MultipleDiscreteDistribution.h

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//
// File: MultipleDiscreteDistribution.h
// Created by: Laurent Guéguen
// Created on: mardi 20 juillet 2010, à 14h 52
//

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#ifndef _MULTIPLEDISCRETEDISTRIBUTION_H_
#define _MULTIPLEDISCRETEDISTRIBUTION_H_

#include "../VectorTools.h"
#include "../ParameterAliasable.h"
#include "../../Exceptions.h"
#include "../../Io/OutputStream.h"

namespace bpp
{

  class MultipleDiscreteDistribution:
    public virtual ParameterAliasable
  {
  public:
    MultipleDiscreteDistribution() {}
    
    virtual ~MultipleDiscreteDistribution() {}

#ifndef NO_VIRTUAL_COV
    MultipleDiscreteDistribution * clone() const = 0;
#endif

  public:

    virtual size_t getNumberOfCategories() const = 0;

    virtual Vdouble getValueCategory(Vdouble& Vvalue) const = 0;
    
    virtual double getProbability(Vdouble& category) const = 0;


  public:

    virtual Vdouble rand() const = 0;

    virtual Vdouble randC() const = 0;

    //virtual bool adaptToConstraint(const std::vector<Constraint&>& vc, bool f=true) = 0;
    
    //    virtual void print(OutputStream& out) const = 0;

  };

} //end of namespace bpp.

#endif  //_MULTIPLEDISCRETEDISTRIBUTION_H_