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#ifndef MFEM_ELEMENT
#define MFEM_ELEMENT
 
#include "../config/config.hpp"
#include "../general/array.hpp"
#include "../general/table.hpp"
#include "../linalg/densemat.hpp"
#include "../fem/geom.hpp"
#include "../general/hash.hpp"
 
namespace mfem
{
 
class Mesh;
 
/// Abstract data type element
class Element
{
protected:
 
   /// Element's attribute (specifying material property, etc).
   int attribute;
 
   /// Element's type from the Finite Element's perspective
   Geometry::Type base_geom;
 
public:
 
   /// Constants for the classes derived from Element.
   enum Type { POINT, SEGMENT, TRIANGLE, QUADRILATERAL,
               TETRAHEDRON, HEXAHEDRON, WEDGE, PYRAMID
             };
 
   /// Default element constructor.
   explicit Element(Geometry::Type bg = Geometry::POINT)
   { attribute = 1; base_geom = bg; }
   explicit Element(Geometry::Type bg = Geometry::POINT) {…}
 
   /// Returns element's type
   virtual Type GetType() const = 0;
 
   /// Return the Element::Type associated with the given Geometry::Type.
   static Type TypeFromGeometry(const Geometry::Type geom);
 
   Geometry::Type GetGeometryType() const { return base_geom; }
 
   /// Return element's attribute.
   inline int GetAttribute() const { return attribute; }
 
   /// Set element's attribute.
   inline void SetAttribute(const int attr) { attribute = attr; }
 
   /// Get the indices defining the vertices.
   virtual void GetVertices(Array<int> &v) const = 0;
 
   /// Set the indices defining the vertices.
   virtual void SetVertices(const Array<int> &v) = 0;
 
   /// Set the indices defining the vertices.
   virtual void SetVertices(const int *ind) = 0;
 
   /// @note The returned array should NOT be deleted by the caller.
   virtual int *GetVertices() = 0;
 
   const int *GetVertices() const
   { return const_cast<Element *>(this)->GetVertices(); }
   const int *GetVertices() const {…}
 
   virtual int GetNVertices() const = 0;
 
   virtual int GetNEdges() const = 0;
 
   virtual const int *GetEdgeVertices(int) const = 0;
 
   /// @deprecated Use GetNFaces(void) and GetNFaceVertices(int) instead.
   MFEM_DEPRECATED virtual int GetNFaces(int &nFaceVertices) const = 0;
 
   virtual int GetNFaces() const = 0;
 
   virtual int GetNFaceVertices(int fi) const = 0;
 
   virtual const int *GetFaceVertices(int fi) const = 0;
 
   /// Mark the longest edge by assuming/changing the order of the vertices.
   virtual void MarkEdge(const DSTable &v_to_v, const int *length) {}
 
   /// Return 1 if the element needs refinement in order to get conforming mesh.
   virtual int NeedRefinement(HashTable<Hashed2> &v_to_v) const { return 0; }
 
   /// Set current coarse-fine transformation number.
   virtual void ResetTransform(int tr) {}
 
   /// Add 'tr' to the current chain of coarse-fine transformations.
   virtual void PushTransform(int tr) {}
 
   /// Return current coarse-fine transformation.
   virtual unsigned GetTransform() const { return 0; }
 
   /// @note The returned object should be deleted by the caller.
   virtual Element *Duplicate(Mesh *m) const = 0;
 
   /// Destroys element.
   virtual ~Element() { }
};
class Element {…};
 
}
 
#endif