/*
 * OpenPixi - Open Particle-In-Cell (PIC) Simulator
 * Copyright (C) 2012  OpenPixi.org
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */

package org.openpixi.pixi.physics.fields;

import org.openpixi.pixi.parallel.cellaccess.CellIterator;
import org.openpixi.pixi.physics.grid.*;

/**
 * TODO extract the iteration over the cells to a separate higher level class
 * TODO make this class an interface
 */
public class FieldSolver {

	protected CellIterator cellIterator;

	public FieldSolver() {

	}

	/**
	 * Creates a shallow copy of FieldSolver or its derived class.
	 *
	 * TODO: Create a test (using reflection) that ensures that all fields
	 * are properly copied.
	 */
	@Override
	public FieldSolver clone() {
		FieldSolver clone = new FieldSolver();
		clone.copyBaseClassFields(this);
		return clone;
	}

	protected void copyBaseClassFields(FieldSolver origin) {
		this.cellIterator = origin.cellIterator;
	}

	public void initializeIterator(CellIterator cellIterator, int numCellsX, int numCellsY) {
		this.cellIterator = cellIterator;
		this.cellIterator.setNormalMode(numCellsX, numCellsY);
	}

	public void changeSize(int numCellsX, int numCellsY) {
		this.cellIterator.setNormalMode(numCellsX, numCellsY);
	}

	public void step(Grid g, double timeStep) {

	}

}