cirq.SupportsDecomposeWithQubits

An object that can be decomposed into operations on given qubits.

cirq.SupportsDecomposeWithQubits(
    *args, **kwargs
)

Returning NotImplemented or None means "not decomposable". Otherwise an operation, list of operations, or generally anything meeting the OP_TREE contract can be returned.

For example, a SWAP gate can be turned into three CNOTs. But in order to describe those CNOTs one must be able to talk about "the target qubit" and "the control qubit". This can only be done once the qubits-to-be-swapped are known.

The main user of this protocol is GateOperation, which decomposes itself by delegating to its gate. The qubits argument is needed because gates are specified independently of target qubits and so must be told the relevant qubits. A GateOperation implements SupportsDecompose as long as its gate implements SupportsDecomposeWithQubits.