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package org.apache.commons.math.analysis;

import org.apache.commons.math.FunctionEvaluationException;

/**
 * An interface representing a trivariate real function.
 *
 * @since 2.2
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public interface TrivariateRealFunction {
    /**
     * Compute the value for the function.
     *
     * @param x x-coordinate for which the function value should be computed.
     * @param y y-coordinate for which the function value should be computed.
     * @param z z-coordinate for which the function value should be computed.
     * @return the value.
     * @throws FunctionEvaluationException if the function evaluation fails.
     */
    double value(double x, double y, double z)
        throws FunctionEvaluationException;
}