--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/SbpOperators/stencil.jl	Fri Sep 25 13:06:02 2020 +0200
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+struct Stencil{T<:Real,N}
+    range::Tuple{Int,Int}
+    weights::NTuple{N,T}
+
+    function Stencil(range::Tuple{Int,Int},weights::NTuple{N,T}) where {T <: Real, N}
+        @assert range[2]-range[1]+1 == N
+        new{T,N}(range,weights)
+    end
+end
+
+function flip(s::Stencil)
+    range = (-s.range[2], -s.range[1])
+    return Stencil(range, reverse(s.weights))
+end
+
+# Provides index into the Stencil based on offset for the root element
+@inline function Base.getindex(s::Stencil, i::Int)
+    @boundscheck if i < s.range[1] || s.range[2] < i
+        return eltype(s.weights)(0)
+    end
+    return s.weights[1 + i - s.range[1]]
+end
+
+Base.@propagate_inbounds @inline function apply_stencil(s::Stencil{T,N}, v::AbstractVector, i::Int) where {T,N}
+    w = s.weights[1]*v[i + s.range[1]]
+    @simd for k ∈ 2:N
+        w += s.weights[k]*v[i + s.range[1] + k-1]
+    end
+    return w
+end
+
+Base.@propagate_inbounds @inline function apply_stencil_backwards(s::Stencil{T,N}, v::AbstractVector, i::Int) where {T,N}
+    w = s.weights[N]*v[i - s.range[2]]
+    @simd for k ∈ N-1:-1:1
+        w += s.weights[k]*v[i - s.range[1] - k + 1]
+    end
+    return w
+end