StepInterpolator (Apache Commons Math 3.6.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractStepInterpolator, NordsieckStepInterpolator
```
public interface StepInterpolator
extends Externalizable
```
This interface represents an interpolator over the last step during an ODE integration.
The various ODE integrators provide objects implementing this interface to the step handlers. These objects are often custom objects tightly bound to the integrator internal algorithms. The handlers can use these objects to retrieve the state vector at intermediate times between the previous and the current grid points (this feature is often called dense output).

One important thing to note is that the step handlers may be so tightly bound to the integrators that they often share some internal state arrays. This imply that one should never use a direct reference to a step interpolator outside of the step handler, either for future use or for use in another thread. If such a need arise, the step interpolator must be copied using the dedicated copy() method.

Since:

1.2

See Also:
FirstOrderIntegrator, SecondOrderIntegrator, StepHandler

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`StepInterpolator`	`copy()` Copy the instance.
`double`	`getCurrentTime()` Get the current grid point time.
`double[]`	`getInterpolatedDerivatives()` Get the derivatives of the state vector of the interpolated point.
`double[]`	`getInterpolatedSecondaryDerivatives(int index)` Get the interpolated secondary derivatives corresponding to the secondary equations.
`double[]`	`getInterpolatedSecondaryState(int index)` Get the interpolated secondary state corresponding to the secondary equations.
`double[]`	`getInterpolatedState()` Get the state vector of the interpolated point.
`double`	`getInterpolatedTime()` Get the time of the interpolated point.
`double`	`getPreviousTime()` Get the previous grid point time.
`boolean`	`isForward()` Check if the natural integration direction is forward.
`void`	`setInterpolatedTime(double time)` Set the time of the interpolated point.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable
readExternal, writeExternal

- Method Detail
  - getPreviousTime
```
double getPreviousTime()
```
    Get the previous grid point time.
    
    Returns:
    previous grid point time
  - getCurrentTime
```
double getCurrentTime()
```
    Get the current grid point time.
    
    Returns:
    current grid point time
  - getInterpolatedTime
```
double getInterpolatedTime()
```
    Get the time of the interpolated point. If setInterpolatedTime(double) has not been called, it returns the current grid point time.
    
    Returns:
    interpolation point time
  - setInterpolatedTime
```
void setInterpolatedTime(double time)
```
    Set the time of the interpolated point.
    Setting the time outside of the current step is now allowed, but should be used with care since the accuracy of the interpolator will probably be very poor far from this step. This allowance has been added to simplify implementation of search algorithms near the step endpoints.
    
    Setting the time changes the instance internal state. This includes the internal arrays returned in getInterpolatedState(), getInterpolatedDerivatives(), getInterpolatedSecondaryState(int) and getInterpolatedSecondaryDerivatives(int). So if their content must be preserved across several calls, user must copy them.
    
    Parameters:
    time - time of the interpolated point
    See Also:
    getInterpolatedState(), getInterpolatedDerivatives(), getInterpolatedSecondaryState(int), getInterpolatedSecondaryDerivatives(int)
  - getInterpolatedState
```
double[] getInterpolatedState()
                              throws MaxCountExceededException
```
    Get the state vector of the interpolated point.
    The returned vector is a reference to a reused array, so it should not be modified and it should be copied if it needs to be preserved across several calls to the associated setInterpolatedTime(double) method.
    
    Returns:
    state vector at time getInterpolatedTime()
    
    Throws:
    
    MaxCountExceededException - if the number of functions evaluations is exceeded
    See Also:
    getInterpolatedDerivatives(), getInterpolatedSecondaryState(int), getInterpolatedSecondaryDerivatives(int), setInterpolatedTime(double)
  - getInterpolatedDerivatives
```
double[] getInterpolatedDerivatives()
                                    throws MaxCountExceededException
```
    Get the derivatives of the state vector of the interpolated point.
    The returned vector is a reference to a reused array, so it should not be modified and it should be copied if it needs to be preserved across several calls to the associated setInterpolatedTime(double) method.
    
    Returns:
    derivatives of the state vector at time getInterpolatedTime()
    
    Throws:
    
    MaxCountExceededException - if the number of functions evaluations is exceeded
    Since:
    
    2.0
    
    See Also:
    getInterpolatedState(), getInterpolatedSecondaryState(int), getInterpolatedSecondaryDerivatives(int), setInterpolatedTime(double)
  - getInterpolatedSecondaryState
```
double[] getInterpolatedSecondaryState(int index)
                                       throws MaxCountExceededException
```
    Get the interpolated secondary state corresponding to the secondary equations.
    The returned vector is a reference to a reused array, so it should not be modified and it should be copied if it needs to be preserved across several calls to the associated setInterpolatedTime(double) method.
    
    Parameters:
    index - index of the secondary set, as returned by ExpandableStatefulODE.addSecondaryEquations(SecondaryEquations)
    
    Returns:
    interpolated secondary state at the current interpolation date
    
    Throws:
    
    MaxCountExceededException - if the number of functions evaluations is exceeded
    Since:
    
    3.0
    
    See Also:
    getInterpolatedState(), getInterpolatedDerivatives(), getInterpolatedSecondaryDerivatives(int), setInterpolatedTime(double)
  - getInterpolatedSecondaryDerivatives
```
double[] getInterpolatedSecondaryDerivatives(int index)
                                             throws MaxCountExceededException
```
    Get the interpolated secondary derivatives corresponding to the secondary equations.
    The returned vector is a reference to a reused array, so it should not be modified and it should be copied if it needs to be preserved across several calls.
    
    Parameters:
    index - index of the secondary set, as returned by ExpandableStatefulODE.addSecondaryEquations(SecondaryEquations)
    
    Returns:
    interpolated secondary derivatives at the current interpolation date
    
    Throws:
    
    MaxCountExceededException - if the number of functions evaluations is exceeded
    Since:
    
    3.0
    
    See Also:
    getInterpolatedState(), getInterpolatedDerivatives(), getInterpolatedSecondaryState(int), setInterpolatedTime(double)
  - isForward
```
boolean isForward()
```
    Check if the natural integration direction is forward.
    This method provides the integration direction as specified by the integrator itself, it avoid some nasty problems in degenerated cases like null steps due to cancellation at step initialization, step control or discrete events triggering.
    
    Returns:
    true if the integration variable (time) increases during integration
  - copy
```
StepInterpolator copy()
                      throws MaxCountExceededException
```
    Copy the instance.
    The copied instance is guaranteed to be independent from the original one. Both can be used with different settings for interpolated time without any side effect.
    
    Returns:
    a deep copy of the instance, which can be used independently.
    
    Throws:
    
    MaxCountExceededException - if the number of functions evaluations is exceeded during step finalization
    See Also:
    setInterpolatedTime(double)

Interface StepInterpolator

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable

Method Detail

getPreviousTime

getCurrentTime

getInterpolatedTime

setInterpolatedTime

getInterpolatedState

getInterpolatedDerivatives

getInterpolatedSecondaryState

getInterpolatedSecondaryDerivatives

isForward

copy