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17 
18 package org.apache.commons.math.ode.sampling;
19 
20 import org.apache.commons.math.ode.DerivativeException;
21 
22 /**
23  * This interface represents a handler that should be called after
24  * each successful step.
25  *
26  * <p>The ODE integrators compute the evolution of the state vector at
27  * some grid points that depend on their own internal algorithm. Once
28  * they have found a new grid point (possibly after having computed
29  * several evaluation of the derivative at intermediate points), they
30  * provide it to objects implementing this interface. These objects
31  * typically either ignore the intermediate steps and wait for the
32  * last one, store the points in an ephemeris, or forward them to
33  * specialized processing or output methods.</p>
34  *
35  * @see org.apache.commons.math.ode.FirstOrderIntegrator
36  * @see org.apache.commons.math.ode.SecondOrderIntegrator
37  * @see StepInterpolator
38  * @version $Revision: 1073158 $ $Date: 2011-02-21 22:46:52 +0100 (lun. 21 févr. 2011) $
39  * @since 1.2
40  */
41 
42 public interface StepHandler {
43 
44   /** Determines whether this handler needs dense output.
45    * <p>This method allows the integrator to avoid performing extra
46    * computation if the handler does not need dense output. If this
47    * method returns false, the integrator will call the {@link
48    * #handleStep} method with a {@link DummyStepInterpolator} rather
49    * than a custom interpolator.</p>
50    * @return true if the handler needs dense output
51    */
requiresDenseOutput()52   boolean requiresDenseOutput();
53 
54   /** Reset the step handler.
55    * Initialize the internal data as required before the first step is
56    * handled.
57    */
reset()58   void reset();
59 
60   /**
61    * Handle the last accepted step
62    * @param interpolator interpolator for the last accepted step. For
63    * efficiency purposes, the various integrators reuse the same
64    * object on each call, so if the instance wants to keep it across
65    * all calls (for example to provide at the end of the integration a
66    * continuous model valid throughout the integration range, as the
67    * {@link org.apache.commons.math.ode.ContinuousOutputModel
68    * ContinuousOutputModel} class does), it should build a local copy
69    * using the clone method of the interpolator and store this copy.
70    * Keeping only a reference to the interpolator and reusing it will
71    * result in unpredictable behavior (potentially crashing the application).
72    * @param isLast true if the step is the last one
73    * @exception DerivativeException if user code called from step interpolator
74    * finalization triggers one
75    */
handleStep(StepInterpolator interpolator, boolean isLast)76   void handleStep(StepInterpolator interpolator, boolean isLast) throws DerivativeException;
77 
78 }
79