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# This code is part of Qiskit.
#
# (C) Copyright IBM 2022.
#
# This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may
# obtain a copy of this license in the LICENSE.txt file in the root directory
# of this source tree or at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
#
# Any modifications or derivative works of this code must retain this
# copyright notice, and modified files need to carry a notice indicating
# that they have been altered from the originals.


"""Utilities for p-VQD."""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
from collections.abc import Callable

import numpy as np

from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Parameter, ParameterExpression
from qiskit.compiler import transpile
from qiskit.exceptions import QiskitError
from qiskit.opflow.gradients.circuit_gradients import ParamShift
from qiskit.primitives import BaseEstimator
from qiskit.quantum_info.operators.base_operator import BaseOperator
from ...exceptions import AlgorithmError

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


def _is_gradient_supported(ansatz: QuantumCircuit) -> bool:
    """Check whether we can apply a simple parameter shift rule to obtain gradients."""

    # check whether the circuit can be unrolled to supported gates
    try:
        unrolled = transpile(ansatz, basis_gates=ParamShift.SUPPORTED_GATES, optimization_level=0)
    except QiskitError:
        # failed to map to supported basis
        logger.log(
            logging.INFO,
            "No gradient support: Failed to unroll to gates supported by parameter-shift.",
        )
        return False

    # check whether all parameters are unique and we do not need to apply the chain rule
    # (since it's not implemented yet)
    total_num_parameters = 0
    for circuit_instruction in unrolled.data:
        for param in circuit_instruction.operation.params:
            if isinstance(param, ParameterExpression):
                if isinstance(param, Parameter):
                    total_num_parameters += 1
                else:
                    logger.log(
                        logging.INFO,
                        "No gradient support: Circuit is only allowed to have plain parameters, "
                        "as the chain rule is not yet implemented.",
                    )
                    return False

    if total_num_parameters != ansatz.num_parameters:
        logger.log(
            logging.INFO,
            "No gradient support: Circuit is only allowed to have unique parameters, "
            "as the product rule is not yet implemented.",
        )
        return False

    return True


def _get_observable_evaluator(
    ansatz: QuantumCircuit,
    observables: BaseOperator | list[BaseOperator],
    estimator: BaseEstimator,
) -> Callable[[np.ndarray], float | list[float]]:
    """Get a callable to evaluate a (list of) observable(s) for given circuit parameters."""

    def evaluate_observables(theta: np.ndarray) -> float | list[float]:
        """Evaluate the observables for the ansatz parameters ``theta``.

        Args:
            theta: The ansatz parameters.

        Returns:
            The observables evaluated at the ansatz parameters.

        Raises:
            AlgorithmError: If a primitive job fails.
        """
        if isinstance(observables, list):
            num_observables = len(observables)
            obs = observables
        else:
            num_observables = 1
            obs = [observables]
        states = [ansatz] * num_observables
        parameter_values = [theta] * num_observables

        try:
            estimator_job = estimator.run(states, obs, parameter_values=parameter_values)
            results = estimator_job.result().values
        except Exception as exc:
            raise AlgorithmError("The primitive job failed!") from exc

        return results

    return evaluate_observables