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# DMPlexVecGetClosure

Get an array of the values on the closure of `point`

## Synopsis

    #include "petscdmplex.h"
    PetscErrorCode DMPlexVecGetClosure(DM dm, PetscSection section, Vec v, PetscInt point, PetscInt *csize, PetscScalar *values[])

Not collective

## Input Parameters

- dm - The `DM`

- section - The section describing the layout in `v`, or `NULL` to use the default section

- v - The local vector

- point - The point in the `DM`

## Input/Output Parameters

- csize - The size of the input values array, or `NULL`; on output the number of values in the closure

- values - An array to use for the values, or *values = `NULL` to have it allocated automatically; if the user provided `NULL`, it is a borrowed array and should not be freed, use `DMPlexVecRestoreClosure()` to return it

## Notes

This is used for getting the all values in a `Vec` in the closure of a mesh point. To get only the values in the closure of a mesh point at a specific depth (for example, at mesh vertices), use `DMPlexVecGetClosureAtDepth()`.

`DMPlexVecGetClosure()`/`DMPlexVecRestoreClosure()` only allocates the values array if it set to `NULL` in the calling function. This is because `DMPlexVecGetClosure()` is typically called in the inner loop of a `Vec` or `Mat` assembly function, and a user may already have allocated storage for this operation.

A typical use could be

       values = NULL;
       PetscCall(DMPlexVecGetClosure(dm, NULL, v, p, &clSize, &values));
       for (cl = 0; cl < clSize; ++cl) {
         <Compute on closure>
       }
       PetscCall(DMPlexVecRestoreClosure(dm, NULL, v, p, &clSize, &values));

or

       PetscMalloc1(clMaxSize, &values);
       for (p = pStart; p < pEnd; ++p) {
         clSize = clMaxSize;
         PetscCall(DMPlexVecGetClosure(dm, NULL, v, p, &clSize, &values));
         for (cl = 0; cl < clSize; ++cl) {
           <Compute on closure>
         }
       }
       PetscFree(values);

## Fortran Notes

The `csize` argument is present in the Fortran binding. Since the Fortran `values` array contains its length information this argument may not be needed. In that case one may pass `PETSC_NULL_INTEGER` for `csize`.

`values` must be declared with

      PetscScalar,dimension(:),pointer   :: values

and it will be allocated internally by PETSc to hold the values returned

## See Also

DMPlex: Unstructured Grids, `DM`, `DMPLEX`, `DMPlexVecGetClosureAtDepth()`, `DMPlexVecRestoreClosure()`, `DMPlexVecSetClosure()`, `DMPlexMatSetClosure()`

## Level

intermediate

## Location

src/dm/impls/plex/plex.c

## Examples

src/snes/tutorials/ex77.c
src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex6.c
src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex11.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex56.c

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