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// The libMesh Finite Element Library.
// Copyright (C) 2002-2025 Benjamin S. Kirk, John W. Peterson, Roy H. Stogner

// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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// Local includes
#include "libmesh/cell.h"


namespace libMesh
{

BoundingBox Cell::loose_bounding_box () const
{
  // This might have curved sides, but it's definitely *not* curving
  // through 4-D space, so the full bounding box is just the merger of
  // the sides' bounding boxes.

  std::unique_ptr<const Elem> side_ptr { this->build_side_ptr(0) };
  BoundingBox bbox = side_ptr->loose_bounding_box();
  unsigned int my_n_sides = this->n_sides();
  for (unsigned s=1; s < my_n_sides; ++s)
    {
      this->build_side_ptr(side_ptr, s);
      bbox.union_with(side_ptr->loose_bounding_box());
    }

  return bbox;
}

} // namespace libMesh