Source code for qiskit_optimization.converters.quadratic_program_converter

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"""An abstract class for optimization algorithms in Qiskit optimization module."""

from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from typing import List, Union

import numpy as np

from ..problems.quadratic_program import QuadraticProgram


[docs]class QuadraticProgramConverter(ABC): """ An abstract class for converters of quadratic programs in Qiskit optimization module. """
[docs] @abstractmethod def convert(self, problem: QuadraticProgram) -> QuadraticProgram: """Convert a QuadraticProgram into another form and keep the information required to interpret the result. """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] @abstractmethod def interpret(self, x: Union[np.ndarray, List[float]]) -> np.ndarray: """Interpret a result into another form using the information of conversion""" raise NotImplementedError