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from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
import networkx as nx
from typing import List
from pyquil.external.rpcq import CompilerISA
[docs]class AbstractQuantumProcessor(ABC):
"""
A generic interface describing the qubits, topology, and compiler representation
of any arbitrary quantum_processor class.
"""
[docs] @abstractmethod
def qubits(self) -> List[int]:
"""
A sorted list of qubits in the quantum_processor topology.
"""
[docs] @abstractmethod
def qubit_topology(self) -> nx.Graph:
"""
The connectivity of qubits in this quantum_processor given as a NetworkX graph.
"""
[docs] @abstractmethod
def to_compiler_isa(self) -> CompilerISA:
"""
Construct an ISA suitable for targeting by compilation.
This will raise an exception if the requested ISA is not supported by the quantum_processor.
"""