# This code is part of Qiskit. # # (C) Copyright IBM 2020, 2023. # # 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. """EvolutionFactory Class""" from qiskit.opflow.operator_base import OperatorBase from qiskit.opflow.evolutions.evolution_base import EvolutionBase from qiskit.opflow.evolutions.pauli_trotter_evolution import PauliTrotterEvolution from qiskit.opflow.evolutions.matrix_evolution import MatrixEvolution from qiskit.utils.deprecation import deprecate_func class EvolutionFactory: """Deprecated: A factory class for convenient automatic selection of an Evolution algorithm based on the Operator to be converted. """ @staticmethod @deprecate_func( since="0.24.0", additional_msg="For code migration guidelines, visit https://qisk.it/opflow_migration.", ) def build(operator: OperatorBase = None) -> EvolutionBase: r""" A factory method for convenient automatic selection of an Evolution algorithm based on the Operator to be converted. Args: operator: the Operator being evolved Returns: EvolutionBase: the ``EvolutionBase`` best suited to evolve operator. Raises: ValueError: If operator is not of a composition for which we know the best Evolution method. """ primitive_strings = operator.primitive_strings() if "Matrix" in primitive_strings: return MatrixEvolution() elif "Pauli" in primitive_strings or "SparsePauliOp" in primitive_strings: # TODO figure out what to do based on qubits and hamming weight. return PauliTrotterEvolution() else: raise ValueError("Evolutions of mixed Operators not yet supported.")