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17  
18  package org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.ode.sampling;
19  
20  
21  /** {@link StepNormalizer Step normalizer} modes. Determines how the step size
22   * is interpreted.
23   * @see FieldStepNormalizer
24   * @see StepNormalizer
25   * @see StepNormalizerBounds
26   * @since 3.0
27   */
28  public enum StepNormalizerMode {
29      /**
30       * Steps are fixed increments of the start value. In other words, they
31       * are relative to the start value.
32       *
33       * <p>If the integration start time is t0, then the points handled by
34       * the underlying fixed step size step handler are t0 (depending on
35       * the {@link StepNormalizerBounds bounds settings}), t0+h, t0+2h, ...</p>
36       *
37       * <p>If the integration range is an integer multiple of the step size
38       * (h), then the last point handled will be the end point of the
39       * integration (tend). If not, the last point may be the end point
40       * tend, or it may be a point belonging to the interval [tend - h ;
41       * tend], depending on the {@link StepNormalizerBounds bounds settings}.
42       * </p>
43       *
44       * @see StepNormalizer
45       * @see StepNormalizerBounds
46       */
47      INCREMENT,
48  
49      /** Steps are multiples of a fixed value. In other words, they are
50       * relative to the first multiple of the step size that is encountered
51       * after the start value.
52       *
53       * <p>If the integration start time is t0, and the first multiple of
54       * the fixed step size that is encountered is t1, then the points
55       * handled by the underlying fixed step size step handler are t0
56       * (depending on the {@link StepNormalizerBounds bounds settings}), t1,
57       * t1+h, t1+2h, ...</p>
58       *
59       * <p>If the end point of the integration range (tend) is an integer
60       * multiple of the step size (h) added to t1, then the last point
61       * handled will be the end point of the integration (tend). If not,
62       * the last point may be the end point tend, or it may be a point
63       * belonging to the interval [tend - h ; tend], depending on the
64       * {@link StepNormalizerBounds bounds settings}.</p>
65       *
66       * @see StepNormalizer
67       * @see StepNormalizerBounds
68       */
69      MULTIPLES;
70  }