/*
* Copyright (c) 2006 Tom Parker <thpr@users.sourceforge.net>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
* the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
* Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
* any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
* details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
*/
package pcgen.base.formula;
/**
* @author Thomas Parker (thpr [at] yahoo.com)
*
* Represents a Formula that can have arguments provided to drive resolution of
* the formula.
*
* A ReferenceFormula may have restrictions on the legal number of arguments to
* the resolve method.
*
* @param <T>
* The type of Object returned by the Formula (it is likely, but not
* required, that this is a Number of some form)
*/
public interface ReferenceFormula<T>
{
/**
* Executes this ReferenceFormula
*
* @param numbers
* the inputs to the formula
* @return the result of the calculation
*/
public abstract T resolve(Number... numbers);
}