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+/*
+  Copyright 2015 IRIS AS
+
+  This file is part of the Open Porous Media project (OPM).
+
+  OPM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  OPM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with OPM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+#ifndef EWOMS_PARALLELSERIALOUTPUT_HH
+#define EWOMS_PARALLELSERIALOUTPUT_HH
+
+//#if HAVE_DUNE_CORNERPOINT
+#include <dune/grid/common/p2pcommunicator.hh>
+//#else
+//#error "This header needs the dune-cornerpoint module."
+//#endif
+
+namespace Ewoms
+{
+    template < class GridManager >
+    class CollectDataToIORank
+    {
+    public:
+        typedef typename GridManager :: Grid  Grid;
+        typedef typename Grid :: CollectiveCommunication  CollectiveCommunication;
+
+        // global id
+        class GlobalCellIndex
+        {
+            int globalId_;
+            int localIndex_;
+            bool isInterior_;
+        public:
+            GlobalCellIndex() : globalId_(-1), localIndex_(-1), isInterior_(true) {}
+            void setGhost() { isInterior_ = false; }
+
+            void setId( const int globalId ) { globalId_ = globalId; }
+            void setIndex( const int localIndex ) { localIndex_ = localIndex; }
+
+            int localIndex () const { return localIndex_; }
+            int id () const { return globalId_; }
+            bool isInterior() const { return isInterior_; }
+        };
+
+        typedef typename Dune::PersistentContainer< Grid, GlobalCellIndex > GlobalIndexContainer;
+
+        static const int dimension = Grid :: dimension ;
+
+        typedef typename Grid :: LeafGridView             GridView;
+        typedef GridView                                  AllGridView;
+
+        typedef Dune :: Point2PointCommunicator< Dune :: SimpleMessageBuffer > P2PCommunicatorType;
+        typedef typename P2PCommunicatorType :: MessageBufferType MessageBufferType;
+
+        typedef std::vector< GlobalCellIndex > LocalIndexMapType;
+
+        typedef std::vector<int> IndexMapType;
+        typedef std::vector< IndexMapType > IndexMapStorageType;
+
+        class DistributeIndexMapping : public P2PCommunicatorType::DataHandleInterface
+        {
+        protected:
+            const std::vector<int>& distributedGlobalIndex_;
+            IndexMapType& localIndexMap_;
+            IndexMapStorageType& indexMaps_;
+            std::map< const int, const int > globalPosition_;
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+            std::set< int > checkPosition_;
+#endif
+
+        public:
+            DistributeIndexMapping( const std::vector<int>& globalIndex,
+                                    const std::vector<int>& distributedGlobalIndex,
+                                    IndexMapType& localIndexMap,
+                                    IndexMapStorageType& indexMaps )
+            : distributedGlobalIndex_( distributedGlobalIndex ),
+              localIndexMap_( localIndexMap ),
+              indexMaps_( indexMaps ),
+              globalPosition_()
+            {
+                const size_t size = globalIndex.size();
+                // create mapping globalIndex --> localIndex
+                for ( size_t index = 0; index < size; ++index )
+                {
+                    globalPosition_.insert( std::make_pair( globalIndex[ index ], index ) );
+                }
+
+                // on I/O rank we need to create a mapping from local to global
+                if( ! indexMaps_.empty() )
+                {
+                    // for the ioRank create a localIndex to index in global state map
+                    IndexMapType& indexMap = indexMaps_.back();
+                    const size_t localSize = localIndexMap_.size();
+                    indexMap.resize( localSize );
+                    for( size_t i=0; i<localSize; ++i )
+                    {
+                        const int id = distributedGlobalIndex_[ localIndexMap_[ i ] ];
+                        indexMap[ i ] = globalPosition_[ id ] ;
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+                        assert( checkPosition_.find( id ) == checkPosition_.end() );
+                        checkPosition_.insert( id );
+#endif
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            void pack( const int link, MessageBufferType& buffer )
+            {
+                // we should only get one link
+                if( link != 0 ) {
+                    OPM_THROW(std::logic_error,"link in method pack is not 0 as execpted");
+                }
+
+                // pack all interior global cell id's
+                const int size = localIndexMap_.size();
+                buffer.write( size );
+
+                for( int index = 0; index < size; ++index )
+                {
+                    const int globalIdx = distributedGlobalIndex_[ localIndexMap_[ index ] ];
+                    buffer.write( globalIdx );
+                }
+            }
+
+            void unpack( const int link, MessageBufferType& buffer )
+            {
+                // get index map for current link
+                IndexMapType& indexMap = indexMaps_[ link ];
+                assert( ! globalPosition_.empty() );
+
+                // unpack all interior global cell id's
+                int numCells = 0;
+                buffer.read( numCells );
+                indexMap.resize( numCells );
+                for( int index = 0; index < numCells; ++index )
+                {
+                    int globalId = -1;
+                    buffer.read( globalId );
+                    assert( globalPosition_.find( globalId ) != globalPosition_.end() );
+                    indexMap[ index ] = globalPosition_[ globalId ];
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+                    assert( checkPosition_.find( globalId ) == checkPosition_.end() );
+                    checkPosition_.insert( globalId );
+#endif
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        enum { ioRank = 0 };
+
+        CollectDataToIORank( const GridManager& gridManager )
+            : toIORankComm_( gridManager.grid().comm() ),
+              isIORank_( gridManager.grid().comm().rank() == ioRank )
+        {
+            const CollectiveCommunication& comm = gridManager.grid().comm();
+            {
+                std::set< int > send, recv;
+                // the I/O rank receives from all other ranks
+                if( isIORank() )
+                {
+                    // the I/O rank needs a picture of the global grid
+                    const auto& eclGrid = *(gridManager.eclGrid());
+                    const size_t cartesianSize = eclGrid.getCartesianSize();
+                    // reserve memory
+                    globalCartesianIndex_.reserve( cartesianSize );
+                    globalCartesianIndex_.clear();
+                    // get a global cartesian index for each active cell in the eclipse grid
+                    for( size_t cartIndex=0; cartIndex<cartesianSize; ++cartIndex )
+                    {
+                      if( eclGrid.cellActive( cartIndex ) )
+                      {
+                        globalCartesianIndex_.push_back( cartIndex );
+                      }
+                    }
+
+                    for(int i=0; i<comm.size(); ++i)
+                    {
+                        if( i != ioRank )
+                        {
+                            recv.insert( i );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else // all other simply send to the I/O rank
+                {
+                    send.insert( ioRank );
+                }
+
+                localIndexMap_.clear();
+                const size_t gridSize = gridManager.grid().size( 0 );
+                localIndexMap_.reserve( gridSize );
+
+                unsigned int index = 0;
+                auto localView = gridManager.grid().leafGridView();
+                for( auto it = localView.template begin< 0 >(),
+                     end = localView.template end< 0 >(); it != end; ++it, ++index )
+                {
+                    const auto element = *it ;
+                    // only store interior element for collection
+                    if( element.partitionType() == Dune :: InteriorEntity )
+                    {
+                        localIndexMap_.push_back( index );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // insert send and recv linkage to communicator
+                toIORankComm_.insertRequest( send, recv );
+
+                if( isIORank() )
+                {
+                    // need an index map for each rank
+                    indexMaps_.clear();
+                    indexMaps_.resize( comm.size() );
+                }
+
+                // store the local cartesian index
+                IndexMapType distributedCartesianIndex;
+                distributedCartesianIndex.reserve( gridSize );
+                for( size_t cell = 0 ; cell<gridSize; ++cell )
+                  distributedCartesianIndex.push_back( gridManager.cartesianIndex( cell ) );
+
+                // distribute global id's to io rank for later association of dof's
+                DistributeIndexMapping distIndexMapping( globalCartesianIndex_, distributedCartesianIndex, localIndexMap_, indexMaps_ );
+                toIORankComm_.exchange( distIndexMapping );
+            }
+        }
+
+        template <class BufferList>
+        class PackUnPackOutputBuffers : public P2PCommunicatorType::DataHandleInterface
+        {
+            BufferList& bufferList_;
+
+            const IndexMapType& localIndexMap_;
+            const IndexMapStorageType& indexMaps_;
+
+        public:
+            PackUnPackOutputBuffers( BufferList& bufferList,
+                                     const IndexMapType& localIndexMap,
+                                     const IndexMapStorageType& indexMaps,
+                                     const size_t globalSize,
+                                     const bool isIORank )
+            : bufferList_( bufferList ),
+              localIndexMap_( localIndexMap ),
+              indexMaps_( indexMaps )
+            {
+                if( isIORank )
+                {
+                    MessageBufferType buffer;
+                    pack( 0, buffer );
+                    // resize all buffers
+                    for (auto it = bufferList_.begin(), end = bufferList_.end(); it != end; ++it )
+                    {
+                      it->second->resize( globalSize );
+                    }
+                    // the last index map is the local one
+                    doUnpack( indexMaps.back(), buffer );
+
+                }
+            }
+
+            // pack all data associated with link
+            void pack( const int link, MessageBufferType& buffer )
+            {
+                // we should only get one link
+                if( link != 0 ) {
+                    OPM_THROW(std::logic_error,"link in method pack is not 0 as execpted");
+                }
+
+                size_t buffers = bufferList_.size();
+                buffer.write( buffers );
+                for (auto it = bufferList_.begin(), end = bufferList_.end(); it != end; ++it )
+                {
+                    write( buffer, localIndexMap_, *(it->second) );
+                }
+            }
+
+            void doUnpack( const IndexMapType& indexMap, MessageBufferType& buffer )
+            {
+                size_t buffers = 0;
+                buffer.read( buffers );
+                assert( buffers == bufferList_.size() );
+                for( auto it = bufferList_.begin(), end = bufferList_.end(); it != end; ++it )
+                {
+                    read( buffer, indexMap, *(it->second) );
+                }
+            }
+
+            // unpack all data associated with link
+            void unpack( const int link, MessageBufferType& buffer )
+            {
+                doUnpack( indexMaps_[ link ], buffer );
+            }
+
+        protected:
+            template <class Vector>
+            void write( MessageBufferType& buffer, const IndexMapType& localIndexMap, const Vector& data ) const
+            {
+                const size_t size = localIndexMap.size();
+                assert( size <= data.size() );
+                buffer.write( size );
+                for( size_t i=0; i<size; ++i )
+                {
+                    buffer.write( data[ localIndexMap[ i ] ] );
+                }
+            }
+
+            template <class Vector>
+            void read( MessageBufferType& buffer, const IndexMapType& indexMap, Vector& data ) const
+            {
+                size_t size = indexMap.size();
+                assert( size <= data.size() );
+                buffer.read( size );
+                assert( size == indexMap.size() );
+                for( size_t i=0; i<size; ++i )
+                {
+                    buffer.read( data[ indexMap[ i ] ] );
+                }
+            }
+
+            void writeString( MessageBufferType& buffer, const std::string& s) const
+            {
+                const int size = s.size();
+                buffer.write( size );
+                for( int i=0; i<size; ++i )
+                {
+                    buffer.write( s[ i ] );
+                }
+            }
+
+            void readString( MessageBufferType& buffer, std::string& s) const
+            {
+                int size = -1;
+                buffer.read( size );
+                s.resize( size );
+                for( int i=0; i<size; ++i )
+                {
+                    buffer.read( s[ i ] );
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        // gather solution to rank 0 for EclipseWriter
+        template <class BufferList>
+        bool collect( BufferList& bufferList ) const
+        {
+            PackUnPackOutputBuffers< BufferList >
+                packUnpack( bufferList,
+                            localIndexMap_, indexMaps_, numCells(), isIORank() );
+
+            //toIORankComm_.exchangeCached( packUnpack );
+            toIORankComm_.exchange( packUnpack );
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+            // mkae sure every process is on the same page
+            toIORankComm_.barrier();
+#endif
+            return isIORank();
+        }
+
+        bool isIORank() const
+        {
+            return isIORank_;
+        }
+
+        bool isParallel() const
+        {
+            return toIORankComm_.size() > 1;
+        }
+
+        size_t numCells () const { return globalCartesianIndex_.size(); }
+
+    protected:
+        P2PCommunicatorType             toIORankComm_;
+        IndexMapType                    globalCartesianIndex_;
+        IndexMapType                    localIndexMap_;
+        IndexMapStorageType             indexMaps_;
+        // true if we are on I/O rank
+        const bool                      isIORank_;
+    };
+
+} // end namespace Opm
+#endif