---
title: PreEmit (latest version)
description: API reference for samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit in the latest version of samplomatic
source: https://eu-de.quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/api/samplomatic/auto/pre-samplex-pre-emit
---

# PreEmit

*class* `samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit(subsystems: Partition[int], direction: Direction, register_type: GroupMode, *, trace_info: TraceInfo | None = None, twirl_gate: str | None = None)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/samplomatic/tree/main/samplomatic/pre_samplex/graph_data.py#L186-L214)

Bases: [`PreNode`](/docs/api/samplomatic/auto/pre-samplex-pre-node "samplomatic.pre_samplex.graph_data.PreNode")

The emission node type used during samplex building.

**Attributes Summary**

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| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`direction`](#samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.direction "samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.direction")             | The direction of virtual gates that can interact with this node.    |
| [`register_type`](#samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.register_type "samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.register_type") | The type and distribution of virtual gates to emit.                 |
| [`subsystems`](#samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.subsystems "samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.subsystems")          | The subsystems that virtual gates act on.                           |
| [`trace_info`](#samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.trace_info "samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.trace_info")          | Debug trace information, populated when building with `debug=True`. |
| [`twirl_gate`](#samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.twirl_gate "samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.twirl_gate")          | The gate name used for gate-dependent sampling, or `None`.          |

**Methods Summary**

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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`get_style`](#samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.get_style "samplomatic.pre_samplex.PreEmit.get_style")() | Summarizes the style of this node when plotted via [`plot_graph()`](/docs/api/samplomatic/auto/visualization-plot-graph "samplomatic.visualization.plot_graph"). |

**Attributes Documentation**

### direction

Type: [`Direction`](/docs/api/samplomatic/auto/constants-direction "samplomatic.constants.Direction")

Default value: `<dataclasses._MISSING_TYPE object>`

The direction of virtual gates that can interact with this node.

### register\_type

Type: [`GroupMode`](/docs/api/samplomatic/auto/annotations-group-mode "samplomatic.annotations.group_mode.GroupMode")

Default value: `<dataclasses._MISSING_TYPE object>`

The type and distribution of virtual gates to emit.

### subsystems

Type: [`Partition`](/docs/api/samplomatic/auto/partition-partition "samplomatic.partition.Partition")\[[`int`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/functions.html#int)]

Default value: `<dataclasses._MISSING_TYPE object>`

The subsystems that virtual gates act on.

### trace\_info

Type: `TraceInfo` | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None)

Default value: `None`

Debug trace information, populated when building with `debug=True`.

### twirl\_gate

Type: [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/stdtypes.html#str) | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None)

Default value: `None`

The gate name used for gate-dependent sampling, or `None`.

**Methods Documentation**

### get\_style

`get_style()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/samplomatic/tree/main/samplomatic/pre_samplex/graph_data.py#L196-L206)

Summarizes the style of this node when plotted via [`plot_graph()`](/docs/api/samplomatic/auto/visualization-plot-graph "samplomatic.visualization.plot_graph").