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1 | // Created on: 1991-05-06 |
2 | // Created by: Laurent PAINNOT |
3 | // Copyright (c) 1991-1999 Matra Datavision |
4 | // Copyright (c) 1999-2014 OPEN CASCADE SAS |
5 | // |
6 | // This file is part of Open CASCADE Technology software library. |
7 | // |
8 | // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under |
9 | // the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as published |
10 | // by the Free Software Foundation, with special exception defined in the file |
11 | // OCCT_LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt. Consult the file LICENSE_LGPL_21.txt included in OCCT |
12 | // distribution for complete text of the license and disclaimer of any warranty. |
13 | // |
14 | // Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of Open CASCADE |
15 | // commercial license or contractual agreement. |
16 | |
17 | #ifndef _math_Function_HeaderFile |
18 | #define _math_Function_HeaderFile |
19 | |
20 | #include <Standard.hxx> |
21 | #include <Standard_DefineAlloc.hxx> |
22 | #include <Standard_Handle.hxx> |
23 | |
24 | #include <Standard_Boolean.hxx> |
25 | #include <Standard_Real.hxx> |
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26 | |
27 | |
28 | //! This abstract class describes the virtual functions |
29 | //! associated with a Function of a single variable. |
30 | class math_Function |
31 | { |
32 | public: |
33 | |
34 | DEFINE_STANDARD_ALLOC |
35 | |
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36 | //! Virtual destructor, for safe inheritance |
37 | virtual ~math_Function () {} |
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38 | |
39 | //! Computes the value of the function <F> for a given value of |
40 | //! variable <X>. |
41 | //! returns True if the computation was done successfully, |
42 | //! False otherwise. |
43 | Standard_EXPORT virtual Standard_Boolean Value (const Standard_Real X, Standard_Real& F) = 0; |
44 | |
45 | //! returns the state of the function corresponding to the |
46 | //! latest call of any methods associated with the function. |
47 | //! This function is called by each of the algorithms |
48 | //! described later which defined the function Integer |
49 | //! Algorithm::StateNumber(). The algorithm has the |
50 | //! responsibility to call this function when it has found |
51 | //! a solution (i.e. a root or a minimum) and has to maintain |
52 | //! the association between the solution found and this |
53 | //! StateNumber. |
54 | //! Byu default, this method returns 0 (which means for the |
55 | //! algorithm: no state has been saved). It is the |
56 | //! responsibility of the programmer to decide if he needs |
57 | //! to save the current state of the function and to return |
58 | //! an Integer that allows retrieval of the state. |
59 | Standard_EXPORT virtual Standard_Integer GetStateNumber(); |
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60 | }; |
61 | |
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62 | #endif // _math_Function_HeaderFile |