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| package org.spaceroots.mantissa.quadrature.vectorial; |
| |
| import org.spaceroots.mantissa.functions.vectorial.ComputableFunction; |
| import org.spaceroots.mantissa.functions.FunctionException; |
| |
| /** This interface represents an integrator for vectorial functions. |
| |
| * <p>The classes which are devoted to integrate vectorial functions |
| * should implement this interface. The functions which can be handled |
| * should implement the {@link |
| * org.spaceroots.mantissa.functions.vectorial.ComputableFunction |
| * ComputableFunction} interface.</p> |
| |
| * @see org.spaceroots.mantissa.functions.vectorial.ComputableFunction |
| |
| * @version $Id$ |
| * @author L. Maisonobe |
| |
| */ |
| |
| public interface ComputableFunctionIntegrator { |
| /** Integrate a function over a defined range. |
| * @param f function to integrate |
| * @param a first bound of the range (can be lesser or greater than b) |
| * @param b second bound of the range (can be lesser or greater than a) |
| * @return value of the integral over the range |
| * @exception FunctionException if the underlying function throws one |
| */ |
| public double[] integrate(ComputableFunction f, double a, double b) |
| throws FunctionException; |
| |
| } |
