001/**
002 * Real.java
003 * 
004 * Copyright (c) 2004-2012, Nicole C. Tedesco. All rights reserved.
005 * 
006 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
007 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
008 * the License at:
009 * 
010 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011 * 
012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
013 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
014 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
015 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
016 * the License.
017 */
018
019package net.sf.jaccumulator.reals;
020
021import java.math.BigDecimal;
022
023import net.sf.jaccumulator.Domain;
024import net.sf.jaccumulator.scalars.Scalar;
025import net.sf.jaccumulator.unlimiteds.UnlimitedDecimalValue;
026import net.sf.jaccumulator.unlimiteds.UnlimitedIntegerValue;
027
028/**
029 * Read and write behavior for any representation of {@link Domain#REAL real}
030 * numbers, either {@code boolean} vector, {@link BigDecimal unlimited} array
031 * representation or {@link String text}
032 * 
033 * @param <REAL>
034 *        this real type (used to facilitate operation chaining on write
035 *        operations)
036 * @since JAccumulator 4.0
037 * @author Nicole Tedesco (<a
038 *         href="mailto:Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com">Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com</a>)
039 */
040public interface Real<REAL extends Real<REAL>>
041    extends
042        RealDomain<REAL>,
043        RealInductor<REAL>,
044        Scalar<REAL>,
045        SealedReal<REAL>,
046        MutableReal<REAL>,
047        UnlimitedIntegerValue<REAL>,
048        UnlimitedDecimalValue<REAL>
049{
050}