    and non-conforming elements in parallel. Returns the total error estimate. */
real_t L2ZZErrorEstimator(BilinearFormIntegrator &flux_integrator,
                          const ParGridFunction &x,
                          ParFiniteElementSpace &smooth_flux_fes,
                          ParFiniteElementSpace &flux_fes,
                          Vector &errors, int norm_p = 2, real_t solver_tol = 1e-12,
                          int solver_max_it = 200);
 
}
 
#endif // MFEM_USE_MPI
 
#endif