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# TaoShellSetSolve
Sets routine to apply as solver
## Synopsis
```
#include "petsctao.h"
PetscErrorCode TaoShellSetSolve(Tao tao, PetscErrorCode (*solve)(Tao))
```
Logically Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***tao -*** the nonlinear solver context
- ***solve -*** the application-provided solver routine
## Calling sequence of `solve`
```none
PetscErrorCode solve(Tao tao)
```
- ***tao -*** the optimizer, get the application context with `TaoShellGetContext()`
## See Also
`Tao`, `TAOSHELL`, `TaoShellSetContext()`, `TaoShellGetContext()`
## Level
advanced
## Location
src/tao/shell/taoshell.c
## Examples
src/tao/constrained/tutorials/tomographyADMM.c
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