MatrixDecompositor.java

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package org.la4j.decomposition;

import org.la4j.Matrix;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Interface for implementing various matrix decompositions. More details
 * <p><a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MatrixDecomposition.html">
 * here.</a>
 * </p>
 */
public interface MatrixDecompositor extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Decomposes the wrapped matrix.
     *
     * @return
     */
    Matrix[] decompose();

    /**
     * Returns the self matrix of this decompositor.
     *
     * @return
     */
    Matrix self();

    /**
     * Checks whether this decompositor is applicable to given matrix or not.
     *
     * @param matrix
     * @return
     */
    boolean applicableTo(Matrix matrix);
}