mesh_serializer.C

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// The libMesh Finite Element Library.
// Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Benjamin S. Kirk, John W. Peterson, Roy H. Stogner

// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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// Local includes
#include "libmesh/mesh_serializer.h"
#include "libmesh/mesh_base.h"
#include "libmesh/parallel.h" // parallel_only() macro

namespace libMesh
{

MeshSerializer::MeshSerializer(MeshBase & mesh, bool need_serial, bool serial_only_needed_on_proc_0) :
  _mesh(mesh),
  reparallelize(false)
{
  libmesh_parallel_only(mesh.comm());
  if (need_serial && !_mesh.is_serial() && !serial_only_needed_on_proc_0) {
    reparallelize = true;
    _mesh.allgather();
  }
  else if (need_serial && !_mesh.is_serial() && serial_only_needed_on_proc_0) {
    // Note: NOT reparallelizing on purpose.
    // Just waste a bit of space on processor 0 to speed things up
    _mesh.gather_to_zero();
  }
}



MeshSerializer::~MeshSerializer()
{
  if (reparallelize)
    _mesh.delete_remote_elements();
}

} // namespace libMesh