ShapesEvaluated__< ShapeObj, QuadObj > Class Template Reference

ShapesEvaluated__: This class is the one that brings the flexibility for building shape functions of different types evaluated at different quadrature points. More...

#include <ShapesEvaluated.h>

Inheritance diagram for ShapesEvaluated__< ShapeObj, QuadObj >:

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Public Member Functions
	ShapesEvaluated__ (const ElementGeometry &EG)
virtual ShapesEvaluated__ *	clone () const
	ShapesEvaluated__ (const ShapesEvaluated__ &SE)
const Shape &	accessShape () const
	Returns the specific Shape objects in derived classes.
const Quadrature &	accessQuadrature () const
	Quadrature type Returns the specific Quadrature objects in derived classes.

Detailed Description

template<const Shape const & ShapeObj, const Quadrature const & QuadObj>
class ShapesEvaluated__< ShapeObj, QuadObj >

ShapesEvaluated__: This class is the one that brings the flexibility for building shape functions of different types evaluated at different quadrature points.

The class takes the Shape and Quadrature types as template arguments. An object is constructed by providing an ElementGeometry object.

ShapesEvaluated_ and ShapesEvaluated__ could have been made into a single templated class. By splitting them the templated part of the class is very small.

Todo:: Should I perhaps have the constructors of the class to be protected, making the classes using ShapesEvaluated__ friends? Since the ElementGeometry is not stored or referenced from within the class, it would prevent unwanted mistakes.

Warning:: When a ShapesEvaluated__ object is constructed on a geometry where the parametric and embedding dimensions are different, the constructor is not warning that it does not compute the derivatives for the shape functions. These objects, however, still provide the values of the Shape functions themselves.

Todo:: In the future, as remarked in ShapesEvaluated as well, we need to separate the need to provide the Shape function values from the one of providing the derivatives as well, perhaps through multiple inheritance.