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package org.apache.commons.math.optimization;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * This class holds a point and the vectorial value of an objective function at this point.
 * <p>This is a simple immutable container.</p>
 * @see RealPointValuePair
 * @see org.apache.commons.math.analysis.MultivariateVectorialFunction
 * @version $Revision: 980981 $ $Date: 2010-07-31 00:03:04 +0200 (sam. 31 juil. 2010) $
 * @since 2.0
 */
public class VectorialPointValuePair implements Serializable {

    /** Serializable version identifier. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1003888396256744753L;

    /** Point coordinates. */
    private final double[] point;

    /** Vectorial value of the objective function at the point. */
    private final double[] value;

    /** Build a point/objective function value pair.
     * @param point point coordinates (the built instance will store
     * a copy of the array, not the array passed as argument)
     * @param value value of an objective function at the point
     */
    public VectorialPointValuePair(final double[] point, final double[] value) {
        this.point = (point == null) ? null : point.clone();
        this.value = (value == null) ? null : value.clone();
    }

    /** Build a point/objective function value pair.
     * @param point point coordinates (the built instance will store
     * a copy of the array, not the array passed as argument)
     * @param value value of an objective function at the point
     * @param copyArray if true, the input arrays will be copied, otherwise
     * they will be referenced
     */
    public VectorialPointValuePair(final double[] point, final double[] value,
                                   final boolean copyArray) {
        this.point = copyArray ?
                      ((point == null) ? null : point.clone()) :
                      point;
        this.value = copyArray ?
                      ((value == null) ? null : value.clone()) :
                      value;
    }

    /** Get the point.
     * @return a copy of the stored point
     */
    public double[] getPoint() {
        return (point == null) ? null : point.clone();
    }

    /** Get a reference to the point.
     * <p>This method is provided as a convenience to avoid copying
     * the array, the elements of the array should <em>not</em> be modified.</p>
     * @return a reference to the internal array storing the point
     */
    public double[] getPointRef() {
        return point;
    }

    /** Get the value of the objective function.
     * @return a copy of the stored value of the objective function
     */
    public double[] getValue() {
        return (value == null) ? null : value.clone();
    }

    /** Get a reference to the value of the objective function.
     * <p>This method is provided as a convenience to avoid copying
     * the array, the elements of the array should <em>not</em> be modified.</p>
     * @return a reference to the internal array storing the value of the objective function
     */
    public double[] getValueRef() {
        return value;
    }

}