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38 package ffx.numerics;
39
40 /**
41 * Defines a set of geometric constraints that must be applied self-consistently.
42 *
43 * @author Jacob M. Litman
44 * @author Michael J. Schnieders
45 * @since 1.0
46 */
47 public interface Constraint {
48
49 /**
50 * Applies this Constraint in the context of a partially calculated MD time-step. All arrays are
51 * globally indexed (i.e. includes all system atoms, not just the constrained ones).
52 *
53 * <p>If there is no prior step (e.g. a newly loaded system that has not yet been rigidified),
54 * xPrior and xNew can be copies of each other when passed to the method.
55 *
56 * <p>xPrior corresponds to atomCoordinates in the OpenMM constraint code. Ours will be in
57 * Angstroms, not nm. xNew corresponds to atomCoordinatesP in the OpenMM constraint code. Ours will
58 * be in Angstroms, not nm.
59 *
60 * @param xPrior Atomic coordinates prior to the time-step to be constrained.
61 * @param xNew Atomic coordinates after the time-step; updated in-place to satisfy the
62 * constraint.
63 * @param masses Masses.
64 * @param tol Acceptable constraint tolerance for numerical methods, as a fraction of bond
65 * length.
66 */
67 void applyConstraintToStep(final double[] xPrior, double[] xNew, final double[] masses, double tol);
68
69 /**
70 * Applies this Constraint to velocities, ensuring relative velocities are perpendicular to
71 * constrained bonds, etc., without affecting positions. All arrays are globally indexed (i.e.
72 * includes all system atoms, not just the constrained ones).
73 *
74 * <p>Our positions will be in Angstroms, and velocities in Angstroms/ps, compared to the OpenMM
75 * nm and nm/ps.
76 *
77 * @param x Atomic coordinates (unchanged).
78 * @param v Velocities (updated in-place to satisfy constraints).
79 * @param masses Masses.
80 * @param tol Acceptable constraint tolerance for numerical methods; likely in Angstroms/ps
81 */
82 void applyConstraintToVelocities(final double[] x, double[] v, final double[] masses, double tol);
83
84 /**
85 * Returns the atomic XYZ indices of all Atoms constrained. Guaranteed to be unique. The primary
86 * assumption will be that variables are in sets of 3x Cartesian coordinates.
87 *
88 * @return All indices of constrained Atoms.
89 */
90 int[] constrainedAtomIndices();
91
92 /**
93 * Checks if this Constraint is satisfied.
94 *
95 * @param x Input coordinates to check.
96 * @param tol Numerical tolerance as a fraction of bond stretch.
97 * @return Whether this Constraint is satisfied.
98 */
99 boolean constraintSatisfied(final double[] x, double tol);
100
101 /**
102 * Checks if this Constraint is satisfied. Also checks velocities; bond constraints, for example,
103 * require that relative velocity be orthogonal to the bond. If the velocities vector is null or
104 * the tolerance is zero, velocity checks are skipped.
105 *
106 * @param x Input coordinates to check.
107 * @param v Input velocities to check. If null, velocity check disabled.
108 * @param xTol Numerical tolerance for bond lengths.
109 * @param vTol Numerical tolerance for velocity checks (typically in degrees). If zero,
110 * velocity check disabled.
111 * @return Whether this Constraint is satisfied.
112 */
113 boolean constraintSatisfied(final double[] x, final double[] v, double xTol, double vTol);
114
115 /**
116 * Returns the number of degrees of freedom this Constraint constrains.
117 *
118 * @return Number of frozen DoF.
119 */
120 int getNumDegreesFrozen();
121 }