xref: /petsc/src/sys/objects/gtype.c (revision cef0416bfaf3f2eda18a772a528c82211592945c)
1 /*
2      Provides utility routines for manulating any type of PETSc object.
3 */
4 #include <petsc/private/petscimpl.h> /*I   "petscsys.h"    I*/
5 
6 /*@
7   PetscObjectGetType - Gets the object type of any `PetscObject`.
8 
9   Not Collective
10 
11   Input Parameter:
12 . obj - any PETSc object, for example a `Vec`, `Mat` or `KSP`. It must be cast with a (`PetscObject`), for example,
13         `PetscObjectGetType`((`PetscObject`)mat,&type);
14 
15   Output Parameter:
16 . type - the object type, for example, `MATSEQAIJ`
17 
18   Level: advanced
19 
20 .seealso: `PetscObject`, `PetscClassId`, `PetscObjectGetClassName()`, `PetscObjectGetClassId()`
21 @*/
PetscObjectGetType(PetscObject obj,const char * type[])22 PetscErrorCode PetscObjectGetType(PetscObject obj, const char *type[])
23 {
24   PetscFunctionBegin;
25   PetscValidHeader(obj, 1);
26   PetscAssertPointer(type, 2);
27   *type = obj->type_name;
28   PetscFunctionReturn(PETSC_SUCCESS);
29 }
30