/******************************************************************************
* NOMAD -  Nonlinear Optimization for Mixed vAriables and Derivatives.        *
* Copyright (C) 2001-2004  Gilles Couture - Ecole Polytechnique,              *
*                          Charles Audet - Ecole Polytechnique,               *
*		           John Dennis - Rice University.                     *
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* Author: Gilles Couture                                                      *
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// point.h -- class definition for Point.

#ifndef _POINT_H_
#define _POINT_H_

class Point
{
  // A Point object has the following attributes:
  //   - An array of real numbers, 'coordinates'.
  //   - An integer, 'dimension', is the number of decision variables in the problem.
 private:
  double * coordinates;
  int dimension;

  // These class methods are described in "point.cpp"
 public:
  Point(const int dim, const double * coord, const double * scales_add,
	const double * scales_mult);
  Point(const int dim, const double * coord);
  Point(const Point & p);
  ~Point();
  bool operator<(const Point & p) const;
  Point & operator=(const Point & p);
  void showHistory(ofstream & fout, const double * scales_add,
		   const double * scales_mult) const;
  void showResults(ofstream & fout, const double * scales_add,
		   const double * scales_mult) const;

  // Non-member functions.
  // ---------------------

  friend ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, const Point & p);

  // Inline methods.
  // ---------------

  // This method returns the point's coordinates.
  double * getPoint() const {return coordinates;}
  // This method returns the point's dimension.
  int getDimension() const {return dimension;}
};
#endif
