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+/*
+ Copyright (C) 2013 Marco Vassallo
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+ version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+ details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _FORM_OCTAVE_
+#define _FORM_OCTAVE_
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+#include <dolfin.h>
+#include <octave/oct.h>
+
+class form : public octave_base_value
+{
+
+ public:
+
+  form () : octave_base_value () { }
+
+  form (const dolfin::Form _frm) :
+  octave_base_value (), frm (new dolfin::Form (_frm)) { }
+
+  form (boost::shared_ptr <const dolfin::Form> _frm) :
+  octave_base_value (), frm (_frm) { }
+
+  void print (std::ostream& os, bool pr_as_read_syntax = false) const
+  { os << "Form " << ": is a form of rank " << frm->rank ()
+       << " with " << frm->num_coefficients () << " coefficients" << std::endl; }
+
+  ~form(void) { }
+
+  bool is_defined (void) const { return true; }
+
+  const dolfin::Form & get_form (void) const
+  { return (*frm); }
+
+  const boost::shared_ptr <const dolfin::Form> & get_pform (void) const
+  { return frm; }
+
+ private:
+
+  boost::shared_ptr <const dolfin::Form> frm;
+
+  DECLARE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR;
+  DECLARE_OV_TYPEID_FUNCTIONS_AND_DATA;
+
+};
+static bool form_type_loaded = false;
+
+DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR (form);
+DEFINE_OV_TYPEID_FUNCTIONS_AND_DATA (form, "form", "form");
+#endif