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017package org.apache.commons.math3.linear;
018
019/**
020 * This interface defines a visitor for the entries of a vector. Visitors
021 * implementing this interface do not alter the entries of the vector being
022 * visited.
023 *
024 * @since 3.1
025 */
026public interface RealVectorPreservingVisitor {
027    /**
028     * Start visiting a vector. This method is called once, before any entry
029     * of the vector is visited.
030     *
031     * @param dimension the size of the vector
032     * @param start the index of the first entry to be visited
033     * @param end the index of the last entry to be visited (inclusive)
034     */
035    void start(int dimension, int start, int end);
036
037    /**
038     * Visit one entry of the vector.
039     *
040     * @param index the index of the entry being visited
041     * @param value the value of the entry being visited
042     */
043    void visit(int index, double value);
044
045    /**
046     * End visiting a vector. This method is called once, after all entries of
047     * the vector have been visited.
048     *
049     * @return the value returned by
050     * {@link RealVector#walkInDefaultOrder(RealVectorPreservingVisitor)},
051     * {@link RealVector#walkInDefaultOrder(RealVectorPreservingVisitor, int, int)},
052     * {@link RealVector#walkInOptimizedOrder(RealVectorPreservingVisitor)}
053     * or
054     * {@link RealVector#walkInOptimizedOrder(RealVectorPreservingVisitor, int, int)}
055     */
056    double end();
057}