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Class
    Foam::genericPolyPatch

Description
    Substitute for unknown patches. Used for post-processing when only
    basic polyPatch info is needed.

SourceFiles
    genericPolyPatch.C

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#ifndef genericPolyPatch_H
#define genericPolyPatch_H

#include "polyPatch.H"

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namespace Foam
{

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                      Class genericPolyPatch Declaration
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

class genericPolyPatch
:
    public polyPatch
{
    // Private Data

        //- Actual patch type name
        word actualTypeName_;

        //- Patch dictionary
        dictionary dict_;


public:

    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("genericPatch");


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from components
        genericPolyPatch
        (
            const word& name,
            const label size,
            const label start,
            const label index,
            const polyBoundaryMesh& bm
        );

        //- Construct from dictionary
        genericPolyPatch
        (
            const word& name,
            const dictionary& dict,
            const label index,
            const polyBoundaryMesh& bm
        );

        //- Construct as copy, resetting the boundary mesh
        genericPolyPatch
        (
            const genericPolyPatch&,
            const polyBoundaryMesh&
        );

        //- Construct given the original patch and resetting the
        //  face list and boundary mesh information
        genericPolyPatch
        (
            const genericPolyPatch& pp,
            const polyBoundaryMesh& bm,
            const label index,
            const label newSize,
            const label newStart
        );

        //- Construct and return a clone, resetting the boundary mesh
        virtual autoPtr<polyPatch> clone(const polyBoundaryMesh& bm) const
        {
            return autoPtr<polyPatch>(new genericPolyPatch(*this, bm));
        }

        //- Construct and return a clone, resetting the face list
        //  and boundary mesh
        virtual autoPtr<polyPatch> clone
        (
            const polyBoundaryMesh& bm,
            const label index,
            const label newSize,
            const label newStart
        ) const
        {
            return autoPtr<polyPatch>
            (
                new genericPolyPatch(*this, bm, index, newSize, newStart)
            );
        }


    //- Destructor
    ~genericPolyPatch();


    // Member Functions

        //- Write the polyPatch data as a dictionary
        virtual void write(Ostream&) const;
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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