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017    
018    package org.apache.commons.math.ode.sampling;
019    
020    /**
021     * This class is a step handler that does nothing.
022    
023     * <p>This class is provided as a convenience for users who are only
024     * interested in the final state of an integration and not in the
025     * intermediate steps. Its handleStep method does nothing.</p>
026     *
027     * <p>Since this class has no internal state, it is implemented using
028     * the Singleton design pattern. This means that only one instance is
029     * ever created, which can be retrieved using the getInstance
030     * method. This explains why there is no public constructor.</p>
031     *
032     * @see StepHandler
033     * @version $Revision: 811827 $ $Date: 2009-09-06 17:32:50 +0200 (dim. 06 sept. 2009) $
034     * @since 1.2
035     */
036    
037    public class DummyStepHandler implements StepHandler {
038    
039        /** Private constructor.
040         * The constructor is private to prevent users from creating
041         * instances (Singleton design-pattern).
042         */
043        private DummyStepHandler() {
044        }
045    
046        /** Get the only instance.
047         * @return the only instance
048         */
049        public static DummyStepHandler getInstance() {
050            return LazyHolder.INSTANCE;
051        }
052    
053        /** Determines whether this handler needs dense output.
054         * Since this handler does nothing, it does not require dense output.
055         * @return always false
056         */
057        public boolean requiresDenseOutput() {
058            return false;
059        }
060    
061        /** Reset the step handler.
062         * Initialize the internal data as required before the first step is
063         * handled.
064         */
065        public void reset() {
066        }
067    
068        /**
069         * Handle the last accepted step.
070         * This method does nothing in this class.
071         * @param interpolator interpolator for the last accepted step. For
072         * efficiency purposes, the various integrators reuse the same
073         * object on each call, so if the instance wants to keep it across
074         * all calls (for example to provide at the end of the integration a
075         * continuous model valid throughout the integration range), it
076         * should build a local copy using the clone method and store this
077         * copy.
078         * @param isLast true if the step is the last one
079         */
080        public void handleStep(final StepInterpolator interpolator, final boolean isLast) {
081        }
082    
083        // CHECKSTYLE: stop HideUtilityClassConstructor
084        /** Holder for the instance.
085         * <p>We use here the Initialization On Demand Holder Idiom.</p>
086         */
087        private static class LazyHolder {
088            /** Cached field instance. */
089            private static final DummyStepHandler INSTANCE = new DummyStepHandler();
090        }
091        // CHECKSTYLE: resume HideUtilityClassConstructor
092    
093        /** Handle deserialization of the singleton.
094         * @return the singleton instance
095         */
096        private Object readResolve() {
097            // return the singleton instance
098            return LazyHolder.INSTANCE;
099        }
100    
101    }