cantera/include/cantera/Interface.h
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/**
* @file Interface.h
* Declaration and Definition for the class Interface.
*/
// This file is part of Cantera. See License.txt in the top-level directory or
// at http://www.cantera.org/license.txt for license and copyright information.
#ifndef CXX_INTERFACE
#define CXX_INTERFACE
#include "thermo.h"
#include "kinetics.h"
#include "cantera/thermo/SurfPhase.h"
#include "cantera/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h"
namespace Cantera
{
//! An interface between multiple bulk phases.
/*!
* This class is defined mostly for convenience. It inherits both from SurfPhase
* and InterfaceKinetics. It therefore represents a surface phase, and also acts
* as the kinetics manager to manage reactions occurring on the surface,
* possibly involving species from other phases.
*/
class Interface :
public SurfPhase,
public InterfaceKinetics
{
public:
//! Constructor.
/*!
* Construct an Interface instance from a specification in an input file.
*
* @param infile Cantera input file in CTI or CTML format.
* @param id Identification string to distinguish between multiple
* definitions within one input file.
* @param otherPhases Neighboring phases that may participate in the
* reactions on this interface. Don't include the surface phase
*/
Interface(const std::string& infile, std::string id,
std::vector<ThermoPhase*> otherPhases) :
m_ok(false),
m_r(0) {
m_r = get_XML_File(infile);
if (id == "-") {
id = "";
}
XML_Node* x = get_XML_Node("#"+id, m_r);
if (!x) {
throw CanteraError("Interface","error in get_XML_Node");
}
importPhase(*x, this);
otherPhases.push_back(this);
importKinetics(*x, otherPhases, this);
m_ok = true;
}
//! Not operator
bool operator!() {
return !m_ok;
}
//! return whether the object has been instantiated
bool ready() const {
return m_ok;
}
protected:
//! Flag indicating that the object has been instantiated
bool m_ok;
//! XML_Node pointer to the XML File object that contains the Surface and
//! the Interfacial Reaction object description
XML_Node* m_r;
};
//! Import an instance of class Interface from a specification in an input file.
/*!
* This is the preferred method to create an Interface instance.
*/
inline Interface* importInterface(const std::string& infile,
const std::string& id,
std::vector<ThermoPhase*> phases)
{
return new Interface(infile, id, phases);
}
}
#endif