From: Timo Heister <timo.heister@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:44:07 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: add is_simplex()
X-Git-Tag: v9.3.0-rc1~584^2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6ddd38d654eb922dd607ae60719bfa4948bfc9fc;p=dealii.git

add is_simplex()
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/grid/reference_cell.h b/include/deal.II/grid/reference_cell.h
index 3473f96367..858e359788 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/grid/reference_cell.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/grid/reference_cell.h
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ namespace ReferenceCell
     bool
     is_hyper_cube() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Return true if the object is a Vertex, Line, Tri, or Tet.
+     */
+    bool
+    is_simplex() const;
+
     /**
      * Return the dimension of the reference cell represented by the current
      * object.
@@ -327,6 +333,14 @@ namespace ReferenceCell
 
 
 
+  inline bool
+  Type::is_simplex() const
+  {
+    return (*this == Vertex || *this == Line || *this == Tri || *this == Tet);
+  }
+
+
+
   inline unsigned int
   Type::get_dimension() const
   {