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+/*  This file is part of the OpenLB library
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Adrian Kummerlaender
+ *  E-mail contact: info@openlb.net
+ *  The most recent release of OpenLB can be downloaded at
+ *  <http://www.openlb.net/>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ *  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ *  License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
+ *  Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ *  Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BLOCK_DATA_SYNC_MODE_H
+#define BLOCK_DATA_SYNC_MODE_H
+
+namespace olb {
+
+
+/// Mode of synchronizing functor block data between processes
+/**
+* Required for optimizing functor operations to various usage patterns.
+*
+* i.e. the convention is for the full domain to be available on every rank
+* but this is not ideal in most usage scenarios of reduction functors.
+*
+* e.g. the primary user of BlockReduction3D2D, BlockGifWriter, only requires
+* full data to be available on the rank where its io is performed (rank 0).
+*
+* SuperLatticeFlux3D only requires rank-local data to be available. Any further
+* synchronization would potentially impact performance in this critical area.
+**/
+enum class BlockDataSyncMode {
+  /// default behavior, full block data available on all ranks after update
+  ReduceAndBcast,
+  /// optimize for usage in e.g. BlockGifWriter, full data only available on main rank
+  ReduceOnly,
+  /// optimize for usage in e.g. SuperLatticeFlux3D, only rank-local data available
+  None
+};
+
+
+}
+
+#endif