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package org.apache.commons.math3.linear;

import org.apache.commons.math3.FieldElement;

This interface defines a visitor for the entries of a vector. Visitors
implementing this interface may alter the entries of the vector being
visited.
Type parameters:
<T> – the type of the field elements
Since:
3.3/**
 * This interface defines a visitor for the entries of a vector. Visitors
 * implementing this interface may alter the entries of the vector being
 * visited.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of the field elements
 * @since 3.3
 */
public interface FieldVectorChangingVisitor<T extends FieldElement<?>> {
    
Start visiting a vector. This method is called once, before any entry
of the vector is visited.
Params:
dimension – the size of the vector
start – the index of the first entry to be visited
end – the index of the last entry to be visited (inclusive)/**
     * Start visiting a vector. This method is called once, before any entry
     * of the vector is visited.
     *
     * @param dimension the size of the vector
     * @param start the index of the first entry to be visited
     * @param end the index of the last entry to be visited (inclusive)
     */
    void start(int dimension, int start, int end);

    
Visit one entry of the vector.
Params:
index – the index of the entry being visited
value – the value of the entry being visited
Returns:
the new value of the entry being visited/**
     * Visit one entry of the vector.
     *
     * @param index the index of the entry being visited
     * @param value the value of the entry being visited
     * @return the new value of the entry being visited
     */
    T visit(int index, T value);

    
End visiting a vector. This method is called once, after all entries of
the vector have been visited.
Returns:
the value returned after visiting all entries/**
     * End visiting a vector. This method is called once, after all entries of
     * the vector have been visited.
     *
     * @return the value returned after visiting all entries
     */
    T end();
}