Source code for qiskit.aqua.operators.converters.dict_to_circuit_sum

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""" DictToCircuitSum Class """

import logging

from ..operator_base import OperatorBase
from ..state_fns.dict_state_fn import DictStateFn
from ..state_fns.vector_state_fn import VectorStateFn
from ..state_fns.circuit_state_fn import CircuitStateFn
from ..list_ops.list_op import ListOp
from .converter_base import ConverterBase

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


[docs]class DictToCircuitSum(ConverterBase): r""" Converts ``DictStateFns`` or ``VectorStateFns`` to equivalent ``CircuitStateFns`` or sums thereof. The behavior of this class can be mostly replicated by calling ``to_circuit_op`` on an Operator, but with the added control of choosing whether to convert only ``DictStateFns`` or ``VectorStateFns``, rather than both. """ def __init__(self, traverse: bool = True, convert_dicts: bool = True, convert_vectors: bool = True) -> None: """ Args: traverse: Whether to recurse down into Operators with internal sub-operators for conversion. convert_dicts: Whether to convert VectorStateFn. convert_vectors: Whether to convert DictStateFns. """ self._traverse = traverse self._convert_dicts = convert_dicts self._convert_vectors = convert_vectors
[docs] def convert(self, operator: OperatorBase) -> OperatorBase: """ Convert the Operator to ``CircuitStateFns``, recursively if ``traverse`` is True. Args: operator: The Operator to convert Returns: The converted Operator. """ if isinstance(operator, DictStateFn) and self._convert_dicts: return CircuitStateFn.from_dict(operator.primitive) if isinstance(operator, VectorStateFn) and self._convert_vectors: return CircuitStateFn.from_vector(operator.to_matrix(massive=True)) elif isinstance(operator, ListOp) and 'Dict' in operator.primitive_strings(): return operator.traverse(self.convert) else: return operator