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Class
    Foam::SubField

Description
    SubField is a Field obtained as a section of another Field.

    Thus it is itself unallocated so that no storage is allocated or
    deallocated during its use.  To achieve this behaviour, SubField is
    derived from a SubList rather than a List.

SourceFiles
    SubFieldI.H

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#ifndef SubField_H
#define SubField_H

#include "SubList.H"
#include "Field.H"
#include "VectorSpace.H"

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namespace Foam
{

//- Pre-declare SubField and related Field type
template<class Type> class Field;
template<class Type> class SubField;

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                           Class SubField Declaration
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template<class Type>
class SubField
:
    public tmp<SubField<Type>>::refCount,
    public SubList<Type>
{

public:

    //- Component type
    typedef typename pTraits<Type>::cmptType cmptType;


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from a SubList
        inline SubField(const SubList<Type>&);

        //- Construct from a UList\<Type\>, using the entire size
        explicit inline SubField(const UList<Type>&);

        //- Construct from a UList\<Type\> with a given size
        inline SubField
        (
            const UList<Type>& list,
            const label subSize
        );

        //- Construct from a UList\<Type\> with a given size and start index
        inline SubField
        (
            const UList<Type>& list,
            const label subSize,
            const label startIndex
        );

        //- Construct as copy
        inline SubField(const SubField<Type>&);


    // Member functions

        //- Return a null SubField
        static inline const SubField<Type>& null();

        //- Return a component field of the field
        inline tmp<Field<cmptType>> component(const direction) const;

        //- Return the field transpose (only defined for second rank tensors)
        tmp<Field<Type>> T() const;


    // Member operators

        //- Assignment via UList operator. Takes linear time.
        inline void operator=(const SubField<Type>&);

        //- Assignment via UList operator. Takes linear time.
        inline void operator=(const Field<Type>&);

        //- Assignment via UList operator. Takes linear time.
        template<class Form, direction Ncmpts>
        inline void operator=(const VectorSpace<Form, Type, Ncmpts>&);

        //- Allow cast to a const Field\<Type\>&
        inline operator const Field<Type>&() const;
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#include "SubFieldI.H"

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#endif

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