/*
* OpenPixi - Open Particle-In-Cell (PIC) Simulator
* Copyright (C) 2012 OpenPixi.org
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
*
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* with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*/
package org.openpixi.pixi.diagnostics.methods;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import org.openpixi.pixi.physics.grid.Grid;
import org.openpixi.pixi.physics.particles.Particle;
import org.openpixi.pixi.diagnostics.DataOutput;
/**
* Every diagnostics method that needs the particles should implement this.
*/
public interface Diagnostics {
/** Performes the desired diagnostics*/
public void calculate(Grid grid, ArrayList<Particle> particles);
/** The next iteration when this diagnostic should be performed */
public int getNextIteration();
/** Determines whether there is new data. I.e. whether calculate was called but the
* new data not yet extracted with getData.
*/
public boolean checkIfNewData();
/** Provides a way how other classes can access its information*/
public void getData(DataOutput out);
}