1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/elliptic/Jacobian.hh b/src/elliptic/Jacobian.hh
index d5c2e1d..ce9faf5 100644
--- a/src/elliptic/Jacobian.hh
+++ b/src/elliptic/Jacobian.hh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 //
 // Jacobian -- abstract base class to describe a Jacobian matrix
 // dense_Jacobian -- Jacobian stored as a dense matrix
+//
+// decode_Jacobian_type - decode string into internal enum
 // new_Jacobian - factory method
 //
 
@@ -145,6 +147,14 @@ private:
 
 //******************************************************************************
 
+enum	Jacobian_type
+	{
+	Jacobian_type__dense_matrix	// no comma
+	};
+
+// decode string into internal enum
+enum Jacobian_type
+  decode_Jacobian_type(const char Jacobian_type_string[]);
+
 // construct and return new-allocated Jacobian object of specified type
-Jacobian& new_Jacobian(patch_system& ps,
-		       const char Jacobian_type[]);
+Jacobian& new_Jacobian(patch_system& ps, enum Jacobian_type Jac_type);