/*
 *  evaluator.h
 */
 
#ifndef EVALUATOR_H
#define EVALUATOR_H

/**
 *	This resets the distributed evaluation framework.
 */
void	reset_evaluator();
/**
 *	This sets the output file that the distributed evaluation framework reports results to.
 */
void	set_evaluation_output(char* name);

/**
 *	This calculates the likelihood for the given parameters, and reports the value to the
 *	file specified by set_evaluation_output (if one is specified).
 */
double	track_evaluate(double* parameters);

/**
 *	This sets the maximum number of evaluations to be done by the evaluator before
 *	it quits.
 */
void	evaluator__max_evaluations(int max_evaluations);

/**
 *	This calculates the likelihood for the given parameters.
 */
double	evaluate(double* parameters);

/**
 *	This initializes the MPI processes in the distributed evaluation framework.
 */
void	evaluator__init(int number_arguments, char** arguments);

/**
 *	This causes all the MPI processes to call the read data function and generate
 *	their data.
 */
void	evaluator__init_data(void (*read_data)(int, int));

/**
 *	This specifies the integral function and the integral combination function (note: if this is used
 *	it must be specified before the evaluator__init_likelihood function is called).
 */
void	evaluator__init_integral(double* (*i_f)(double*), int i_p_l, double* (*i_c)(double*, int), int i_r_l);

/**
 *	This specifies the likelihood function and the likelihood combination function.
 */
void	evaluator__init_likelihood(double* (*l_f)(double*), int l_p_l, double (*l_c)(double*, int), int l_r_l);

#endif