localsolver

Interface LSNativeFunction

public interface LSNativeFunction

Native function interface. To use your own functions with LocalSolver, you have to proceed in 3 steps:

1. Implement the LSNativeFunction interface with the call method. The call method must take the native context associated to the function and must return a double value. This native context contains the values of the expressions passed to the function. A distinction is made between integer arguments (bool, int) and floating point arguments (double).
2. Instanciate the function as an LSExpression with LSModel.createNativeFunction(localsolver.LSNativeFunction) or the dedicated shortcut LSModel.function(localsolver.LSNativeFunction).
3. Pass arguments to your function and call it. For that, you have to create expressions of type LSOperator.Call. The first operand must be your native function. The other operands must be LSExpressions. Their value will be made accessible to your native function through the native context.

Note 1: Most of the time your native function will be called when the solver is in state LSState.Running. Do not attempt to call any method of the solver (to retrieve statistics, values of LSExpressions or whatever) in that state or an exception will be thrown. The only accessible function is LocalSolver.stop().

Note 2: Your functions must be thread-safe. According to the "nbThreads" parameter, LocalSolver can be multi-threaded. In that case, your native functions must be thread safe. If you cannot guarantee the thread-safety of your code, we strongly recommend you to limit the search of LocalSolver to one thread with LSParam.setNbThreads(int).

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	call(LSNativeContext context) The function to call.

Method Detail

call

double call(LSNativeContext context)

The function to call. The native context contains the arguments to pass to your function.

Parameters:

context - Native context containing the arguments of the function.

Returns:

The value of the LSExpression.