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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.math3.geometry;
+
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathArithmeticException;
+
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+
+/**
+ * This interface represents a generic vector in a vectorial space or a point in an affine space.
+ *
+ * @param <S> Type of the space.
+ * @see Space
+ * @see Point
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public interface Vector<S extends Space> extends Point<S> {
+
+ /**
+ * Get the null vector of the vectorial space or origin point of the affine space.
+ *
+ * @return null vector of the vectorial space or origin point of the affine space
+ */
+ Vector<S> getZero();
+
+ /**
+ * Get the L<sub>1</sub> norm for the vector.
+ *
+ * @return L<sub>1</sub> norm for the vector
+ */
+ double getNorm1();
+
+ /**
+ * Get the L<sub>2</sub> norm for the vector.
+ *
+ * @return Euclidean norm for the vector
+ */
+ double getNorm();
+
+ /**
+ * Get the square of the norm for the vector.
+ *
+ * @return square of the Euclidean norm for the vector
+ */
+ double getNormSq();
+
+ /**
+ * Get the L<sub>&infin;</sub> norm for the vector.
+ *
+ * @return L<sub>&infin;</sub> norm for the vector
+ */
+ double getNormInf();
+
+ /**
+ * Add a vector to the instance.
+ *
+ * @param v vector to add
+ * @return a new vector
+ */
+ Vector<S> add(Vector<S> v);
+
+ /**
+ * Add a scaled vector to the instance.
+ *
+ * @param factor scale factor to apply to v before adding it
+ * @param v vector to add
+ * @return a new vector
+ */
+ Vector<S> add(double factor, Vector<S> v);
+
+ /**
+ * Subtract a vector from the instance.
+ *
+ * @param v vector to subtract
+ * @return a new vector
+ */
+ Vector<S> subtract(Vector<S> v);
+
+ /**
+ * Subtract a scaled vector from the instance.
+ *
+ * @param factor scale factor to apply to v before subtracting it
+ * @param v vector to subtract
+ * @return a new vector
+ */
+ Vector<S> subtract(double factor, Vector<S> v);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the opposite of the instance.
+ *
+ * @return a new vector which is opposite to the instance
+ */
+ Vector<S> negate();
+
+ /**
+ * Get a normalized vector aligned with the instance.
+ *
+ * @return a new normalized vector
+ * @exception MathArithmeticException if the norm is zero
+ */
+ Vector<S> normalize() throws MathArithmeticException;
+
+ /**
+ * Multiply the instance by a scalar.
+ *
+ * @param a scalar
+ * @return a new vector
+ */
+ Vector<S> scalarMultiply(double a);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns true if any coordinate of this vector is infinite and none are NaN; false otherwise
+ *
+ * @return true if any coordinate of this vector is infinite and none are NaN; false otherwise
+ */
+ boolean isInfinite();
+
+ /**
+ * Compute the distance between the instance and another vector according to the L<sub>1</sub>
+ * norm.
+ *
+ * <p>Calling this method is equivalent to calling: <code>q.subtract(p).getNorm1()</code> except
+ * that no intermediate vector is built
+ *
+ * @param v second vector
+ * @return the distance between the instance and p according to the L<sub>1</sub> norm
+ */
+ double distance1(Vector<S> v);
+
+ /**
+ * Compute the distance between the instance and another vector according to the L<sub>2</sub>
+ * norm.
+ *
+ * <p>Calling this method is equivalent to calling: <code>q.subtract(p).getNorm()</code> except
+ * that no intermediate vector is built
+ *
+ * @param v second vector
+ * @return the distance between the instance and p according to the L<sub>2</sub> norm
+ */
+ double distance(Vector<S> v);
+
+ /**
+ * Compute the distance between the instance and another vector according to the
+ * L<sub>&infin;</sub> norm.
+ *
+ * <p>Calling this method is equivalent to calling: <code>q.subtract(p).getNormInf()</code>
+ * except that no intermediate vector is built
+ *
+ * @param v second vector
+ * @return the distance between the instance and p according to the L<sub>&infin;</sub> norm
+ */
+ double distanceInf(Vector<S> v);
+
+ /**
+ * Compute the square of the distance between the instance and another vector.
+ *
+ * <p>Calling this method is equivalent to calling: <code>q.subtract(p).getNormSq()</code>
+ * except that no intermediate vector is built
+ *
+ * @param v second vector
+ * @return the square of the distance between the instance and p
+ */
+ double distanceSq(Vector<S> v);
+
+ /**
+ * Compute the dot-product of the instance and another vector.
+ *
+ * @param v second vector
+ * @return the dot product this.v
+ */
+ double dotProduct(Vector<S> v);
+
+ /**
+ * Get a string representation of this vector.
+ *
+ * @param format the custom format for components
+ * @return a string representation of this vector
+ */
+ String toString(final NumberFormat format);
+}