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+#  ___________________________________________________________________________
+#
+#  Pyomo: Python Optimization Modeling Objects
+#  Copyright (c) 2008-2022 Pyomo Developers
+#  Copyright (c) 2017-2022 National Technology and Engineering Solutions of
+#  Sandia, LLC. Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with National
+#  Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, the U.S. Government
+#  retains certain rights in this software.
+#  This software is distributed under the 3-clause BSD License.
+#  ___________________________________________________________________________
+
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+from pyomo.common.config import ConfigBlock, ConfigValue, In, Path
+from pyomo.common.tempfiles import TempfileManager
+from pyomo.core.base import SymbolMap
+from pyomo.core.kernel.objective import minimize
+from pyomo.opt.base import OptSolver
+from pyomo.opt.results import ResultsFormat, SolutionStatus, SolverStatus
+from pyomo.opt.solver import SolverFactory
+from pyomo.solvers.plugins.solvers.direct_solver import DirectSolver
+from pyomo.solvers.plugins.solvers.persistent_solver import PersistentSolver
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('pyomo.contrib.pynumero')
+
+
+@SolverFactory.register(
+    'cyipopt',
+    doc='The Pynumero-based interface to the Ipopt optimization solver.',
+)
+class IPOPT(OptSolver):
+    """
+    A Pynumero-based interface to Ipopt.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwds):
+        super(IPOPT, self).__init__(**kwds)
+        self._valid_problem_formats = []
+        self._valid_result_formats = {ResultsFormat.sol}
+        self._capabilities.linear = False
+        self._smap_id = None
+        self._pyomo_model = None
+        self._results = None
+        self._tee = False
+        self._solver_options = {}
+
+        # Set up the solver config
+        self.config.declare(
+            'solver_io',
+            ConfigValue(
+                default='nl',
+                domain=In(['nl']),
+                description="The solver interface to use.",
+            ),
+        )
+        self.config.declare(
+            'options',
+            ConfigBlock(
+                implicit=True,
+                description="A dict of options to pass to the solver",
+            ),
+        )
+        self.config.declare(
+            'hessian_approximation',
+            ConfigValue(
+                default='exact',
+                domain=In(['exact', 'limited-memory']),
+                description=(
+                    "The method to use for approximating the Hessian. "
+                    "'exact' requires the ASL interface and a compiled "
+                    "suffixed library. 'limited-memory' uses the python "
+                    "nlp interface."
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def available(self, exception_flag=True):
+        """
+        Check if the solver is available.
+
+        In this case, it checks for the presense of the cyipopt
+        and numpy python packages.
+        """
+        try:
+            import numpy
+            from pyomo.contrib.pynumero.interfaces.cyipopt_interface import (
+                cyipopt_available,
+            )
+        except ImportError:
+            return False
+        return cyipopt_available
+
+    def solve(self, model, **kwds):
+        """
+        Solve the model.
+
+        Arguments
+        ---------
+        model: ConcreteModel
+            The Pyomo model to be solved
+        tee: bool
+            If true, stream the solver output
+        """
+        from pyomo.contrib.pynumero.interfaces.pyomo_nlp import PyomoNLP
+        from pyomo.contrib.pynumero.interfaces.nlp_projections import (
+            NLPWithGreyBoxBlocks,
+        )
+        from pyomo.contrib.pynumero.interfaces.external_grey_box import (
+            ExternalGreyBoxBlock,
+        )
+
+        self.config.set_value(kwds)
+        self._tee = self.config.tee
+
+        # Check for grey-box models that do not provide Hessians
+        # and automatically switch to limited-memory approximation
+        # if the user has not specified an approximation method.
+        if not self.config.get('hessian_approximation').is_set_by_user():
+            provides_full_hessian = True
+            has_grey_box = False
+            for blk in model.component_data_objects(
+                ExternalGreyBoxBlock, active=True, descend_into=True
+            ):
+                has_grey_box = True
+                ex_model = blk.get_external_model()
+                if not ex_model:
+                    continue
+
+                if ex_model.n_equality_constraints() > 0 and not hasattr(
+                    ex_model, 'evaluate_hessian_equality_constraints'
+                ):
+                    provides_full_hessian = False
+                    break
+                if ex_model.n_outputs() > 0 and not hasattr(
+                    ex_model, 'evaluate_hessian_outputs'
+                ):
+                    provides_full_hessian = False
+                    break
+                if ex_model.has_objective() and not hasattr(
+                    ex_model, 'evaluate_hessian_objective'
+                ):
+                    provides_full_hessian = False
+                    break
+
+            if has_grey_box and not provides_full_hessian:
+                logger.info(
+                    "A grey-box model without full Hessian support has been "
+                    "detected. Setting hessian_approximation to "
+                    "'limited-memory'."
+                )
+                self.config.hessian_approximation = 'limited-memory'
+
+        if self.config.hessian_approximation == 'exact':
+            if not NLPWithGreyBoxBlocks.available():
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "The cyipopt solver requires nlp_solvers to be available."
+                )
+            nlp = PyomoNLP(model)
+            if nlp.get_external_grey_box_models():
+                nlp = NLPWithGreyBoxBlocks(nlp)
+        else:
+            # The ASL python interface does not support grey box models
+            # so we must use the PyomoNLP
+            if not NLPWithGreyBoxBlocks.available():
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "The cyipopt solver requires nlp_solvers to be available."
+                )
+            nlp = PyomoNLP(model)
+            if nlp.get_external_grey_box_models():
+                nlp = NLPWithGreyBoxBlocks(nlp)
+
+        from pyomo.contrib.pynumero.interfaces.cyipopt_interface import (
+            PyomoCyIpoptProblem,
+        )
+
+        # create the ipopt problem
+        ipopt_problem = PyomoCyIpoptProblem(
+            nlp=nlp, tee=self._tee, options=self.config.options
+        )
+
+        # solve the problem
+        x, info = ipopt_problem.solve()
+
+        # load the results
+        self._results = ipopt_problem.results
+        self._pyomo_model = model
+        self._smap_id = ipopt_problem.symbol_map.id
+        self.load_vars()
+        self.load_duals()
+
+        return self._results
+
+    def _postsolve(self):
+        self._pyomo_model = None
+        self._smap_id = None
+        return self._results