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evolution_synthesis.py
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evolution_synthesis.py
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# This code is part of Qiskit.
#
# (C) Copyright IBM 2021.
#
# This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may
# obtain a copy of this license in the LICENSE.txt file in the root directory
# of this source tree or at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
#
# Any modifications or derivative works of this code must retain this
# copyright notice, and modified files need to carry a notice indicating
# that they have been altered from the originals.
"""Evolution synthesis."""
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from typing import Any, Dict
class EvolutionSynthesis(ABC):
"""Interface for evolution synthesis algorithms."""
@abstractmethod
def synthesize(self, evolution):
"""Synthesize an ``qiskit.circuit.library.PauliEvolutionGate``.
Args:
evolution (PauliEvolutionGate): The evolution gate to synthesize.
Returns:
QuantumCircuit: A circuit implementing the evolution.
"""
raise NotImplementedError
@property
def settings(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Return the settings in a dictionary, which can be used to reconstruct the object.
Returns:
A dictionary containing the settings of this product formula.
Raises:
NotImplementedError: The interface does not implement this method.
"""
raise NotImplementedError(
"The settings property is not implemented for the base interface."
)