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// The libMesh Finite Element Library.
// Copyright (C) 2002-2026 Benjamin S. Kirk, John W. Peterson, Roy H. Stogner
 
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// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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// C++ includes
#include <fstream>
 
// Local includes
#include "libmesh/matlab_io.h"
#include "libmesh/mesh_base.h"
#include "libmesh/face_tri3.h"
 
namespace libMesh
{
 
// ------------------------------------------------------------
// MatlabIO class members
 
void MatlabIO::read(const std::string & name)
{
  std::ifstream in (name.c_str());
 
  this->read_stream(in);
}
 
 
void MatlabIO::read_stream(std::istream & in)
{
  // This is a serial-only process for now;
  // the Mesh should be read on processor 0 and
  // broadcast later
  libmesh_assert_equal_to (this->mesh().processor_id(), 0);
 
  // Get a reference to the mesh
  MeshBase & the_mesh = MeshInput<MeshBase>::mesh();
 
  // Clear any existing mesh data
  the_mesh.clear();
 
  // PDE toolkit only works in 2D
  the_mesh.set_mesh_dimension(2);
 
#if LIBMESH_DIM < 2
  libmesh_error_msg("Cannot open dimension 2 mesh file when configured without 2D support.");
#endif
 
  // Check the input buffer
  libmesh_assert (in.good());
 
  unsigned int nNodes=0, nElem=0;
 
  in >> nNodes   // Read the number of nodes
     >> nElem;   // Read the number of elements
 
  // Sort of check that it worked
  libmesh_assert_greater (nNodes, 0);
  libmesh_assert_greater (nElem, 0);
 
  // Read the nodal coordinates
  {
    Real x=0., y=0., z=0.;
 
    for (unsigned int i=0; i<nNodes; i++)
      {
        in >> x   // x-coordinate value
           >> y;  // y-coordinate value
 
        the_mesh.add_point ( Point(x,y,z), i);
      }
  }
 
  // Read the elements (elements)
  {
    unsigned int node=0, dummy=0;
 
    for (unsigned int i=0; i<nElem; i++)
      {
        // Always build a triangle
        Elem * elem = the_mesh.add_elem(Elem::build_with_id(TRI3, i));
 
        for (unsigned int n=0; n<3; n++)  // Always read three 3 nodes
          {
            in >> node;
            elem->set_node(n, the_mesh.node_ptr(node-1));  // Assign the node number
          }
 
        // There is an additional subdomain number here,
        // so we read it and get rid of it!
        in >> dummy;
      }
  }
 
}
 
} // namespace libMesh