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017    
018    package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation;
019    
020    import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.MultivariateVectorFunction;
021    import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
022    
023    
024    /**
025     * Extension of {@link MultivariateVectorFunction} representing a
026     * multivariate differentiable vectorial function.
027     * @version $Id: MultivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction.java 1416643 2012-12-03 19:37:14Z tn $
028     * @since 3.1
029     */
030    public interface MultivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction
031        extends MultivariateVectorFunction {
032    
033        /**
034         * Compute the value for the function at the given point.
035         * @param point point at which the function must be evaluated
036         * @return function value for the given point
037         * @exception MathIllegalArgumentException if {@code point} does not
038         * fulfill functions constraints (wrong dimension, argument out of bound,
039         * or unsupported derivative order for example)
040         */
041        DerivativeStructure[] value(DerivativeStructure[] point)
042            throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
043    
044    }