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// Authors: L. Moneta, A. Zsenei   08/2005 

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// Header file for class ParamFunction
//
// Base class for Parametric functions
// 
// Created by: Lorenzo Moneta  at Wed Nov 10 16:38:34 2004
// 
// Last update: Wed Nov 10 16:38:34 2004
// 
#ifndef ROOT_Math_ParamFunction
#define ROOT_Math_ParamFunction


#ifndef ROOT_Math_IParamFunction
#include "Math/IParamFunction.h"
#endif

namespace ROOT {
namespace Math {

  /**
      Base class for 1 Dimensional Parametric Functions.
      A parameteric function is a Generic Function with parameters, so
      it is a function object which carries a state, the parameters.
      The parameters are described with a standard vector of doubles.

      This class contains the default implementations for the methods defined in the
      IParamFunction interface.
      Specific parameteric function classes should derive from this class if they want to profit from
      default implementations for the abstract methods.
      The derived classes need to implement only the ParamFunction::operator(double x) and ParamFunction::Clone() methods.

      @ingroup CppFunctions
  */



class ParamFunction : virtual public IParamGradFunction {

public: 

   typedef IParamGradFunction           BaseParFunc;
   typedef IParamGradFunction::BaseFunc BaseFunc;

   /**
      Construct a parameteric function with npar parameters
      @param npar number of parameters (default is zero)
      @param providesGrad flag to specify if function implements the calculation of the derivative
      @param providesParamGrad flag to specify if function implements the calculation of the derivatives with respect to the Parameters
   */
   ParamFunction(unsigned int npar = 0, bool providesGrad = false, bool providesParamGrad = false);

   // destructor
   virtual ~ParamFunction() {}


   // copying constructors

   // need to implement it
   ParamFunction(const ParamFunction & pf);

   ParamFunction & operator = (const ParamFunction &);


   // cloning
   /**
      Deep copy of function (to be implemented by the derived classes)
   */
   //virtual ParamFunction *  Clone() const = 0; 



   /**
      Access the parameter values
   */
   virtual const double * Parameters() const { return &fParams.front(); }

   /**
      Set the parameter values
      @param p vector of doubles containing the parameter values.
   */
   virtual void SetParameters(const double * p)
   {
      //fParams = std::vector<double>(p,p+fNpar);
      assert(fParams.size() == fNpar);
      std::copy(p,p+fNpar,fParams.begin());
   }

   /**
      Return the number of parameters
   */
   unsigned int NPar() const { return fNpar; }


   //using BaseFunc::operator();

   /**
      Return \a true if the calculation of derivatives is implemented
   */
//   bool ProvidesGradient() const {  return fProvGrad; } 

   /**
      Return \a true if the calculation of derivatives with respect to the Parameters is implemented
   */
   bool ProvidesParameterGradient() const {  return fProvParGrad; }

   const std::vector<double> & GetParGradient( double x) {
      BaseParFunc::ParameterGradient(x,&fParGradient[0]);
      return fParGradient;
   }


public: 


protected: 

   // Parameters (make protected to be accessible directly by derived classes) 
   std::vector<double> fParams;

   // cache paramGradient for better efficiency (to be used by derived classes) 
   mutable std::vector<double> fParGradient;


private: 

   // cache number of Parameters for speed efficiency
   unsigned int fNpar;

   bool fProvGrad;
   bool fProvParGrad;

}; 

} // namespace Math
} // namespace ROOT

#endif /* ROOT_Math_ParamFunction */