/*
  Copyright 2014 SINTEF ICT, Applied Mathematics.

  This file is part of the Open Porous Media project (OPM).

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*/

#ifndef OPM_NEWTONITERATIONBLACKOILINTERFACE_HEADER_INCLUDED
#define OPM_NEWTONITERATIONBLACKOILINTERFACE_HEADER_INCLUDED

#include <opm/autodiff/LinearisedBlackoilResidual.hpp>

namespace Opm
{

    /// Interface class for (linear) solvers for the fully implicit black-oil system.
    class NewtonIterationBlackoilInterface
    {
    public:
        /// Return type for linearSolve(). A simple, non-ad vector type.
        typedef LinearisedBlackoilResidual::ADB::V SolutionVector;

        /// Solve the linear system Ax = b, with A being the
        /// combined derivative matrix of the residual and b
        /// being the residual itself.
        /// \param[in] residual   residual object containing A and b.
        /// \return               the solution x
        virtual SolutionVector computeNewtonIncrement(const LinearisedBlackoilResidual& residual) const = 0;
    };

} // namespace Opm


#endif // OPM_NEWTONITERATIONBLACKOILINTERFACE_HEADER_INCLUDED