MeanWalker

function.h

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00001 /*
00002 
00003   This file is a part of MeanWalker, a library which provides utilities to
00004   sample from probability distributions using methods like the 
00005   Metropilis-Hastings algorithm and Goodman-Weare algorithm.
00006 
00007   Copyright (C) 2012 Jori Liesenborgs
00008 
00009   Contact: jori.liesenborgs@gmail.com
00010   
00011   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
00012   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
00013   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
00014   (at your option) any later version.
00015   
00016   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
00017   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
00018   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
00019   GNU General Public License for more details.
00020   
00021   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
00022   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
00023   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
00024   
00025 */
00026 
00031 #ifndef MEANWALKER_FUNCTION_H
00032 
00033 #define MEANWALKER_FUNCTION_H
00034 
00035 #include "meanwalkerconfig.h"
00036 #include <sys/types.h>
00037 
00038 namespace meanwalker
00039 {
00040 
00042 class MEANWALKER_IMPORTEXPORT Function
00043 {
00044 public:
00045         Function();
00046         virtual ~Function();
00047 
00049         virtual double operator()(const double *pCoords) const = 0;
00050 
00053         virtual size_t getDimension() const = 0;
00054 
00057         virtual bool isValid(const double *pCoords) const                                               { return true; }
00058 
00061         virtual bool isLog() const = 0;
00062 };
00063 
00064 } // end namespace
00065 
00066 #endif // MEANWALKER_FUNCTION_H