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package org.apache.commons.math.optimization;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.MultivariateVectorialFunction;

/** 
 * This class holds a point and the vectorial value of an objective function at this point.
 * This is a simple immutable container.
 * @see RealPointValuePair
 * @see MultivariateVectorialFunction
 * @version $Revision: 758049 $ $Date: 2009-03-24 18:09:34 -0400 (Tue, 24 Mar 2009) $
 * @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.clone();
        this.value = 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.clone() : point;
        this.value = copyArray ? value.clone() : value;
    }

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

    /** Get a reference to the point.
     * This method is provided as a convenience to avoid copying
     * the array, the elements of the array should not be modified.
     * @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.clone();
    }

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

}