Factory.h

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// @(#)root/mathcore:$Id$
// Author: L. Moneta Fri Dec 22 14:43:33 2006
 
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 * Copyright (c) 2006  LCG ROOT Math Team, CERN/PH-SFT                *
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// Header file for class Factory
 
#ifndef ROOT_Math_Factory
#define ROOT_Math_Factory
 
#include <string>
 
 
namespace ROOT {
 
   namespace Math {
 
   class Minimizer;
   class DistSampler;
 
//___________________________________________________________________________
/**
   Factory  class holding static functions to create the interfaces like ROOT::Math::Minimizer
   via the Plugin Manager
*/
class Factory {
      public:
 
   /**
      static method to create the corresponding Minimizer given the string
      Supported Minimizers types are:
      Minuit (TMinuit), Minuit2, GSLMultiMin, GSLMultiFit, GSLSimAn, Linear, Fumili, Genetic
      If no name is given use default values defined in  ROOT::Math::MinimizerOptions
      See also there for the possible options and algorithms available
    */
   static ROOT::Math::Minimizer * CreateMinimizer(const std::string & minimizerType = "", const std::string & algoType = "");
 
   /**
      static method to create the distribution sampler class given a string specifying the type
      Supported sampler types are:
      Unuran, Foam
      If no name is given use default values defined in  DistSamplerOptions
    */
   static ROOT::Math::DistSampler * CreateDistSampler(const std::string & samplerType ="");
 
 
};
 
   } // end namespace Fit
 
} // end namespace ROOT
 
 
#endif /* ROOT_Fit_MinimizerFactory */