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+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2012 Désiré Nuentsa-Wakam <desire.nuentsa_wakam@inria.fr>
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#ifndef SPARSELU_IMPL_H
+#define SPARSELU_IMPL_H
+
+namespace Eigen {
+namespace internal {
+  
+/** \ingroup SparseLU_Module
+  * \class SparseLUImpl
+  * Base class for sparseLU
+  */
+template <typename Scalar, typename Index>
+class SparseLUImpl
+{
+  public:
+    typedef Matrix<Scalar,Dynamic,1> ScalarVector;
+    typedef Matrix<Index,Dynamic,1> IndexVector; 
+    typedef typename ScalarVector::RealScalar RealScalar; 
+    typedef Ref<Matrix<Scalar,Dynamic,1> > BlockScalarVector;
+    typedef Ref<Matrix<Index,Dynamic,1> > BlockIndexVector;
+    typedef LU_GlobalLU_t<IndexVector, ScalarVector> GlobalLU_t; 
+    typedef SparseMatrix<Scalar,ColMajor,Index> MatrixType; 
+    
+  protected:
+     template <typename VectorType>
+     Index expand(VectorType& vec, Index& length, Index nbElts, Index keep_prev, Index& num_expansions);
+     Index memInit(Index m, Index n, Index annz, Index lwork, Index fillratio, Index panel_size,  GlobalLU_t& glu); 
+     template <typename VectorType>
+     Index memXpand(VectorType& vec, Index& maxlen, Index nbElts, MemType memtype, Index& num_expansions);
+     void heap_relax_snode (const Index n, IndexVector& et, const Index relax_columns, IndexVector& descendants, IndexVector& relax_end); 
+     void relax_snode (const Index n, IndexVector& et, const Index relax_columns, IndexVector& descendants, IndexVector& relax_end); 
+     Index snode_dfs(const Index jcol, const Index kcol,const MatrixType& mat,  IndexVector& xprune, IndexVector& marker, GlobalLU_t& glu); 
+     Index snode_bmod (const Index jcol, const Index fsupc, ScalarVector& dense, GlobalLU_t& glu);
+     Index pivotL(const Index jcol, const RealScalar& diagpivotthresh, IndexVector& perm_r, IndexVector& iperm_c, Index& pivrow, GlobalLU_t& glu);
+     template <typename Traits>
+     void dfs_kernel(const Index jj, IndexVector& perm_r,
+                    Index& nseg, IndexVector& panel_lsub, IndexVector& segrep,
+                    Ref<IndexVector> repfnz_col, IndexVector& xprune, Ref<IndexVector> marker, IndexVector& parent,
+                    IndexVector& xplore, GlobalLU_t& glu, Index& nextl_col, Index krow, Traits& traits);
+     void panel_dfs(const Index m, const Index w, const Index jcol, MatrixType& A, IndexVector& perm_r, Index& nseg, ScalarVector& dense, IndexVector& panel_lsub, IndexVector& segrep, IndexVector& repfnz, IndexVector& xprune, IndexVector& marker, IndexVector& parent, IndexVector& xplore, GlobalLU_t& glu);
+    
+     void panel_bmod(const Index m, const Index w, const Index jcol, const Index nseg, ScalarVector& dense, ScalarVector& tempv, IndexVector& segrep, IndexVector& repfnz, GlobalLU_t& glu);
+     Index column_dfs(const Index m, const Index jcol, IndexVector& perm_r, Index maxsuper, Index& nseg,  BlockIndexVector lsub_col, IndexVector& segrep, BlockIndexVector repfnz, IndexVector& xprune, IndexVector& marker, IndexVector& parent, IndexVector& xplore, GlobalLU_t& glu);
+     Index column_bmod(const Index jcol, const Index nseg, BlockScalarVector dense, ScalarVector& tempv, BlockIndexVector segrep, BlockIndexVector repfnz, Index fpanelc, GlobalLU_t& glu); 
+     Index copy_to_ucol(const Index jcol, const Index nseg, IndexVector& segrep, BlockIndexVector repfnz ,IndexVector& perm_r, BlockScalarVector dense, GlobalLU_t& glu); 
+     void pruneL(const Index jcol, const IndexVector& perm_r, const Index pivrow, const Index nseg, const IndexVector& segrep, BlockIndexVector repfnz, IndexVector& xprune, GlobalLU_t& glu);
+     void countnz(const Index n, Index& nnzL, Index& nnzU, GlobalLU_t& glu); 
+     void fixupL(const Index n, const IndexVector& perm_r, GlobalLU_t& glu); 
+     
+     template<typename , typename >
+     friend struct column_dfs_traits;
+}; 
+
+} // end namespace internal
+} // namespace Eigen
+
+#endif