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017    package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation;
018    
019    import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.UnivariateVectorFunction;
020    import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
021    
022    /**
023     * Extension of {@link UnivariateVectorFunction} representing a univariate differentiable vectorial function.
024     *
025     * @version $Id: UnivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction.java 1416643 2012-12-03 19:37:14Z tn $
026     * @since 3.1
027     */
028    public interface UnivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction
029        extends UnivariateVectorFunction {
030    
031        /**
032         * Compute the value for the function.
033         * @param x the point for which the function value should be computed
034         * @return the value
035         * @exception MathIllegalArgumentException if {@code x} does not
036         * fulfill functions constraints (argument out of bound, or unsupported
037         * derivative order for example)
038         */
039        DerivativeStructure[] value(DerivativeStructure x) throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
040    
041    }