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// .NAME vtkRungeKutta2 - Integrate an initial value problem using 2nd
// order Runge-Kutta method.

// .SECTION Description
// This is a concrete sub-class of vtkInitialValueProblemSolver.
// It uses a 2nd order Runge-Kutta method to obtain the values of
// a set of functions at the next time step.

// .SECTION See Also
// vtkInitialValueProblemSolver vtkRungeKutta4 vtkFunctionSet

#ifndef __vtkRungeKutta2_h
#define __vtkRungeKutta2_h

#include "vtkInitialValueProblemSolver.h"

class VTK_COMMON_EXPORT vtkRungeKutta2 : public vtkInitialValueProblemSolver
{
public:
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkRungeKutta2,vtkInitialValueProblemSolver);

  // Description:
  // Construct a vtkRungeKutta2 with no initial FunctionSet.
  static vtkRungeKutta2 *New();

  // Description:
  // Given initial values, xprev , initial time, t and time interval, delT
  // calculate values of x at t+delT (xnext)
  // It returns an estimated value for the error (not implemented yet)
  // or -1 on failure (for example, if the integration moves out of
  // a data set)
  virtual float ComputeNextStep(float* xprev, float* xnext, float t,
                                float delT) 
    {
      return this->ComputeNextStep(xprev, 0, xnext, t, delT);
    }
  virtual float ComputeNextStep(float* xprev, float* dxprev, float* xnext, 
                                float t, float delT);

  // Description:
  // Create concrete instance of this object.
  virtual vtkInitialValueProblemSolver* MakeObject() 
    {
      return vtkRungeKutta2::New();
    }

protected:
  vtkRungeKutta2();
  ~vtkRungeKutta2();
private:
  vtkRungeKutta2(const vtkRungeKutta2&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkRungeKutta2&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif








