- Instead of just totally symmetric or antisymmetric, complex symmetries

[ginac.git] / ginac / indexed.h

diff --git a/ginac/indexed.h b/ginac/indexed.h
index babb9c224de0ab72b994ed9b33eec8b6abafd4b9..222107081ca3cbeb5449ddf2a11d49f1196aee90 100644 (file)
--- a/ginac/indexed.h
+++ b/ginac/indexed.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace GiNaC {
 
 
 class scalar_products;
+class symmetry;
 
 /** This class holds an indexed expression. It consists of a 'base' expression
  *  (the expression being indexed) which can be accessed as op(0), and n (n >= 0)
@@ -42,16 +43,6 @@ class indexed : public exprseq
        friend ex simplify_indexed(const ex & e, exvector & free_indices, exvector & dummy_indices, const scalar_products & sp);
        friend ex simplify_indexed_product(const ex & e, exvector & free_indices, exvector & dummy_indices, const scalar_products & sp);
 
-       // types
-public:
-       /** Type of symmetry of the object with respect to commutation of its indices. */
-       typedef enum {
-               unknown,       /**< symmetry properties unknown */
-               symmetric,     /**< totally symmetric */
-               antisymmetric, /**< totally antisymmetric */
-               mixed          /**< mixed symmetry (unimplemented) */
-       } symmetry_type;
-
        // other constructors
 public:
        /** Construct indexed object with no index.
@@ -102,7 +93,7 @@ public:
         *  @param i1 First index
         *  @param i2 Second index
         *  @return newly constructed indexed object */
-       indexed(const ex & b, symmetry_type symm, const ex & i1, const ex & i2);
+       indexed(const ex & b, const symmetry & symm, const ex & i1, const ex & i2);
 
        /** Construct indexed object with three indices and a specified symmetry.
         *  The indices must be of class idx.
@@ -113,7 +104,7 @@ public:
         *  @param i2 Second index
         *  @param i3 Third index
         *  @return newly constructed indexed object */
-       indexed(const ex & b, symmetry_type symm, const ex & i1, const ex & i2, const ex & i3);
+       indexed(const ex & b, const symmetry & symm, const ex & i1, const ex & i2, const ex & i3);
 
        /** Construct indexed object with four indices and a specified symmetry. The
         *  indices must be of class idx.
@@ -125,7 +116,7 @@ public:
         *  @param i3 Third index
         *  @param i4 Fourth index
         *  @return newly constructed indexed object */
-       indexed(const ex & b, symmetry_type symm, const ex & i1, const ex & i2, const ex & i3, const ex & i4);
+       indexed(const ex & b, const symmetry & symm, const ex & i1, const ex & i2, const ex & i3, const ex & i4);
 
        /** Construct indexed object with a specified vector of indices. The indices
         *  must be of class idx.
@@ -142,12 +133,12 @@ public:
         *  @param symm Symmetry of indices
         *  @param iv Vector of indices
         *  @return newly constructed indexed object */
-       indexed(const ex & b, symmetry_type symm, const exvector & iv);
+       indexed(const ex & b, const symmetry & symm, const exvector & iv);
 
        // internal constructors
-       indexed(symmetry_type symm, const exprseq & es);
-       indexed(symmetry_type symm, const exvector & v, bool discardable = false);
-       indexed(symmetry_type symm, exvector * vp); // vp will be deleted
+       indexed(const symmetry & symm, const exprseq & es);
+       indexed(const symmetry & symm, const exvector & v, bool discardable = false);
+       indexed(const symmetry & symm, exvector * vp); // vp will be deleted
 
        // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
 public:
@@ -188,13 +179,16 @@ public:
         *  with a given index. */
        bool has_dummy_index_for(const ex & i) const;
 
+       /** Return symmetry properties. */
+       ex get_symmetry(void) const {return symtree;}
+
 protected:
        void printindices(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const;
-       void assert_all_indices_of_type_idx(void) const;
+       void validate(void) const;
 
        // member variables
 protected:
-       symmetry_type symmetry; /**< Index symmetry */
+       ex symtree; /**< Index symmetry (tree of symmetry objects) */
 };