vtk-m/vtkm/exec/arg/Fetch.h

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#ifndef vtk_m_exec_arg_Fetch_h
#define vtk_m_exec_arg_Fetch_h

#include <vtkm/Types.h>

namespace vtkm {
namespace exec {
namespace arg {

/// \brief Class for loading and storing values in thread instance.
///
/// The \c Fetch class is used within a thread in the execution environment
/// to load a value from an execution object specific for the given thread
/// instance and to store a resulting value back in the object. (Either load
/// or store can be a no-op.)
///
/// \c Fetch is a templated class with four arguments. The first argument is a
/// tag declaring the type of fetch, which is usually tied to a particular type
/// of execution object. The second argument is an aspect tag that declares
/// what type of data to pull/push. Together, these two tags determine the
/// mechanism for the fetch. The third argument is the type of thread indices
/// used (one of the classes that starts with \c ThreadIndices in the
/// vtkm::exec::arg namespace), which defines the type of thread-local indices
/// available during the fetch. The fourth argument is the type of execution
/// object associated where the fetch (nominally) gets its data from. This
/// execution object is the data provided by the transport.
///
/// There is no generic implementaiton of \c Fetch. There are partial
/// specializations of \c Fetch for each mechanism (fetch-aspect tag
/// combination) supported. If you get a compiler error about an incomplete
/// type for \c Fetch, it means you used an invalid \c FetchTag - \c AspectTag
/// combination. Most likely this means that a parameter in an
/// ExecutionSignature with a particular aspect is pointing to the wrong
/// argument or an invalid argument in the ControlSignature.
///
template<typename FetchTag,
         typename AspectTag,
         typename ThreadIndicesType,
         typename ExecObjectType>
struct Fetch
#ifdef VTKM_DOXYGEN_ONLY
{
  /// \brief The type of value to load and store.
  ///
  /// All \c Fetch specializations are expected to declare a type named \c
  /// ValueType that is the type of object returned from \c Load and passed to
  /// \c Store.
  ///
  typedef typename ExecObjectType::ValueType ValueType;

  /// \brief Load data for a work instance.
  ///
  /// All \c Fetch specializations are expected to have a constant method named
  /// \c Load that takes a \c ThreadIndices object containing thread-local
  /// indices and an execution object and returns the value appropriate for the
  /// work instance. If there is no actual data to load (for example for a
  /// write-only fetch), this method can be a no-op and return any value.
  ///
  VTKM_EXEC_EXPORT
  ValueType Load(const ThreadIndicesType &indices,
                 const ExecObjectType &execObject) const;

  /// \brief Store data from a work instance.
  ///
  /// All \c Fetch specializations are expected to have a constant method named
  /// \c Store that takes a \c ThreadIndices object containing thread-local
  /// indices, an execution object, and a value computed by the worklet call
  /// and stores that value into the execution object associated with this
  /// fetch. If the store is not applicable (for example for a read-only
  /// fetch), this method can be a no-op.
  ///
  VTKM_EXEC_EXPORT
  void Store(const ThreadIndicesType &indices,
             const ExecObjectType &execObject,
             const ValueType &value) const;
};
#else // VTKM_DOXYGEN_ONLY
    ;
#endif // VTKM_DOXYGEN_ONLY

}
}
} // namespace vtkm::exec::arg

#endif //vtk_m_exec_arg_Fetch_h