//                                               -*- C++ -*-
/**
 *  @file  DynamicalFunctionImplementation.hxx
 *  @brief Abstract top-level class for all numerical math function implementations
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2005-2013 EDF-EADS-Phimeca
 *
 *  This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 *  @author schueller
 *  @date   2011-04-11 12:32:27 +0200 (lun. 11 avril 2011)
 *  Id      DynamicalFunctionImplementation.hxx 1866 2011-04-11 10:32:27Z schueller
 */
#ifndef OPENTURNS_DYNAMICALFUNCTIONIMPLEMENTATION_HXX
#define OPENTURNS_DYNAMICALFUNCTIONIMPLEMENTATION_HXX

#include "PersistentObject.hxx"
#include "Description.hxx"
#include "TimeSeries.hxx"
#include "ProcessSample.hxx"

BEGIN_NAMESPACE_OPENTURNS




/**
 * @class DynamicalFunctionImplementation
 *
 * The class that simulates a numerical math function,
 * its gradient and its hessian. This class is just an interface
 * to actual implementation objects that can be hot-replaced
 * during computation. Each implementation object refers to
 * the evaluation, the gradient or the hessian.
 */
class DynamicalFunctionImplementation
  : public PersistentObject
{
  CLASSNAME;
public:

  /* Some typedefs for easy reading */
  typedef Pointer<DynamicalFunctionImplementation> Implementation;

  /** Default constructor */
  DynamicalFunctionImplementation();

  /** Virtual constructor */
  virtual DynamicalFunctionImplementation * clone() const;

  /** Comparison operator */
  Bool operator ==(const DynamicalFunctionImplementation & other) const;

  /** String converter */
  virtual String __repr__() const;
  virtual String __str__(const String & offset = "") const;

  /** Operator () */
  virtual TimeSeries operator() (const TimeSeries & inTS) const;
  virtual ProcessSample operator() (const ProcessSample & inPS) const;

  /** Accessor for input point dimension */
  UnsignedLong getInputDimension() const;

  /** Accessor for output point dimension */
  UnsignedLong getOutputDimension() const;

  /** Input description Accessor, i.e. the names of the input parameters */
  void setInputDescription(const Description & inputDescription);
  Description getInputDescription() const;

  /** Output description Accessor, i.e. the names of the Output parameters */
  void setOutputDescription(const Description & outputDescription);
  Description getOutputDescription() const;

  /** Get the i-th marginal function */
  virtual Implementation getMarginal(const UnsignedLong i) const;

  /** Get the function corresponding to indices components */
  virtual Implementation getMarginal(const Indices & indices) const;

  /** Number of calls to the dynamical function */
  UnsignedLong getCallsNumber() const;

  /** Compute the output time grid based on a given input time grid */
  RegularGrid computeOutputTimeGrid(const RegularGrid & inputTimeGrid) const;

  /** Method save() stores the object through the StorageManager */
  void save(Advocate & adv) const;

  /** Method load() reloads the object from the StorageManager */
  void load(Advocate & adv);

protected:

  /** Description of the input variables */
  Description inputDescription_;

  /** Description of the output variables */
  Description outputDescription_;

  /** Counter for the number of calls */
  mutable UnsignedLong callsNumber_;

}; /* class DynamicalFunctionImplementation */


END_NAMESPACE_OPENTURNS

#endif /* OPENTURNS_DYNAMICALFUNCTIONIMPLEMENTATION_HXX */
