/*************************************************************************
 *                                                                       *
 * Vega FEM Simulation Library Version 2.0                               *
 *                                                                       *
 * "sparseSolver" library , Copyright (C) 2007 CMU, 2009 MIT, 2013 USC   *
 * All rights reserved.                                                  *
 *                                                                       *
 * Code author: Jernej Barbic                                            *
 * http://www.jernejbarbic.com/code                                      *
 *                                                                       *
 * Research: Jernej Barbic, Fun Shing Sin, Daniel Schroeder,             *
 *           Doug L. James, Jovan Popovic                                *
 *                                                                       *
 * Funding: National Science Foundation, Link Foundation,                *
 *          Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab,                               *
 *          Zumberge Research and Innovation Fund at USC                 *
 *                                                                       *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
 * modify it under the terms of the BSD-style license that is            *
 * included with this library in the file LICENSE.txt                    *
 *                                                                       *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the file     *
 * LICENSE.TXT for more details.                                         *
 *                                                                       *
 *************************************************************************/

#ifndef _LINEARSOLVER_H_
#define _LINEARSOLVER_H_

/*
  Abstract class to solve
  A * x = rhs, where A is a square matrix.

  Jernej Barbic, USC, 2010
*/

#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

namespace vega
{
class LinearSolver
{
public:
  virtual ~LinearSolver();

  // solve: A * x = rhs
  virtual int SolveLinearSystem(double * x, const double * rhs) = 0;

  const std::string &getSolverType() const;

  void setSolverType(std::string &type);

protected:
  std::string solverType;
};
}
#endif

