Xpetra_ThyraUtils.hpp

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#ifndef XPETRA_THYRAUTILS_HPP
#define XPETRA_THYRAUTILS_HPP
 
#include "Xpetra_ConfigDefs.hpp"
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_THYRA
 
#include <typeinfo>
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
#include "Tpetra_ConfigDefs.hpp"
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
#include "Epetra_config.h"
#include "Epetra_CombineMode.h"
#endif
 
#include "Xpetra_Map.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_BlockedMap.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_BlockedMultiVector.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_BlockedCrsMatrix.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_MapUtils.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_StridedMap.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_StridedMapFactory.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_MapExtractor.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_Matrix.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_MatrixFactory.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_CrsMatrixWrap.hpp"
#include "Xpetra_MultiVectorFactory.hpp"
 
#include <Thyra_VectorSpaceBase.hpp>
#include <Thyra_SpmdVectorSpaceBase.hpp>
#include <Thyra_ProductVectorSpaceBase.hpp>
#include <Thyra_ProductMultiVectorBase.hpp>
#include <Thyra_VectorSpaceBase.hpp>
#include <Thyra_DefaultProductVectorSpace.hpp>
#include <Thyra_DefaultBlockedLinearOp.hpp>
#include <Thyra_LinearOpBase.hpp>
#include "Thyra_DiagonalLinearOpBase.hpp"
#include <Thyra_DetachedMultiVectorView.hpp>
#include <Thyra_MultiVectorStdOps.hpp>
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
#include <Thyra_TpetraThyraWrappers.hpp>
#include <Thyra_TpetraVector.hpp>
#include <Thyra_TpetraMultiVector.hpp>
#include <Thyra_TpetraVectorSpace.hpp>
#include <Tpetra_Map.hpp>
#include <Tpetra_Vector.hpp>
#include <Tpetra_CrsMatrix.hpp>
#include <Xpetra_TpetraMap.hpp>
#include <Xpetra_TpetraOperator.hpp>
#include <Xpetra_TpetraCrsMatrix.hpp>
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
#include <Thyra_EpetraLinearOp.hpp>
#include <Thyra_EpetraThyraWrappers.hpp>
#include <Thyra_SpmdVectorBase.hpp>
#include <Thyra_get_Epetra_Operator.hpp>
#include <Epetra_Map.h>
#include <Epetra_Vector.h>
#include <Epetra_CrsMatrix.h>
#include <Xpetra_EpetraMap.hpp>
#include <Xpetra_EpetraCrsMatrix.hpp>
#endif
 
namespace Xpetra {
 
template<class Scalar, class LocalOrdinal, class GlobalOrdinal, class Node> class BlockedCrsMatrix;
 
template <class Scalar,
class LocalOrdinal  = int,
class GlobalOrdinal = LocalOrdinal,
class Node          = KokkosClassic::DefaultNode::DefaultNodeType>
class ThyraUtils {
 
private:
#undef XPETRA_THYRAUTILS_SHORT
#include "Xpetra_UseShortNames.hpp"
 
public:
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::StridedMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> >& vectorSpace, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm, std::vector<size_t>& stridingInfo, LocalOrdinal stridedBlockId = -1, GlobalOrdinal offset = 0) {
 
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > map = toXpetra(vectorSpace);
 
    if(stridedBlockId == -1) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(map->getLocalNumElements() % stridingInfo.size() != 0);
    }
    else {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(map->getLocalNumElements() % stridingInfo[stridedBlockId] != 0);
    }
 
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::StridedMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > ret = Xpetra::StridedMapFactory<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::Build(map, stridingInfo, stridedBlockId, offset);
    return ret;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> >& vectorSpace, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm) {
    using Teuchos::RCP;
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::as;
    using ThyVecSpaceBase     = Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar>;
    using ThyProdVecSpaceBase = Thyra::ProductVectorSpaceBase<Scalar>;
    using ThyUtils            = Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>;
 
 
    RCP<Map> resultMap = Teuchos::null;
    RCP<const ThyProdVecSpaceBase > prodVectorSpace = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyProdVecSpaceBase >(vectorSpace);
    if(prodVectorSpace != Teuchos::null) {
      // SPECIAL CASE: product Vector space
      // collect all submaps to store them in a hierarchical BlockedMap object
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks()==0, std::logic_error, "Found a product vector space with zero blocks.");
      std::vector<RCP<const Map> > mapsThyra(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(), Teuchos::null);
      std::vector<RCP<const Map> > mapsXpetra(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(), Teuchos::null);
      for (int b = 0; b < prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(); ++b){
        RCP<const ThyVecSpaceBase > bv = prodVectorSpace->getBlock(b);
        // can be of type Map or BlockedMap (containing Thyra GIDs)
        mapsThyra[b] = ThyUtils::toXpetra(bv, comm); // recursive call
      }
 
      // get offsets for submap GIDs
      // we need that for the full map (Xpetra GIDs)
      std::vector<GlobalOrdinal> gidOffsets(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(),0);
      for(int i = 1; i < prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(); ++i) {
        gidOffsets[i] = mapsThyra[i-1]->getMaxAllGlobalIndex() + gidOffsets[i-1] + 1;
      }
 
      for (int b = 0; b < prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(); ++b){
        RCP<const ThyVecSpaceBase > bv = prodVectorSpace->getBlock(b);
        // map can be of type Map or BlockedMap (containing Xpetra style GIDs)
        mapsXpetra[b] = MapUtils::transformThyra2XpetraGIDs(*mapsThyra[b], gidOffsets[b]);
      }
 
      resultMap = Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::BlockedMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(mapsXpetra, mapsThyra));
    } else {
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
      // STANDARD CASE: no product map
      // check whether we have a Tpetra based Thyra operator
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > tpetra_vsc = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(vectorSpace);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(Teuchos::is_null(tpetra_vsc)==true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "toXpetra failed to convert provided vector space to Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace. This is the general implementation for Tpetra only.");
 
      typedef Tpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpMap;
      typedef Tpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpVector;
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      typedef Thyra::VectorBase<Scalar> ThyVecBase;
      RCP<ThyVecBase> rgVec = Thyra::createMember<Scalar>(vectorSpace, std::string("label"));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgVec));
      RCP<const TpVector> rgTpetraVec = TOE::getTpetraVector(rgVec);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgTpetraVec));
      RCP<const TpMap> rgTpetraMap = rgTpetraVec->getMap();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgTpetraMap));
      resultMap = Xpetra::toXpetraNonConst(rgTpetraMap);
#else
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true,std::logic_error, "Cannot transform Thyra::VectorSpace to Xpetra::Map. This is the general implementation for Tpetra only, but Tpetra is disabled.");
#endif
    } // end standard case (no product map)
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(resultMap));
    return resultMap;
  }
 
  // const version
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > v, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm) {
    using Teuchos::RCP;
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::as;
 
    using ThyMultVecBase     = Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar>;
    using ThyProdMultVecBase = Thyra::ProductMultiVectorBase<Scalar>;
    using ThyUtils           = Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>;
 
    // return value
    RCP<MultiVector> xpMultVec = Teuchos::null;
 
    // check whether v is a product multi vector
    Teuchos::RCP<const ThyProdMultVecBase> thyProdVec = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyProdMultVecBase >(v);
    if(thyProdVec != Teuchos::null) {
      // SPECIAL CASE: create a nested BlockedMultiVector
      // generate nested BlockedMap (containing Thyra and Xpetra GIDs)
      RCP<Map> fullMap = ThyUtils::toXpetra(v->range(), comm);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<BlockedMap>(fullMap)));
 
      // create new Xpetra::BlockedMultiVector
      xpMultVec = MultiVectorFactory::Build(fullMap, as<size_t>(thyProdVec->domain()->dim()));
 
      RCP<BlockedMultiVector> xpBlockedMultVec = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<BlockedMultiVector>(xpMultVec, true);
 
      // loop over all blocks, transform Thyra MultiVectors to Xpetra MultiVectors recursively
      for (int b = 0; b < thyProdVec->productSpace()->numBlocks(); ++b){
        RCP<const ThyMultVecBase> thyBlockMV = thyProdVec->getMultiVectorBlock(b);
        // xpBlockMV can be of type MultiVector or BlockedMultiVector
        RCP<const MultiVector> xpBlockMV = ThyUtils::toXpetra(thyBlockMV, comm); //recursive call
        xpBlockedMultVec->setMultiVector(b, xpBlockMV, true /* Thyra mode */);
      }
    } else {
      // STANDARD CASE: no product vector
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> ConverterT;
      typedef Tpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpMultVec;
      typedef Xpetra::TpetraMultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> XpTpMultVec;
      typedef Thyra::TpetraMultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> ThyTpMultVec;
      typedef Thyra::SpmdMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThySpmdMultVecBase;
 
      RCP<const ThySpmdMultVecBase> thyraSpmdMultiVector = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThySpmdMultVecBase>(v);
      RCP<const ThyTpMultVec> thyraTpetraMultiVector = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyTpMultVec>(thyraSpmdMultiVector);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(thyraTpetraMultiVector == Teuchos::null, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "toXpetra failed to convert provided multi vector to Thyra::TpetraMultiVector. This is the general implementation for Tpetra only.");
      const RCP<const TpMultVec> tpMultVec = ConverterT::getConstTpetraMultiVector(v);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpMultVec));
      RCP<TpMultVec> tpNonConstMultVec = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<TpMultVec>(tpMultVec);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpNonConstMultVec));
      xpMultVec = rcp(new XpTpMultVec(tpNonConstMultVec));
#else
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true,std::logic_error, "Cannot transform Thyra::MultiVector to Xpetra::MultiVector. This is the general implementation for Tpetra only, but Teptra is disabled.");
#endif
    } // end standard case
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xpMultVec));
    return xpMultVec;
  }
 
  // non-const version
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > v, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm) {
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > cv =
        Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> >(v);
    Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > r =
        toXpetra(cv,comm);
    return Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(r);
  }
 
 
  static bool isTpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > & op){
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(op));
 
    // check whether we have a Tpetra based Thyra operator
    bool bIsTpetra = false;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::TpetraLinearOp<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > tpetra_op = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::TpetraLinearOp<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(op);
    bIsTpetra = Teuchos::is_null(tpetra_op) ? false : true;
 
    // for debugging purposes: find out why dynamic cast failed
    if(!bIsTpetra &&
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::EpetraLinearOp>(op) == Teuchos::null &&
#endif
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::DefaultBlockedLinearOp<Scalar> >(op) == Teuchos::null) {
      // If op is not blocked and not an Epetra object, it should be in fact an Tpetra object
      typedef Thyra::TpetraLinearOp<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> TpetraLinearOp_t;
      if(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraLinearOp_t>(op) == Teuchos::null) {
        std::cout << "ATTENTION: The dynamic cast to the TpetraLinearOp failed even though it should be a TpetraLinearOp." << std::endl;
        std::cout << "           If you are using Panzer or Stratimikos you might check that the template parameters are " << std::endl;
        std::cout << "           properly set!" << std::endl;
        std::cout << Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraLinearOp_t>(op, true) << std::endl;
      }
    }
#endif
 
#if 0
    // Check whether it is a blocked operator.
    // If yes, grab the (0,0) block and check the underlying linear algebra
    // Note: we expect that the (0,0) block exists!
    if(bIsTpetra == false) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> > ThyBlockedOp =
          Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op);
      if(ThyBlockedOp != Teuchos::null) {
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(ThyBlockedOp->blockExists(0,0)==false);
        Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > b00 =
          ThyBlockedOp->getBlock(0,0);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(b00));
        bIsTpetra = isTpetra(b00);
      }
    }
#endif
 
    return bIsTpetra;
  }
 
  static bool isEpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > & op){
    return false;
  }
 
  static bool isBlockedOperator(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > & op){
    // Check whether it is a blocked operator.
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> > ThyBlockedOp =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op);
    if(ThyBlockedOp != Teuchos::null) {
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getConstTpetraOperator(op);
      // we should also add support for the const versions!
      //getConstTpetraOperator(const RCP<const LinearOpBase<Scalar> > &op);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraOp));
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraRowMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraOp, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraRowMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraNcnstCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraCrsMat);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraNcnstCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraNcnstCrsMat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getTpetraOperator(op);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraOp));
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraRowMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraOp, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraRowMat, true);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraCrsMat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetraOperator(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getConstTpetraOperator(op);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraOp =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraOp));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraOp));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpOp =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraOp, true);
      return xpOp;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetraOperator(const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getTpetraOperator(op);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraOp =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraOp));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraOp));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpOp =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraOp, true);
      return xpOp;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::DiagonalLinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::rcp_const_cast;
 
    RCP<const Thyra::VectorBase<Scalar> > diag = op->getDiag();
 
    RCP<const Xpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xpDiag;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    using thyTpV = Thyra::TpetraVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>;
    using tV = Tpetra::Vector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>;
    if (!rcp_dynamic_cast<const thyTpV>(diag).is_null()) {
      RCP<const tV> tDiag = Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::getConstTpetraVector(diag);
      if (!tDiag.is_null())
        xpDiag = Xpetra::toXpetra(tDiag);
    }
#endif
    TEUCHOS_ASSERT(!xpDiag.is_null());
    RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > M = Xpetra::MatrixFactory<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::Build(xpDiag);
    return M;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::DiagonalLinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
    return toXpetra(Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Thyra::DiagonalLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op));
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > map) {
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > thyraMap = Teuchos::null;
 
    // check whether map is of type BlockedMap
    RCP<const BlockedMap> bmap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const BlockedMap>(map);
    if(bmap.is_null() == false) {
 
      Teuchos::Array<Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > > vecSpaces(bmap->getNumMaps());
      for(size_t i = 0; i < bmap->getNumMaps(); i++) {
        // we need Thyra GIDs for all the submaps
        Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > vs =
          Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LO,GO,Node>::toThyra(bmap->getMap(i,true));
        vecSpaces[i] = vs;
      }
 
      thyraMap = Thyra::productVectorSpace<Scalar>(vecSpaces());
      return thyraMap;
    }
 
    // standard case
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(map->lib() == Xpetra::UseTpetra) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::TpetraMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > tpetraMap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::TpetraMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(map);
      if (tpetraMap == Teuchos::null)
        throw Exceptions::BadCast("Xpetra::ThyraUtils::toThyra: Cast from Xpetra::Map to Xpetra::TpetraMap failed");
      RCP<Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > thyraTpetraMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(tpetraMap->getTpetra_Map());
      thyraMap = thyraTpetraMap;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(map->lib() == Xpetra::UseEpetra) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
 
    return thyraMap;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> >
  toThyraMultiVector(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > vec) {
 
    // create Thyra MultiVector
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseTpetra) {
      auto thyTpMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraMap>(vec->getMap())->getTpetra_Map());
      RCP<Tpetra::MultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>> tpMV = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraMultiVector>(vec)->getTpetra_MultiVector();
      auto thyDomMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(Tpetra::createLocalMapWithNode<LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(vec->getNumVectors(), vec->getMap()->getComm()));
      auto thyMV = rcp(new Thyra::TpetraMultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>());
      thyMV->initialize(thyTpMap, thyDomMap, tpMV);
      return thyMV;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseEpetra) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
 
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "MultiVector cannot be converted to Thyra.");
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorBase<Scalar> >
  toThyraVector(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Vector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > vec) {
 
    // create Thyra Vector
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseTpetra) {
      auto thyTpMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraMap>(vec->getMap())->getTpetra_Map());
      RCP<Tpetra::Vector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>> tpVec = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraVector>(vec)->getTpetra_Vector();
      auto thyVec = rcp(new Thyra::TpetraVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>());
      thyVec->initialize(thyTpMap, tpVec);
      return thyVec;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseEpetra) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
 
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Vector cannot be converted to Thyra.");
  }
 
  // update Thyra multi vector with data from Xpetra multi vector
  // In case of a Thyra::ProductMultiVector the Xpetra::MultiVector is splitted into its subparts using a provided MapExtractor
  static void
  updateThyra(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > source, Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MapExtractor<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal,Node> > mapExtractor, const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > & target) {
    using Teuchos::RCP;
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::as;
    typedef Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::SpmdVectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThySpmdVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThyMultVecBase;
    //typedef Thyra::SpmdMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThySpmdMultVecBase;
    //typedef Thyra::ProductVectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyProdVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::ProductMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThyProdMultVecBase;
 
 
    // copy data from tY_inout to Y_inout
    RCP<ThyProdMultVecBase> prodTarget = rcp_dynamic_cast<ThyProdMultVecBase>(target);
    if(prodTarget != Teuchos::null) {
      RCP<const BlockedMultiVector> bSourceVec = rcp_dynamic_cast<const BlockedMultiVector>(source);
      if(bSourceVec.is_null() == true) {
        // SPECIAL CASE: target vector is product vector:
        // update Thyra product multi vector with data from a merged Xpetra multi vector
 
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(mapExtractor == Teuchos::null, std::logic_error, "Found a Thyra product vector, but user did not provide an Xpetra::MapExtractor.");
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks() != as<int>(mapExtractor->NumMaps()), std::logic_error, "Inconsistent numbers of sub maps in Thyra::ProductVectorSpace and Xpetra::MapExtractor.");
 
        for(int bbb = 0; bbb < prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks(); ++bbb) {
          // access Xpetra data
          RCP<MultiVector> xpSubBlock = mapExtractor->ExtractVector(source, bbb, false); // use Xpetra ordering (doesn't really matter)
 
          // access Thyra data
          Teuchos::RCP<ThyMultVecBase> thySubBlock = prodTarget->getNonconstMultiVectorBlock(bbb);
          RCP<const ThyVecSpaceBase> vs = thySubBlock->range();
          RCP<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase> mpi_vs = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase>(vs);
          const LocalOrdinal localOffset = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localOffset() : 0 );
          const LocalOrdinal localSubDim = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localSubDim() : vs->dim() );
          RCP<Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar> > thyData =
              Teuchos::rcp(new Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar>(*thySubBlock,Teuchos::Range1D(localOffset,localOffset+localSubDim-1)));
 
          // loop over all vectors in multivector
          for(size_t j = 0; j < xpSubBlock->getNumVectors(); ++j) {
            Teuchos::ArrayRCP< const Scalar > xpData = xpSubBlock->getData(j); // access const data from Xpetra object
 
            // loop over all local rows
            for(LocalOrdinal i = 0; i < localSubDim; ++i) {
              (*thyData)(i,j) = xpData[i];
            }
          }
        }
      } else {
        // source vector is a blocked multivector
        // TODO test me
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks() != as<int>(bSourceVec->getBlockedMap()->getNumMaps()), std::logic_error, "Inconsistent numbers of sub maps in Thyra::ProductVectorSpace and Xpetra::BlockedMultiVector.");
 
        for(int bbb = 0; bbb < prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks(); ++bbb) {
          // access Thyra data
          RCP<MultiVector> xpSubBlock = bSourceVec->getMultiVector(bbb, true); // use Thyra ordering
 
          Teuchos::RCP<const ThyMultVecBase> thyXpSubBlock = toThyraMultiVector(xpSubBlock);
 
          // access Thyra data
          Teuchos::RCP<ThyMultVecBase> thySubBlock = prodTarget->getNonconstMultiVectorBlock(bbb);
          Thyra::assign(thySubBlock.ptr(), *thyXpSubBlock);
        }
 
      }
    } else {
      // STANDARD case:
      // update Thyra::MultiVector with data from an Xpetra::MultiVector
 
      // access Thyra data
      RCP<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase> mpi_vs = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase>(target->range());
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(mpi_vs == Teuchos::null, std::logic_error, "Failed to cast Thyra::VectorSpaceBase to Thyra::SpmdVectorSpaceBase.");
      const LocalOrdinal localOffset = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localOffset() : 0 );
      const LocalOrdinal localSubDim = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localSubDim() : target->range()->dim() );
      RCP<Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar> > thyData =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar>(*target,Teuchos::Range1D(localOffset,localOffset+localSubDim-1)));
 
      // loop over all vectors in multivector
      for(size_t j = 0; j < source->getNumVectors(); ++j) {
        Teuchos::ArrayRCP< const Scalar > xpData = source->getData(j); // access const data from Xpetra object
        // loop over all local rows
        for(LocalOrdinal i = 0; i < localSubDim; ++i) {
          (*thyData)(i,j) = xpData[i];
        }
      }
    }
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >& mat) {
    // create a Thyra operator from Xpetra::CrsMatrix
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > thyraOp = Teuchos::null;
 
    //bool bIsTpetra = false;
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat);
    if(tpetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
      //bIsTpetra = true;
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xTpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpCrsMat = xTpCrsMat->getTpetra_CrsMatrix();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpRowMat   = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::Operator <Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpOperator = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpRowMat, true);
 
      thyraOp = Thyra::createConstLinearOp(tpOperator);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraOp));
    } else {
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Cast to Tpetra::CrsMatrix failed. Assume matrix should be Epetra then. Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
#else
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Cast to Tpetra::CrsMatrix failed. Assume matrix should be Epetra then. No Epetra available");
#endif
    }
    return thyraOp;
#else
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    TEUCHOS_UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Teuchos::null);
#endif
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(const Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >& mat) {
    // create a Thyra operator from Xpetra::CrsMatrix
    Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > thyraOp = Teuchos::null;
 
    //bool bIsTpetra = false;
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat);
    if(tpetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
      //bIsTpetra = true;
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xTpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpCrsMat = xTpCrsMat->getTpetra_CrsMatrixNonConst();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpRowMat   = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator <Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpOperator = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpRowMat, true);
 
      thyraOp = Thyra::createLinearOp(tpOperator);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraOp));
    } else {
      // cast to TpetraCrsMatrix failed
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Cast to TpetraCrsMatrix failed. Assuming matrix supposed to be Epetra. Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
#else
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Cast to TpetraCrsMatrix failed. Guess, matrix should be Epetra then, but no Epetra available.");
#endif
    }
    return thyraOp;
#else
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    TEUCHOS_UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Teuchos::null);
#endif
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(const Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::BlockedCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >& mat) {
 
    int nRows = mat->Rows();
    int nCols = mat->Cols();
 
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > Ablock = mat->getInnermostCrsMatrix();
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > Ablock_wrap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(Ablock);
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Ablock_wrap.is_null() == true);
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(Ablock_wrap->getCrsMatrix());
    if(tpetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
 
      // create new Thyra blocked operator
      Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::PhysicallyBlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> > blockMat =
          Thyra::defaultBlockedLinearOp<Scalar>();
 
      blockMat->beginBlockFill(nRows,nCols);
 
      for (int r=0; r<nRows; ++r) {
        for (int c=0; c<nCols; ++c) {
          Teuchos::RCP<Matrix> xpmat = mat->getMatrix(r,c);
 
          if(xpmat == Teuchos::null) continue; // shortcut for empty blocks
 
          Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > thBlock = Teuchos::null;
 
          // check whether the subblock is again a blocked operator
          Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::BlockedCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpblock =
              Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::BlockedCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpmat);
          if(xpblock != Teuchos::null) {
            if(xpblock->Rows() == 1 && xpblock->Cols() == 1) {
              // If it is a single block operator, unwrap it
              Teuchos::RCP<CrsMatrixWrap> xpwrap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<CrsMatrixWrap>(xpblock->getCrsMatrix());
              TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(xpwrap.is_null() == true);
              thBlock = Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::toThyra(xpwrap->getCrsMatrix());
            } else {
              // recursive call for general blocked operators
              thBlock = Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::toThyra(xpblock);
            }
          } else {
            // check whether it is a CRSMatrix object
            Teuchos::RCP<CrsMatrixWrap> xpwrap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<CrsMatrixWrap>(xpmat);
            TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(xpwrap.is_null() == true);
            thBlock = Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::toThyra(xpwrap->getCrsMatrix());
          }
 
          blockMat->setBlock(r,c,thBlock);
        }
      }
 
      blockMat->endBlockFill();
 
      return blockMat;
    } else {
      // tpetraMat == Teuchos::null
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Cast to TpetraCrsMatrix failed. Assuming matrix supposed to be Epetra. Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
#else
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Cast to TpetraCrsMatrix failed. Guess, matrix should be Epetra then, but no Epetra available.");
#endif
      TEUCHOS_UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Teuchos::null);
    }
#endif // endif HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
 
//4-Aug-2017 JJH Added 2nd condition to avoid "warning: dynamic initialization in unreachable code"
//               If HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA is defined, then this method will always return or throw in the if-then-else above.
#if defined(HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA) && !defined(HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA)
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    TEUCHOS_UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Teuchos::null);
#endif // endif HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
  }
 
}; // end Utils class
 
 
// full specialization for Epetra support
// Note, that Thyra only has support for Epetra (not for Epetra64)
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
 
#ifndef XPETRA_EPETRA_NO_32BIT_GLOBAL_INDICES
template <>
class ThyraUtils<double, int, int, EpetraNode> {
public:
  typedef double Scalar;
  typedef int LocalOrdinal;
  typedef int GlobalOrdinal;
  typedef EpetraNode Node;
 
private:
#undef XPETRA_THYRAUTILS_SHORT
#include "Xpetra_UseShortNames.hpp"
 
public:
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::StridedMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> >& vectorSpace, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm, std::vector<size_t>& stridingInfo, LocalOrdinal stridedBlockId = -1, GlobalOrdinal offset = 0) {
 
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > map = ThyraUtils<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>::toXpetra(vectorSpace,comm);
 
    if(stridedBlockId == -1) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(map->getLocalNumElements() % stridingInfo.size() != 0);
    }
    else {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(map->getLocalNumElements() % stridingInfo[stridedBlockId] != 0);
    }
 
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::StridedMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > ret = Xpetra::StridedMapFactory<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::Build(map, stridingInfo, stridedBlockId, offset);
    return ret;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> >& vectorSpace, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm) {
    using Teuchos::RCP;
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::as;
    typedef Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::ProductVectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyProdVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> ThyUtils;
 
    RCP<Map> resultMap = Teuchos::null;
 
    RCP<const ThyProdVecSpaceBase > prodVectorSpace = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyProdVecSpaceBase >(vectorSpace);
    if(prodVectorSpace != Teuchos::null) {
      // SPECIAL CASE: product Vector space
      // collect all submaps to store them in a hierarchical BlockedMap object
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks()==0, std::logic_error, "Found a product vector space with zero blocks.");
      std::vector<RCP<const Map> > mapsThyra(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(), Teuchos::null);
      std::vector<RCP<const Map> > mapsXpetra(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(), Teuchos::null);
      for (int b = 0; b < prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(); ++b){
        RCP<const ThyVecSpaceBase > bv = prodVectorSpace->getBlock(b);
        // can be of type Map or BlockedMap (containing Thyra GIDs)
        mapsThyra[b] = ThyUtils::toXpetra(bv, comm); // recursive call
      }
 
      // get offsets for submap GIDs
      // we need that for the full map (Xpetra GIDs)
      std::vector<GlobalOrdinal> gidOffsets(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(),0);
      for(int i = 1; i < prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(); ++i) {
        gidOffsets[i] = mapsThyra[i-1]->getMaxAllGlobalIndex() + gidOffsets[i-1] + 1;
      }
 
      for (int b = 0; b < prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(); ++b){
        RCP<const ThyVecSpaceBase > bv = prodVectorSpace->getBlock(b);
        // map can be of type Map or BlockedMap (containing Xpetra style GIDs)
        mapsXpetra[b] = MapUtils::transformThyra2XpetraGIDs(*mapsThyra[b], gidOffsets[b]);
      }
 
      resultMap = Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::BlockedMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(mapsXpetra, mapsThyra));
    } else {
      // STANDARD CASE: no product map
      // Epetra/Tpetra specific code to access the underlying map data
 
      // check whether we have a Tpetra based Thyra operator
      bool bIsTpetra = false;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > tpetra_vsc = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(vectorSpace);
      bIsTpetra = Teuchos::is_null(tpetra_vsc) ? false : true;
#endif
#endif
 
      // check whether we have an Epetra based Thyra operator
      bool bIsEpetra = !bIsTpetra; // note: this is a little bit fragile!
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
      if(bIsTpetra) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
        typedef Thyra::VectorBase<Scalar> ThyVecBase;
        typedef Tpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpMap;
        typedef Tpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpVector;
        typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
        RCP<ThyVecBase> rgVec = Thyra::createMember<Scalar>(vectorSpace, std::string("label"));
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgVec));
        RCP<const TpVector> rgTpetraVec = TOE::getTpetraVector(rgVec);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgTpetraVec));
        RCP<const TpMap> rgTpetraMap = rgTpetraVec->getMap();
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgTpetraMap));
 
        resultMap = Xpetra::toXpetraNonConst(rgTpetraMap);
#else
        throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Problem AAA. Add TPETRA_INST_INT_INT:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
      }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
      if(bIsEpetra) {
        //RCP<const Epetra_Map> epMap = Teuchos::null;
        RCP<const Epetra_Map>
        epetra_map = Teuchos::get_extra_data<RCP<const Epetra_Map> >(vectorSpace,"epetra_map");
        if(!Teuchos::is_null(epetra_map)) {
          resultMap = Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>(epetra_map));
          TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(resultMap));
        } else {
          TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true,std::logic_error, "No Epetra_Map data found in Thyra::VectorSpace.");
        }
      }
#endif
    } // end standard case (no product map)
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(resultMap));
    return resultMap;
  }
 
  // const version
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > v, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm) {
    using Teuchos::RCP;
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::as;
 
    using ThyProdMultVecBase = Thyra::ProductMultiVectorBase<Scalar>;
    using ThyMultVecBase     = Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar>;
    using ThyUtils           = Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>;
 
    // return value
    RCP<MultiVector> xpMultVec = Teuchos::null;
 
    // check whether v is a product multi vector
    Teuchos::RCP<const ThyProdMultVecBase> thyProdVec = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyProdMultVecBase >(v);
    if(thyProdVec != Teuchos::null) {
      // SPECIAL CASE: create a nested BlockedMultiVector
      // generate nested BlockedMap (containing Thyra and Xpetra GIDs)
      RCP<Map> fullMap = ThyUtils::toXpetra(v->range(), comm);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<BlockedMap>(fullMap)));
 
      // create new Xpetra::BlockedMultiVector
      xpMultVec = MultiVectorFactory::Build(fullMap, as<size_t>(thyProdVec->domain()->dim()));
 
      RCP<BlockedMultiVector> xpBlockedMultVec = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<BlockedMultiVector>(xpMultVec, true);
 
      // loop over all blocks, transform Thyra MultiVectors to Xpetra MultiVectors recursively
      for (int b = 0; b < thyProdVec->productSpace()->numBlocks(); ++b){
        RCP<const ThyMultVecBase> thyBlockMV = thyProdVec->getMultiVectorBlock(b);
        // xpBlockMV can be of type MultiVector or BlockedMultiVector
        RCP<const MultiVector> xpBlockMV = ThyUtils::toXpetra(thyBlockMV, comm); //recursive call
        xpBlockedMultVec->setMultiVector(b, xpBlockMV, true /* Thyra mode */);
      }
 
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xpMultVec));
      return xpMultVec;
    } else {
      // STANDARD CASE: no product vector
      // Epetra/Tpetra specific code to access the underlying map data
      bool bIsTpetra = false;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      //typedef Tpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpMap;
      //typedef Tpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpVector;
      typedef Thyra::SpmdMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThySpmdMultVecBase;
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> ConverterT;
      typedef Tpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpMultVec;
      typedef Xpetra::TpetraMultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> XpTpMultVec;
      typedef Thyra::TpetraMultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> ThyTpMultVec;
 
      RCP<const ThySpmdMultVecBase> thyraSpmdMultiVector = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThySpmdMultVecBase>(v);
      RCP<const ThyTpMultVec> thyraTpetraMultiVector = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyTpMultVec>(thyraSpmdMultiVector);
      if(thyraTpetraMultiVector != Teuchos::null) {
        bIsTpetra = true;
        const RCP<const TpMultVec> tpMultVec = ConverterT::getConstTpetraMultiVector(v);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpMultVec));
        RCP<TpMultVec> tpNonConstMultVec = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<TpMultVec>(tpMultVec);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpNonConstMultVec));
        xpMultVec = rcp(new XpTpMultVec(tpNonConstMultVec));
      }
#endif
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
      if(bIsTpetra == false) {
        // no product vector
        Teuchos::RCP<Map> map = ThyUtils::toXpetra(v->range(), comm);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(map));
        RCP<Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xeMap = rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(map, true);
        RCP<const Epetra_Map> eMap = xeMap->getEpetra_MapRCP();
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(eMap));
        Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_MultiVector> epMultVec = Thyra::get_Epetra_MultiVector(*eMap, v);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epMultVec));
        RCP<Epetra_MultiVector> epNonConstMultVec = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Epetra_MultiVector>(epMultVec);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epNonConstMultVec));
        xpMultVec = Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraMultiVectorT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>(epNonConstMultVec));
      }
#endif
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xpMultVec));
      return xpMultVec;
    } // end standard case
  }
 
  // non-const version
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > v, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm) {
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > cv =
        Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> >(v);
    Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > r =
        toXpetra(cv,comm);
    return Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(r);
  }
 
  static bool isTpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > & op){
    // check whether we have a Tpetra based Thyra operator
    bool bIsTpetra = false;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::TpetraLinearOp<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > tpetra_op = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::TpetraLinearOp<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(op);
    bIsTpetra = Teuchos::is_null(tpetra_op) ? false : true;
 
    // for debugging purposes: find out why dynamic cast failed
    if(!bIsTpetra &&
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::EpetraLinearOp>(op) == Teuchos::null &&
#endif
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::DefaultBlockedLinearOp<Scalar> >(op) == Teuchos::null) {
      // If op is not blocked and not an Epetra object, it should be in fact an Tpetra object
      typedef Thyra::TpetraLinearOp<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> TpetraLinearOp_t;
      if(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraLinearOp_t>(op) == Teuchos::null) {
        std::cout << "ATTENTION: The dynamic cast to the TpetraLinearOp failed even though it should be a TpetraLinearOp." << std::endl;
        std::cout << "           If you are using Panzer or Stratimikos you might check that the template parameters are " << std::endl;
        std::cout << "           properly set!" << std::endl;
        std::cout << Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraLinearOp_t>(op, true) << std::endl;
      }
    }
#endif
#endif
 
#if 0
    // Check whether it is a blocked operator.
    // If yes, grab the (0,0) block and check the underlying linear algebra
    // Note: we expect that the (0,0) block exists!
    if(bIsTpetra == false) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> > ThyBlockedOp =
          Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op);
      if(ThyBlockedOp != Teuchos::null) {
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(ThyBlockedOp->blockExists(0,0)==false);
        Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > b00 =
          ThyBlockedOp->getBlock(0,0);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(b00));
        bIsTpetra = isTpetra(b00);
      }
    }
#endif
 
    return bIsTpetra;
  }
 
  static bool isEpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > & op){
    // check whether we have an Epetra based Thyra operator
    bool bIsEpetra = false;
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::EpetraLinearOp> epetra_op = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::EpetraLinearOp>(op,false);
    bIsEpetra = Teuchos::is_null(epetra_op) ? false : true;
#endif
 
#if 0
    // Check whether it is a blocked operator.
    // If yes, grab the (0,0) block and check the underlying linear algebra
    // Note: we expect that the (0,0) block exists!
    if(bIsEpetra == false) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> > ThyBlockedOp =
          Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op,false);
      if(ThyBlockedOp != Teuchos::null) {
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(ThyBlockedOp->blockExists(0,0)==false);
        Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > b00 =
          ThyBlockedOp->getBlock(0,0);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(b00));
        bIsEpetra = isEpetra(b00);
      }
    }
#endif
 
    return bIsEpetra;
  }
 
  static bool isBlockedOperator(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > & op){
    // Check whether it is a blocked operator.
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> > ThyBlockedOp =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op);
    if(ThyBlockedOp != Teuchos::null) {
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getConstTpetraOperator(op);
      // we should also add support for the const versions!
      //getConstTpetraOperator(const RCP<const LinearOpBase<Scalar> > &op);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraOp));
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraRowMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraOp);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraRowMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraRowMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraNcnstCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraCrsMat);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraNcnstCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraNcnstCrsMat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > ret =
          Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraCrsMat);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Problem BBB. Add TPETRA_INST_INT_INT:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_Operator> epetra_op = Thyra::get_Epetra_Operator( *op );
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epetra_op));
      Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_RowMatrix> epetra_rowmat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Epetra_RowMatrix>(epetra_op, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_CrsMatrix> epetra_crsmat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Epetra_CrsMatrix>(epetra_rowmat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_CrsMatrix> epetra_ncnstcrsmat = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Epetra_CrsMatrix>(epetra_crsmat);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epetra_ncnstcrsmat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  > xEpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> (epetra_ncnstcrsmat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xEpetraCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xEpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getTpetraOperator(op);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraOp));
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraRowMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraOp, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraRowMat, true);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraCrsMat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Problem CCC. Add TPETRA_INST_INT_INT:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_Operator> epetra_op = Thyra::get_Epetra_Operator( *op );
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epetra_op));
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_RowMatrix> epetra_rowmat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Epetra_RowMatrix>(epetra_op, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_CrsMatrix> epetra_crsmat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Epetra_CrsMatrix>(epetra_rowmat, true);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  > xEpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> (epetra_crsmat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xEpetraCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xEpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetraOperator(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
    return toXpetraOperator(Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op));
 
// #ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
//     if(isTpetra(op)) {
//       typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
//       Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getConstTpetraOperator(op);
 
//       Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > nonConstTpetraOp =
//         Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraOp);
 
//       Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraOp =
//         Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(nonConstTpetraOp));
//       TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraOp));
 
//       Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpOp =
//         Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraOp, true);
//       return xpOp;
//     }
// #endif
 
// #ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
//     if(isEpetra(op)) {
//       TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
//     }
// #endif
//     return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetraOperator(const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getTpetraOperator(op);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraOp =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraOp));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraOp));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpOp =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraOp, true);
      return xpOp;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::DiagonalLinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::rcp_const_cast;
 
    RCP<const Thyra::VectorBase<Scalar> > diag = op->getDiag();
 
    RCP<const Xpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xpDiag;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    using thyTpV = Thyra::TpetraVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>;
    using tV = Tpetra::Vector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>;
    if (!rcp_dynamic_cast<const thyTpV>(diag).is_null()) {
      RCP<const tV> tDiag = Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::getConstTpetraVector(diag);
      if (!tDiag.is_null())
        xpDiag = Xpetra::toXpetra(tDiag);
    }
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    using ThyVSBase = Thyra::SpmdVectorSpaceBase<Scalar>;
    if (xpDiag.is_null()) {
      RCP<const Epetra_Comm> comm = Thyra::get_Epetra_Comm(*rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyVSBase>(op->range())->getComm());
      RCP<const Epetra_Map> map = Thyra::get_Epetra_Map(*(op->range()), comm);
      if (!map.is_null()) {
        RCP<const Epetra_Vector> eDiag = Thyra::get_Epetra_Vector(*map, diag);
        RCP<Epetra_Vector> nceDiag = rcp_const_cast<Epetra_Vector>(eDiag);
        RCP<Xpetra::EpetraVectorT<int,Node> > xpEpDiag = rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraVectorT<int,Node>(nceDiag));
        xpDiag = rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(xpEpDiag, true);
      }
    }
#endif
    TEUCHOS_ASSERT(!xpDiag.is_null());
    RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > M = Xpetra::MatrixFactory<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::Build(xpDiag);
    return M;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::DiagonalLinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
    return toXpetra(Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Thyra::DiagonalLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op));
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > map) {
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > thyraMap = Teuchos::null;
 
    // check whether map is of type BlockedMap
    RCP<const BlockedMap> bmap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const BlockedMap>(map);
    if(bmap.is_null() == false) {
 
      Teuchos::Array<Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > > vecSpaces(bmap->getNumMaps());
      for(size_t i = 0; i < bmap->getNumMaps(); i++) {
        // we need Thyra GIDs for all the submaps
        Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > vs =
          Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LO,GO,Node>::toThyra(bmap->getMap(i,true));
        vecSpaces[i] = vs;
      }
 
      thyraMap = Thyra::productVectorSpace<Scalar>(vecSpaces());
      return thyraMap;
    }
 
    // standard case
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(map->lib() == Xpetra::UseTpetra) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::TpetraMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > tpetraMap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::TpetraMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(map);
      if (tpetraMap == Teuchos::null)
        throw Exceptions::BadCast("Xpetra::ThyraUtils::toThyra: Cast from Xpetra::Map to Xpetra::TpetraMap failed");
      RCP< const Tpetra::Map< LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node > > tpMap = tpetraMap->getTpetra_Map();
      RCP<Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > thyraTpetraMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(tpMap);
      thyraMap = thyraTpetraMap;
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Problem DDD. Add TPETRA_INST_INT_INT:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(map->lib() == Xpetra::UseEpetra) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> > epetraMap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(map);
      if (epetraMap == Teuchos::null)
        throw Exceptions::BadCast("Xpetra::ThyraUtils::toThyra: Cast from Xpetra::Map to Xpetra::EpetraMap failed");
      RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > thyraEpetraMap = Thyra::create_VectorSpace(epetraMap->getEpetra_MapRCP());
      thyraMap = thyraEpetraMap;
    }
#endif
 
    return thyraMap;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> >
  toThyraMultiVector(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > vec) {
 
    // create Thyra MultiVector
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseTpetra) {
      auto thyTpMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraMap>(vec->getMap())->getTpetra_Map());
      RCP<Tpetra::MultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>> tpMV = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraMultiVector>(vec)->getTpetra_MultiVector();
      auto thyDomMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(Tpetra::createLocalMapWithNode<LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(vec->getNumVectors(), vec->getMap()->getComm()));
      auto thyMV = rcp(new Thyra::TpetraMultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>());
      thyMV->initialize(thyTpMap, thyDomMap, tpMV);
      return thyMV;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseEpetra) {
      auto thyEpMap = Thyra::create_VectorSpace(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(vec->getMap())->getEpetra_MapRCP());
      auto epMV = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const EpetraMultiVectorT<GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(vec)->getEpetra_MultiVector();
      auto thyMV = Thyra::create_MultiVector(epMV, thyEpMap);
      return thyMV;
    }
#endif
 
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "MultiVector cannot be converted to Thyra.");
 
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorBase<Scalar> >
  toThyraVector(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Vector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > vec) {
 
    // create Thyra Vector
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseTpetra) {
      auto thyTpMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraMap>(vec->getMap())->getTpetra_Map());
      RCP<Tpetra::Vector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>> tpVec = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraVector>(vec)->getTpetra_Vector();
      auto thyVec = rcp(new Thyra::TpetraVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>());
      thyVec->initialize(thyTpMap, tpVec);
      return thyVec;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseEpetra) {
      auto thyEpMap = Thyra::create_VectorSpace(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(vec->getMap())->getEpetra_MapRCP());
      auto epVec = rcp(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const EpetraVectorT<GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(vec)->getEpetra_Vector(), false);
      auto thyVec = Thyra::create_Vector(epVec, thyEpMap);
      return thyVec;
    }
#endif
 
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Vector cannot be converted to Thyra.");
  }
 
  static void updateThyra(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > source, Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MapExtractor<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal,Node> > mapExtractor, const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > & target) {
    using Teuchos::RCP;
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::as;
    typedef Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::SpmdVectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThySpmdVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThyMultVecBase;
    //typedef Thyra::SpmdMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThySpmdMultVecBase;
    //typedef Thyra::ProductVectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyProdVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::ProductMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThyProdMultVecBase;
 
    // copy data from tY_inout to Y_inout
    RCP<ThyProdMultVecBase> prodTarget = rcp_dynamic_cast<ThyProdMultVecBase>(target);
    if(prodTarget != Teuchos::null) {
 
      RCP<const BlockedMultiVector> bSourceVec = rcp_dynamic_cast<const BlockedMultiVector>(source);
      if(bSourceVec.is_null() == true) {
        // SPECIAL CASE: target vector is product vector:
        // update Thyra product multi vector with data from a merged Xpetra multi vector
 
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(mapExtractor == Teuchos::null, std::logic_error, "Found a Thyra product vector, but user did not provide an Xpetra::MapExtractor.");
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks() != as<int>(mapExtractor->NumMaps()), std::logic_error, "Inconsistent numbers of sub maps in Thyra::ProductVectorSpace and Xpetra::MapExtractor.");
 
        for(int bbb = 0; bbb < prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks(); ++bbb) {
          // access Xpetra data
          RCP<MultiVector> xpSubBlock = mapExtractor->ExtractVector(source, bbb, false); // use Xpetra ordering (doesn't really matter)
 
          // access Thyra data
          Teuchos::RCP<ThyMultVecBase> thySubBlock = prodTarget->getNonconstMultiVectorBlock(bbb);
          RCP<const ThyVecSpaceBase> vs = thySubBlock->range();
          RCP<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase> mpi_vs = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase>(vs);
          const LocalOrdinal localOffset = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localOffset() : 0 );
          const LocalOrdinal localSubDim = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localSubDim() : vs->dim() );
          RCP<Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar> > thyData =
              Teuchos::rcp(new Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar>(*thySubBlock,Teuchos::Range1D(localOffset,localOffset+localSubDim-1)));
 
          // loop over all vectors in multivector
          for(size_t j = 0; j < xpSubBlock->getNumVectors(); ++j) {
            Teuchos::ArrayRCP< const Scalar > xpData = xpSubBlock->getData(j); // access const data from Xpetra object
 
            // loop over all local rows
            for(LocalOrdinal i = 0; i < localSubDim; ++i) {
              (*thyData)(i,j) = xpData[i];
            }
          }
        }
      } else {
        // source vector is a blocked multivector
        // TODO test me
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks() != as<int>(bSourceVec->getBlockedMap()->getNumMaps()), std::logic_error, "Inconsistent numbers of sub maps in Thyra::ProductVectorSpace and Xpetra::BlockedMultiVector.");
 
        for(int bbb = 0; bbb < prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks(); ++bbb) {
          // access Thyra data
          RCP<MultiVector> xpSubBlock = bSourceVec->getMultiVector(bbb, true); // use Thyra ordering
 
          Teuchos::RCP<const ThyMultVecBase> thyXpSubBlock = toThyraMultiVector(xpSubBlock);
 
          // access Thyra data
          Teuchos::RCP<ThyMultVecBase> thySubBlock = prodTarget->getNonconstMultiVectorBlock(bbb);
          Thyra::assign(thySubBlock.ptr(), *thyXpSubBlock);
        }
 
      }
    } else {
      // STANDARD case:
      // update Thyra::MultiVector with data from an Xpetra::MultiVector
 
      // access Thyra data
      RCP<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase> mpi_vs = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase>(target->range());
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(mpi_vs == Teuchos::null, std::logic_error, "Failed to cast Thyra::VectorSpaceBase to Thyra::SpmdVectorSpaceBase.");
      const LocalOrdinal localOffset = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localOffset() : 0 );
      const LocalOrdinal localSubDim = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localSubDim() : target->range()->dim() );
      RCP<Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar> > thyData =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar>(*target,Teuchos::Range1D(localOffset,localOffset+localSubDim-1)));
 
      // loop over all vectors in multivector
      for(size_t j = 0; j < source->getNumVectors(); ++j) {
        Teuchos::ArrayRCP< const Scalar > xpData = source->getData(j); // access const data from Xpetra object
        // loop over all local rows
        for(LocalOrdinal i = 0; i < localSubDim; ++i) {
          (*thyData)(i,j) = xpData[i];
        }
      }
    }
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >& mat) {
    // create a Thyra operator from Xpetra::CrsMatrix
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > thyraOp = Teuchos::null;
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat);
    if(tpetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xTpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpCrsMat = xTpCrsMat->getTpetra_CrsMatrix();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpRowMat   = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::Operator <Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpOperator = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpRowMat, true);
 
      thyraOp = Thyra::createConstLinearOp(tpOperator);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraOp));
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Add TPETRA_INST_INT_INT:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> > epetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(mat);
    if(epetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  > xEpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  >(mat);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xEpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_CrsMatrix> epCrsMat = xEpCrsMat->getEpetra_CrsMatrix();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::EpetraLinearOp> thyraEpOp = Thyra::epetraLinearOp(epCrsMat,"op");
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraEpOp));
      thyraOp = thyraEpOp;
    }
#endif
    return thyraOp;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(const Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >& mat) {
    // create a Thyra operator from Xpetra::CrsMatrix
    Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > thyraOp = Teuchos::null;
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat);
    if(tpetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_INT) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xTpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpCrsMat = xTpCrsMat->getTpetra_CrsMatrixNonConst();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpRowMat   = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator <Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpOperator = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpRowMat, true);
 
      thyraOp = Thyra::createLinearOp(tpOperator);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraOp));
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Add TPETRA_INST_INT_INT:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> > epetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(mat);
    if(epetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  > xEpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  >(mat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_CrsMatrix> epCrsMat = xEpCrsMat->getEpetra_CrsMatrixNonConst();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::EpetraLinearOp> thyraEpOp = Thyra::nonconstEpetraLinearOp(epCrsMat,"op");
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraEpOp));
      thyraOp = thyraEpOp;
    }
#endif
    return thyraOp;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(const Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::BlockedCrsMatrix<double, int, int, EpetraNode> >& mat);
 
}; // specialization on SC=double, LO=GO=int and NO=EpetraNode
#endif // #ifndef XPETRA_EPETRA_NO_32BIT_GLOBAL_INDICES
 
#ifndef XPETRA_EPETRA_NO_64BIT_GLOBAL_INDICES
template <>
class ThyraUtils<double, int, long long, EpetraNode> {
public:
  typedef double        Scalar;
  typedef int           LocalOrdinal;
  typedef long long     GlobalOrdinal;
  typedef EpetraNode    Node;
 
private:
#undef XPETRA_THYRAUTILS_SHORT
#include "Xpetra_UseShortNames.hpp"
 
public:
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::StridedMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> >& vectorSpace, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm, std::vector<size_t>& stridingInfo, LocalOrdinal stridedBlockId = -1, GlobalOrdinal offset = 0) {
 
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > map = ThyraUtils<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>::toXpetra(vectorSpace,comm);
 
    if(stridedBlockId == -1) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(map->getLocalNumElements() % stridingInfo.size() != 0);
    }
    else {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(map->getLocalNumElements() % stridingInfo[stridedBlockId] != 0);
    }
 
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::StridedMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > ret = Xpetra::StridedMapFactory<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::Build(map, stridingInfo, stridedBlockId, offset);
    return ret;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> >& vectorSpace, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm) {
    using Teuchos::RCP;
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::as;
    typedef Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::ProductVectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyProdVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> ThyUtils;
 
    RCP<const ThyProdVecSpaceBase > prodVectorSpace = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyProdVecSpaceBase >(vectorSpace);
    if(prodVectorSpace != Teuchos::null) {
      // SPECIAL CASE: product Vector space
      // collect all submaps to store them in a hierarchical BlockedMap object
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks()==0, std::logic_error, "Found a product vector space with zero blocks.");
      std::vector<RCP<const Map> > mapsThyra(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(), Teuchos::null);
      std::vector<RCP<const Map> > mapsXpetra(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(), Teuchos::null);
      for (int b = 0; b < prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(); ++b){
        RCP<const ThyVecSpaceBase > bv = prodVectorSpace->getBlock(b);
        // can be of type Map or BlockedMap (containing Thyra GIDs)
        mapsThyra[b] = ThyUtils::toXpetra(bv, comm); // recursive call
      }
 
      // get offsets for submap GIDs
      // we need that for the full map (Xpetra GIDs)
      std::vector<GlobalOrdinal> gidOffsets(prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(),0);
      for(int i = 1; i < prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(); ++i) {
        gidOffsets[i] = mapsThyra[i-1]->getMaxAllGlobalIndex() + gidOffsets[i-1] + 1;
      }
 
      for (int b = 0; b < prodVectorSpace->numBlocks(); ++b){
        RCP<const ThyVecSpaceBase > bv = prodVectorSpace->getBlock(b);
        // map can be of type Map or BlockedMap (containing Xpetra style GIDs)
        mapsXpetra[b] = MapUtils::transformThyra2XpetraGIDs(*mapsThyra[b], gidOffsets[b]);
      }
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Map> resultMap = Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::BlockedMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(mapsXpetra, mapsThyra));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(resultMap));
      return resultMap;
    } else {
      // STANDARD CASE: no product map
      // Epetra/Tpetra specific code to access the underlying map data
 
      // check whether we have a Tpetra based Thyra operator
      bool bIsTpetra = false;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > tpetra_vsc = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(vectorSpace);
      bIsTpetra = Teuchos::is_null(tpetra_vsc) ? false : true;
#endif
#endif
 
      // check whether we have an Epetra based Thyra operator
      bool bIsEpetra = !bIsTpetra; // note: this is a little bit fragile!
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
      if(bIsTpetra) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
        typedef Thyra::VectorBase<Scalar> ThyVecBase;
        typedef Tpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpMap;
        typedef Tpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpVector;
        typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
        RCP<ThyVecBase> rgVec = Thyra::createMember<Scalar>(vectorSpace, std::string("label"));
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgVec));
        RCP<const TpVector> rgTpetraVec = TOE::getTpetraVector(rgVec);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgTpetraVec));
        RCP<const TpMap> rgTpetraMap = rgTpetraVec->getMap();
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgTpetraMap));
 
        RCP<Map> rgXpetraMap = Xpetra::toXpetraNonConst(rgTpetraMap);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgXpetraMap));
        return rgXpetraMap;
#else
        throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Add TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
      }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
      if(bIsEpetra) {
        //RCP<const Epetra_Map> epMap = Teuchos::null;
        RCP<const Epetra_Map>
        epetra_map = Teuchos::get_extra_data<RCP<const Epetra_Map> >(vectorSpace,"epetra_map");
        if(!Teuchos::is_null(epetra_map)) {
          Teuchos::RCP<Map> rgXpetraMap = Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>(epetra_map));
          TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(rgXpetraMap));
          return rgXpetraMap;
        } else {
          TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true,std::logic_error, "No Epetra_Map data found in Thyra::VectorSpace.");
        }
      }
#endif
    } // end standard case (no product map)
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true,std::logic_error, "Cannot transform Thyra::VectorSpace to Xpetra::Map.");
    // return Teuchos::null; // unreachable
  }
 
  // const version
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > v, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm) {
    using Teuchos::RCP;
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::as;
    typedef Thyra::ProductMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThyProdMultVecBase;
    typedef Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThyMultVecBase;
    typedef Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> ThyUtils;
 
    // return value
    RCP<MultiVector> xpMultVec = Teuchos::null;
 
    // check whether v is a product multi vector
    Teuchos::RCP<const ThyProdMultVecBase> thyProdVec = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyProdMultVecBase >(v);
    if(thyProdVec != Teuchos::null) {
      // SPECIAL CASE: create a nested BlockedMultiVector
      // generate nested BlockedMap (containing Thyra and Xpetra GIDs)
      RCP<Map> fullMap = ThyUtils::toXpetra(v->range(), comm);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<BlockedMap>(fullMap)));
 
      // create new Xpetra::BlockedMultiVector
      xpMultVec = MultiVectorFactory::Build(fullMap, as<size_t>(thyProdVec->domain()->dim()));
 
      RCP<BlockedMultiVector> xpBlockedMultVec = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<BlockedMultiVector>(xpMultVec);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xpBlockedMultVec));
 
      // loop over all blocks, transform Thyra MultiVectors to Xpetra MultiVectors recursively
      for (int b = 0; b < thyProdVec->productSpace()->numBlocks(); ++b){
        RCP<const ThyMultVecBase> thyBlockMV = thyProdVec->getMultiVectorBlock(b);
        // xpBlockMV can be of type MultiVector or BlockedMultiVector
        RCP<const MultiVector> xpBlockMV = ThyUtils::toXpetra(thyBlockMV, comm); //recursive call
        xpBlockedMultVec->setMultiVector(b, xpBlockMV, true /* Thyra mode */);
      }
 
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xpMultVec));
      return xpMultVec;
    } else {
      // STANDARD CASE: no product vector
      // Epetra/Tpetra specific code to access the underlying map data
      bool bIsTpetra = false;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      //typedef Tpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpMap;
      //typedef Tpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpVector;
      typedef Thyra::SpmdMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThySpmdMultVecBase;
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> ConverterT;
      typedef Tpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TpMultVec;
      typedef Xpetra::TpetraMultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> XpTpMultVec;
      typedef Thyra::TpetraMultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> ThyTpMultVec;
 
      RCP<const ThySpmdMultVecBase> thyraSpmdMultiVector = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThySpmdMultVecBase>(v);
      RCP<const ThyTpMultVec> thyraTpetraMultiVector = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyTpMultVec>(thyraSpmdMultiVector);
      if(thyraTpetraMultiVector != Teuchos::null) {
        bIsTpetra = true;
        const RCP<const TpMultVec> tpMultVec = ConverterT::getConstTpetraMultiVector(v);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpMultVec));
        RCP<TpMultVec> tpNonConstMultVec = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<TpMultVec>(tpMultVec);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpNonConstMultVec));
        xpMultVec = rcp(new XpTpMultVec(tpNonConstMultVec));
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xpMultVec));
        return xpMultVec;
      }
#endif
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
      if(bIsTpetra == false) {
        // no product vector
        Teuchos::RCP<Map> map = ThyUtils::toXpetra(v->range(), comm);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(map));
        RCP<Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xeMap = rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(map, true);
        RCP<const Epetra_Map> eMap = xeMap->getEpetra_MapRCP();
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(eMap));
        Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_MultiVector> epMultVec = Thyra::get_Epetra_MultiVector(*eMap, v);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epMultVec));
        RCP<Epetra_MultiVector> epNonConstMultVec = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Epetra_MultiVector>(epMultVec);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epNonConstMultVec));
        xpMultVec = Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraMultiVectorT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>(epNonConstMultVec));
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xpMultVec));
        return xpMultVec;
      }
#endif
    } // end standard case
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true,std::logic_error, "Cannot transform Thyra::MultiVector to Xpetra::MultiVector.");
    // return Teuchos::null; // unreachable
  }
 
  // non-const version
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >
  toXpetra(Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > v, const Teuchos::RCP<const Teuchos::Comm<int> >& comm) {
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > cv =
        Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> >(v);
    Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > r =
        toXpetra(cv,comm);
    return Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(r);
  }
 
  static bool isTpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > & op){
    // check whether we have a Tpetra based Thyra operator
    bool bIsTpetra = false;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::TpetraLinearOp<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > tpetra_op = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::TpetraLinearOp<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(op);
    bIsTpetra = Teuchos::is_null(tpetra_op) ? false : true;
 
    // for debugging purposes: find out why dynamic cast failed
    if(!bIsTpetra &&
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::EpetraLinearOp>(op) == Teuchos::null &&
#endif
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::DefaultBlockedLinearOp<Scalar> >(op) == Teuchos::null) {
      // If op is not blocked and not an Epetra object, it should be in fact an Tpetra object
      typedef Thyra::TpetraLinearOp<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> TpetraLinearOp_t;
      if(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraLinearOp_t>(op) == Teuchos::null) {
        std::cout << "ATTENTION: The dynamic cast to the TpetraLinearOp failed even though it should be a TpetraLinearOp." << std::endl;
        std::cout << "           If you are using Panzer or Stratimikos you might check that the template parameters are " << std::endl;
        std::cout << "           properly set!" << std::endl;
        std::cout << Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraLinearOp_t>(op, true) << std::endl;
      }
    }
#endif
#endif
 
#if 0
    // Check whether it is a blocked operator.
    // If yes, grab the (0,0) block and check the underlying linear algebra
    // Note: we expect that the (0,0) block exists!
    if(bIsTpetra == false) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> > ThyBlockedOp =
          Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op);
      if(ThyBlockedOp != Teuchos::null) {
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(ThyBlockedOp->blockExists(0,0)==false);
        Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > b00 =
          ThyBlockedOp->getBlock(0,0);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(b00));
        bIsTpetra = isTpetra(b00);
      }
    }
#endif
 
    return bIsTpetra;
  }
 
  static bool isEpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > & op){
    // check whether we have an Epetra based Thyra operator
    bool bIsEpetra = false;
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::EpetraLinearOp> epetra_op = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::EpetraLinearOp>(op,false);
    bIsEpetra = Teuchos::is_null(epetra_op) ? false : true;
#endif
 
#if 0
    // Check whether it is a blocked operator.
    // If yes, grab the (0,0) block and check the underlying linear algebra
    // Note: we expect that the (0,0) block exists!
    if(bIsEpetra == false) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> > ThyBlockedOp =
          Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op,false);
      if(ThyBlockedOp != Teuchos::null) {
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(ThyBlockedOp->blockExists(0,0)==false);
        Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > b00 =
          ThyBlockedOp->getBlock(0,0);
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(b00));
        bIsEpetra = isEpetra(b00);
      }
    }
#endif
 
    return bIsEpetra;
  }
 
  static bool isBlockedOperator(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > & op){
    // Check whether it is a blocked operator.
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> > ThyBlockedOp =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Thyra::BlockedLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op);
    if(ThyBlockedOp != Teuchos::null) {
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getConstTpetraOperator(op);
      // we should also add support for the const versions!
      //getConstTpetraOperator(const RCP<const LinearOpBase<Scalar> > &op);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraOp));
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraRowMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraOp, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraRowMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraNcnstCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraCrsMat);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraNcnstCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraNcnstCrsMat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Add TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_Operator> epetra_op = Thyra::get_Epetra_Operator( *op );
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epetra_op));
      Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_RowMatrix> epetra_rowmat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Epetra_RowMatrix>(epetra_op, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_CrsMatrix> epetra_crsmat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Epetra_CrsMatrix>(epetra_rowmat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_CrsMatrix> epetra_ncnstcrsmat = Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Epetra_CrsMatrix>(epetra_crsmat);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epetra_ncnstcrsmat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  > xEpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> (epetra_ncnstcrsmat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xEpetraCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xEpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getTpetraOperator(op);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(TpetraOp));
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraRowMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraOp, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(TpetraRowMat, true);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraCrsMat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Add TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_Operator> epetra_op = Thyra::get_Epetra_Operator( *op );
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epetra_op));
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_RowMatrix> epetra_rowmat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Epetra_RowMatrix>(epetra_op, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_CrsMatrix> epetra_crsmat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Epetra_CrsMatrix>(epetra_rowmat, true);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  > xEpetraCrsMat =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> (epetra_crsmat));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xEpetraCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xEpetraCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpCrsWrap =
        Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::CrsMatrixWrap<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(xpCrsMat));
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpMat =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xpCrsWrap, true);
      return xpMat;
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetraOperator(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getConstTpetraOperator(op);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraOp =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraOp));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraOp));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpOp =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraOp, true);
      return xpOp;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetraOperator(const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(isTpetra(op)) {
      typedef Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> TOE;
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > TpetraOp = TOE::getTpetraOperator(op);
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xTpetraOp =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Xpetra::TpetraOperator<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(TpetraOp));
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(xTpetraOp));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xpOp =
        Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(xTpetraOp, true);
      return xpOp;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(isEpetra(op)) {
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Epetra needs SC=double, LO=int, and GO=int or GO=long long");
    }
#endif
    return Teuchos::null;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::DiagonalLinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::rcp_const_cast;
    using ThyVSBase = Thyra::SpmdVectorSpaceBase<Scalar>;
    using thyTpV = Thyra::TpetraVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>;
    using tV = Tpetra::Vector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>;
 
    RCP<const Thyra::VectorBase<Scalar> > diag = op->getDiag();
 
    RCP<const Xpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > xpDiag;
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if (!rcp_dynamic_cast<const thyTpV>(diag).is_null()) {
      RCP<const tV> tDiag = Thyra::TpetraOperatorVectorExtraction<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::getConstTpetraVector(diag);
      if (!tDiag.is_null())
        xpDiag = Xpetra::toXpetra(tDiag);
    }
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if (xpDiag.is_null()) {
      RCP<const Epetra_Comm> comm = Thyra::get_Epetra_Comm(*rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThyVSBase>(op->range())->getComm());
      RCP<const Epetra_Map> map = Thyra::get_Epetra_Map(*(op->range()), comm);
      if (!map.is_null()) {
        RCP<const Epetra_Vector> eDiag = Thyra::get_Epetra_Vector(*map, diag);
        RCP<Epetra_Vector> nceDiag = rcp_const_cast<Epetra_Vector>(eDiag);
        RCP<Xpetra::EpetraVectorT<int,Node> > xpEpDiag = rcp(new Xpetra::EpetraVectorT<int,Node>(nceDiag));
        xpDiag = rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::Vector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(xpEpDiag, true);
      }
    }
#endif
    TEUCHOS_ASSERT(!xpDiag.is_null());
    RCP<Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > M = Xpetra::MatrixFactory<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>::Build(xpDiag);
    return M;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Matrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >
  toXpetra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::DiagonalLinearOpBase<Scalar> >& op) {
    return toXpetra(Teuchos::rcp_const_cast<Thyra::DiagonalLinearOpBase<Scalar> >(op));
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Map<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > map) {
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > thyraMap = Teuchos::null;
 
    // check whether map is of type BlockedMap
    RCP<const BlockedMap> bmap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const BlockedMap>(map);
    if(bmap.is_null() == false) {
 
      Teuchos::Array<Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > > vecSpaces(bmap->getNumMaps());
      for(size_t i = 0; i < bmap->getNumMaps(); i++) {
        // we need Thyra GIDs for all the submaps
        Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > vs =
          Xpetra::ThyraUtils<Scalar,LO,GO,Node>::toThyra(bmap->getMap(i,true));
        vecSpaces[i] = vs;
      }
 
      thyraMap = Thyra::productVectorSpace<Scalar>(vecSpaces());
      return thyraMap;
    }
 
    // standard case
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if(map->lib() == Xpetra::UseTpetra) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::TpetraMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > tpetraMap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::TpetraMap<LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(map);
      if (tpetraMap == Teuchos::null)
        throw Exceptions::BadCast("Xpetra::ThyraUtils::toThyra: Cast from Xpetra::Map to Xpetra::TpetraMap failed");
      RCP< const Tpetra::Map< LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node > > tpMap = tpetraMap->getTpetra_Map();
      RCP<Thyra::TpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > thyraTpetraMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(tpMap);
      thyraMap = thyraTpetraMap;
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Problem DDD. Add TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if(map->lib() == Xpetra::UseEpetra) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> > epetraMap = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(map);
      if (epetraMap == Teuchos::null)
        throw Exceptions::BadCast("Xpetra::ThyraUtils::toThyra: Cast from Xpetra::Map to Xpetra::EpetraMap failed");
      RCP<const Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> > thyraEpetraMap = Thyra::create_VectorSpace(epetraMap->getEpetra_MapRCP());
      thyraMap = thyraEpetraMap;
    }
#endif
 
    return thyraMap;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> >
  toThyraMultiVector(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > vec) {
 
    // create Thyra MultiVector
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseTpetra) {
      auto thyTpMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraMap>(vec->getMap())->getTpetra_Map());
      RCP<Tpetra::MultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>> tpMV = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraMultiVector>(vec)->getTpetra_MultiVector();
      auto thyDomMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(Tpetra::createLocalMapWithNode<LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>(vec->getNumVectors(), vec->getMap()->getComm()));
      auto thyMV = rcp(new Thyra::TpetraMultiVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>());
      thyMV->initialize(thyTpMap, thyDomMap, tpMV);
      return thyMV;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseEpetra) {
      auto thyEpMap = Thyra::create_VectorSpace(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(vec->getMap())->getEpetra_MapRCP());
      auto epMV = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const EpetraMultiVectorT<GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(vec)->getEpetra_MultiVector();
      auto thyMV = Thyra::create_MultiVector(epMV, thyEpMap);
      return thyMV;
    }
#endif
 
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "MultiVector cannot be converted to Thyra.");
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::VectorBase<Scalar> >
  toThyraVector(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::Vector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > vec) {
 
    // create Thyra Vector
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseTpetra) {
      auto thyTpMap = Thyra::tpetraVectorSpace<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node>(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraMap>(vec->getMap())->getTpetra_Map());
      RCP<Tpetra::Vector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>> tpVec = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const TpetraVector>(vec)->getTpetra_Vector();
      auto thyVec = rcp(new Thyra::TpetraVector<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>());
      thyVec->initialize(thyTpMap, tpVec);
      return thyVec;
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    if (vec->getMap()->lib() == Xpetra::UseEpetra) {
      auto thyEpMap = Thyra::create_VectorSpace(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const EpetraMapT<GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(vec->getMap())->getEpetra_MapRCP());
      auto epVec = rcp(Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const EpetraVectorT<GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(vec)->getEpetra_Vector(), false);
      auto thyVec = Thyra::create_Vector(epVec, thyEpMap);
      return thyVec;
    }
#endif
 
    TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(true, Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError, "Vector cannot be converted to Thyra.");
  }
 
  static void updateThyra(Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MultiVector<Scalar,LocalOrdinal,GlobalOrdinal,Node> > source, Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::MapExtractor<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal,Node> > mapExtractor, const Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> > & target) {
    using Teuchos::RCP;
    using Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast;
    using Teuchos::as;
    typedef Thyra::VectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::SpmdVectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThySpmdVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::MultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThyMultVecBase;
    //typedef Thyra::SpmdMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThySpmdMultVecBase;
    //typedef Thyra::ProductVectorSpaceBase<Scalar> ThyProdVecSpaceBase;
    typedef Thyra::ProductMultiVectorBase<Scalar> ThyProdMultVecBase;
 
    // copy data from tY_inout to Y_inout
    RCP<ThyProdMultVecBase> prodTarget = rcp_dynamic_cast<ThyProdMultVecBase>(target);
    if(prodTarget != Teuchos::null) {
      RCP<const BlockedMultiVector> bSourceVec = rcp_dynamic_cast<const BlockedMultiVector>(source);
      if(bSourceVec.is_null() == true) {
        // SPECIAL CASE: target vector is product vector:
        // update Thyra product multi vector with data from a merged Xpetra multi vector
 
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(mapExtractor == Teuchos::null, std::logic_error, "Found a Thyra product vector, but user did not provide an Xpetra::MapExtractor.");
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks() != as<int>(mapExtractor->NumMaps()), std::logic_error, "Inconsistent numbers of sub maps in Thyra::ProductVectorSpace and Xpetra::MapExtractor.");
 
        for(int bbb = 0; bbb < prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks(); ++bbb) {
          // access Xpetra data
          RCP<MultiVector> xpSubBlock = mapExtractor->ExtractVector(source, bbb, false); // use Xpetra ordering (doesn't really matter)
 
          // access Thyra data
          Teuchos::RCP<ThyMultVecBase> thySubBlock = prodTarget->getNonconstMultiVectorBlock(bbb);
          RCP<const ThyVecSpaceBase> vs = thySubBlock->range();
          RCP<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase> mpi_vs = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase>(vs);
          const LocalOrdinal localOffset = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localOffset() : 0 );
          const LocalOrdinal localSubDim = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localSubDim() : vs->dim() );
          RCP<Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar> > thyData =
              Teuchos::rcp(new Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar>(*thySubBlock,Teuchos::Range1D(localOffset,localOffset+localSubDim-1)));
 
          // loop over all vectors in multivector
          for(size_t j = 0; j < xpSubBlock->getNumVectors(); ++j) {
            Teuchos::ArrayRCP< const Scalar > xpData = xpSubBlock->getData(j); // access const data from Xpetra object
 
            // loop over all local rows
            for(LocalOrdinal i = 0; i < localSubDim; ++i) {
              (*thyData)(i,j) = xpData[i];
            }
          }
        }
      } else {
        // source vector is a blocked multivector
        // TODO test me
        TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks() != as<int>(bSourceVec->getBlockedMap()->getNumMaps()), std::logic_error, "Inconsistent numbers of sub maps in Thyra::ProductVectorSpace and Xpetra::BlockedMultiVector.");
 
        for(int bbb = 0; bbb < prodTarget->productSpace()->numBlocks(); ++bbb) {
          // access Thyra data
          RCP<MultiVector> xpSubBlock = bSourceVec->getMultiVector(bbb, true); // use Thyra ordering
 
          Teuchos::RCP<const ThyMultVecBase> thyXpSubBlock = toThyraMultiVector(xpSubBlock);
 
          // access Thyra data
          Teuchos::RCP<ThyMultVecBase> thySubBlock = prodTarget->getNonconstMultiVectorBlock(bbb);
          Thyra::assign(thySubBlock.ptr(), *thyXpSubBlock);
        }
 
      }
    } else {
      // STANDARD case:
      // update Thyra::MultiVector with data from an Xpetra::MultiVector
 
      // access Thyra data
      RCP<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase> mpi_vs = rcp_dynamic_cast<const ThySpmdVecSpaceBase>(target->range());
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION(mpi_vs == Teuchos::null, std::logic_error, "Failed to cast Thyra::VectorSpaceBase to Thyra::SpmdVectorSpaceBase.");
      const LocalOrdinal localOffset = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localOffset() : 0 );
      const LocalOrdinal localSubDim = ( mpi_vs != Teuchos::null ? mpi_vs->localSubDim() : target->range()->dim() );
      RCP<Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar> > thyData =
          Teuchos::rcp(new Thyra::DetachedMultiVectorView<Scalar>(*target,Teuchos::Range1D(localOffset,localOffset+localSubDim-1)));
 
      // loop over all vectors in multivector
      for(size_t j = 0; j < source->getNumVectors(); ++j) {
        Teuchos::ArrayRCP< const Scalar > xpData = source->getData(j); // access const data from Xpetra object
        // loop over all local rows
        for(LocalOrdinal i = 0; i < localSubDim; ++i) {
          (*thyData)(i,j) = xpData[i];
        }
      }
    }
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(const Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >& mat) {
    // create a Thyra operator from Xpetra::CrsMatrix
    Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > thyraOp = Teuchos::null;
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat);
    if(tpetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xTpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpCrsMat = xTpCrsMat->getTpetra_CrsMatrix();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpRowMat   = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Tpetra::Operator <Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpOperator = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Tpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpRowMat, true);
 
      thyraOp = Thyra::createConstLinearOp(tpOperator);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraOp));
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Add TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> > epetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(mat);
    if(epetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
      Teuchos::RCP<const Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  > xEpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<const Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  >(mat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<const Epetra_CrsMatrix> epCrsMat = xEpCrsMat->getEpetra_CrsMatrix();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<const Thyra::EpetraLinearOp> thyraEpOp = Thyra::epetraLinearOp(epCrsMat,"op");
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraEpOp));
      thyraOp = thyraEpOp;
    }
#endif
    return thyraOp;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(const Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >& mat) {
    // create a Thyra operator from Xpetra::CrsMatrix
    Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> > thyraOp = Teuchos::null;
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_TPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat);
    if(tpetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
#if ((defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP)  && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_OPENMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)) || \
     (!defined(EPETRA_HAVE_OMP) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_SERIAL) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_TPETRA_INST_DOUBLE)))
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > xTpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::TpetraCrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(mat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpCrsMat = xTpCrsMat->getTpetra_CrsMatrixNonConst();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(tpCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpRowMat   = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::RowMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpCrsMat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Tpetra::Operator <Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> > tpOperator = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Tpetra::Operator<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node> >(tpRowMat, true);
 
      thyraOp = Thyra::createLinearOp(tpOperator);
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraOp));
#else
      throw Xpetra::Exceptions::RuntimeError("Add TPETRA_INST_INT_LONG_LONG:BOOL=ON in your configuration.");
#endif
    }
#endif
 
#ifdef HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
    Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> > epetraMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node> >(mat);
    if(epetraMat!=Teuchos::null) {
      Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  > xEpCrsMat = Teuchos::rcp_dynamic_cast<Xpetra::EpetraCrsMatrixT<GlobalOrdinal,Node>  >(mat, true);
      Teuchos::RCP<Epetra_CrsMatrix> epCrsMat = xEpCrsMat->getEpetra_CrsMatrixNonConst();
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(epCrsMat));
 
      Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::EpetraLinearOp> thyraEpOp = Thyra::nonconstEpetraLinearOp(epCrsMat,"op");
      TEUCHOS_TEST_FOR_EXCEPT(Teuchos::is_null(thyraEpOp));
      thyraOp = thyraEpOp;
    }
#endif
    return thyraOp;
  }
 
  static Teuchos::RCP<Thyra::LinearOpBase<Scalar> >
  toThyra(const Teuchos::RCP<Xpetra::BlockedCrsMatrix<double, int, long long, EpetraNode> >& mat);
 
}; // specialization on SC=double, LO=GO=int and NO=EpetraNode
#endif // XPETRA_EPETRA_NO_64BIT_GLOBAL_INDICES
 
#endif // HAVE_XPETRA_EPETRA
 
} // end namespace Xpetra
 
#define XPETRA_THYRAUTILS_SHORT
#endif // HAVE_XPETRA_THYRA
 
#endif // XPETRA_THYRAUTILS_HPP