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GridFire/src/include/gridfire/partition/partition_abstract.h

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#pragma once
#include <string>
#include <memory>
namespace gridfire::partition {
/**
* @class PartitionFunction
* @brief Abstract interface for evaluating nuclear partition functions.
*
* Provides methods to compute the partition function and its temperature derivative
* for a given isotope, to query if the function supports that isotope, and to
* clone the function object. Concrete implementations must provide temperature-
* dependent statistical models.
*/
class PartitionFunction {
public:
/**
* @brief Virtual destructor.
*
* Ensures proper cleanup in derived classes.
*/
virtual ~PartitionFunction() = default;
/**
* @brief Evaluate the partition function for a given isotope.
*
* @param z Proton number (atomic number) of the isotope; must be >= 1.
* @param a Mass number of the isotope; must be >= z.
* @param T9 Temperature in units of 10^9 K; must be > 0.
* @return Partition function value (dimensionless) at the specified temperature.
* @pre Derived implementation supports (z, a) and T9 > 0.
* @post No side effects; pure function.
*/
[[nodiscard]] virtual double evaluate(int z, int a, double T9) const = 0;
/**
* @brief Evaluate the temperature derivative of the partition function.
*
* Computes d/dT (partition function) at the given parameters.
*
* @param z Proton number (atomic number) of the isotope; must be >= 1.
* @param a Mass number of the isotope; must be >= z.
* @param T9 Temperature in units of 10^9 K; must be > 0.
* @return Temperature derivative of the partition function.
* @pre Derived implementation supports (z, a) and T9 > 0.
* @post No side effects; pure function.
*/
[[nodiscard]] virtual double evaluateDerivative(int z, int a, double T9) const = 0;
/**
* @brief Check if this partition function supports an isotope.
*
* @param z Proton number of the isotope.
* @param a Mass number of the isotope.
* @return true if evaluate and evaluateDerivative can be called for this isotope; false otherwise.
* @post No side effects.
*/
[[nodiscard]] virtual bool supports(int z, int a) const = 0;
/**
* @brief Get the human-readable type of this partition function.
*
* @return String identifier for the partition function implementation.
* @post No side effects.
*/
[[nodiscard]] virtual std::string type() const = 0;
/**
* @brief Create a deep copy of this PartitionFunction.
*
* @return Unique pointer to a new PartitionFunction instance with identical state.
* @post The caller owns the returned object and must manage its lifetime.
*/
[[nodiscard]] virtual std::unique_ptr<PartitionFunction> clone() const = 0;
};
}