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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkFunctionSet.h

  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
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// .NAME vtkFunctionSet - Abstract inteface for sets of functions
// .SECTION Description
// vtkFunctionSet specifies an abstract interface for set of functions
// of the form F_i = F_i(x_j) where F (with i=1..m) are the functions
// and x (with j=1..n) are the independent variables.
// The only supported operation is the  function evaluation at x_j.

// .SECTION See Also
// vtkImplicitDataSet vtkInterpolatedVelocityField 
// vtkInitialValueProblemSolver

#ifndef __vtkFunctionSet_h
#define __vtkFunctionSet_h

#include "vtkObject.h"

class VTK_COMMON_EXPORT vtkFunctionSet : public vtkObject
{
public:
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkFunctionSet,vtkObject);
  virtual void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Evaluate functions at x_j.
  // x and f have to point to valid double arrays of appropriate 
  // sizes obtained with GetNumberOfFunctions() and
  // GetNumberOfIndependentVariables.
  virtual int FunctionValues(double* x, double* f) = 0;

  // Description:
  // Return the number of functions. Note that this is constant for 
  // a given type of set of functions and can not be changed at 
  // run time.
  virtual int GetNumberOfFunctions() { 
    return this->NumFuncs; }

  // Description:
  // Return the number of independent variables. Note that this is 
  // constant for a given type of set of functions and can not be changed  
  // at run time.
  virtual int GetNumberOfIndependentVariables() {
    return this->NumIndepVars; }

protected:
  vtkFunctionSet();
  ~vtkFunctionSet() {};

  int NumFuncs;
  int NumIndepVars;

private:
  vtkFunctionSet(const vtkFunctionSet&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkFunctionSet&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif





