VecPackCreateGlobalVector

 Creates a vector of the correct size to be gathered into by the packer.

Synopsis

#include "petscda.h"     
PetscErrorCode PETSCDM_DLLEXPORT VecPackCreateGlobalVector(VecPack packer,Vec *gvec)
Collective on VecPack

Input Parameter

packer -the packer object

Output Parameters

gvec -the global vector

Notes: Once this has been created you cannot add additional arrays or vectors to be packed.

This also serves as a VecPackFinalize(), perhaps that should be made a seperate function?

See Also

VecPackDestroy(), VecPackAddArray(), VecPackAddDA(), VecPackScatter(),
VecPackGather(), VecPackCreate(), VecPackGetGlobalIndices(), VecPackGetAccess(), VecPackGetLocalVectors(), VecPackRestoreLocalVectors()

Level:advanced
Location:src/dm/da/utils/pack.c
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Examples

src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex21.c.html