// @(#)root/mathcore:$Id$
// Author: Magdalena Slawinska 10/2007


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 * Copyright (c) 2007  LCG ROOT Math Team, CERN/PH-SFT                *
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// Header file for class Minimizer

#ifndef ROOT_Math_VirtualIntegrator
#define ROOT_Math_VirtualIntegrator

#ifndef ROOT_Math_IFunctionfwd
#include "Math/IFunctionfwd.h"
#endif

#ifndef ROOT_Math_Error
#include "Math/Error.h"
#endif

#include <vector>


namespace ROOT {
namespace Math {

//___________________________________________________________________
/**
   VirtualIntegrator abstract class. 
   Interface defining the common methods for the 
   numerical integrator classes of one and multi dimensions 
   The derived class VirtualIntegratorOneDim defines the methods 
   for one-dimensional integration.
   The derived class VirtualIntegratorMultiDim defines the method for 
   multi-dimensional integration. 
   The concrete classes for one dimension (e.g. GSLIntegrator) or 
   multi-dimension (e.g. GSLMCIntegrator) can be created using the 
   plug-in manager

   @ingroup  Integration

*/
class VirtualIntegrator{

public:

   // destructor: no operation
   virtual ~VirtualIntegrator() {}

   /**
      set the desired relative Error
   */
   virtual void SetRelTolerance(double ) = 0; 

   /**
      set the desired absolute Error
   */
   virtual void SetAbsTolerance(double ) = 0; 

   /**
      return  the Result of the last Integral calculation
   */
   virtual double Result() const = 0; 

   /**
      return the estimate of the absolute Error of the last Integral calculation
   */
   virtual double Error() const = 0; 
   
   /**
      return the Error Status of the last Integral calculation
   */
   virtual int Status() const = 0;

}; 

//___________________________________________________________________
/**
   Interface (abstract) class for 1D numerical integration
   It must be implemented by the concrate Integrator classes like
   ROOT::Math::GSLIntegrator. 
   Plug-in's exist in ROOT to be able to instantiate the derived classes via the 
   plug-in manager

   @ingroup  Integration

*/
class VirtualIntegratorOneDim : public VirtualIntegrator {

public:

   /// destructor: no operation
   virtual ~VirtualIntegratorOneDim() {}

   /// evaluate integral 
   virtual double Integral(double a, double b) = 0; 

   /// set integration function (flag control if function must be copied inside)
   virtual void SetFunction(const IGenFunction &, bool copy =  false) = 0; 

   /// evaluate un-defined  integral (between -inf, + inf)
   virtual double Integral() = 0; 

   /// evaluate integral over the (a, +inf)
   virtual double IntegralUp(double a) = 0; 

   /// evaluate integral over the (-inf, b)
   virtual double IntegralLow(double b) = 0; 

   /// evaluate integral with singular points
   virtual double Integral( const std::vector<double> & pts) = 0; 

   /// evaluate Cauchy integral 
   virtual double IntegralCauchy(double a, double b, double c) = 0; 

};

//___________________________________________________________________
/**
   Interface (abstract) class for multi numerical integration
   It must be implemented by the concrete Integrator classes like
   ROOT::Math::GSLMCIntegrator. 
   Plug-in's exist in ROOT to be able to instantiate the derived classes via the 
   plug-in manager

   @ingroup  Integration

*/
class VirtualIntegratorMultiDim : public VirtualIntegrator { 

public:

   /// destructor: no operation
   virtual ~VirtualIntegratorMultiDim() {}

   /// evaluate multi-dim integral
   virtual double Integral(const double*, const double*)  = 0;  

   /// setting a multi-dim function
   virtual void SetFunction(const IMultiGenFunction &)  = 0; 

   
};


}//namespace Math
}//namespace ROOT


#endif /* ROOT_Math_VirtualIntegrator */

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