// @(#)root/minuit2:$Id$
// Authors: M. Winkler, F. James, L. Moneta, A. Zsenei   2003-2005  

/**********************************************************************
 *                                                                    *
 * Copyright (c) 2005 LCG ROOT Math team,  CERN/PH-SFT                *
 *                                                                    *
 **********************************************************************/

#ifndef ROOT_Minuit2_MnParameterScan
#define ROOT_Minuit2_MnParameterScan

#include "Minuit2/MnConfig.h"
#include "Minuit2/MnUserParameters.h"

#include <vector>
#include <utility>

namespace ROOT {

   namespace Minuit2 {


class FCNBase;

/** Scans the values of FCN as a function of one Parameter and retains the 
    best function and Parameter values found.
 */

class MnParameterScan {

public:

  MnParameterScan(const FCNBase&, const MnUserParameters&);

  MnParameterScan(const FCNBase&, const MnUserParameters&, double);

  ~MnParameterScan() {}

// returns pairs of (x,y) points, x=parameter Value, y=function Value of FCN
  std::vector<std::pair<double, double> > operator()(unsigned int par, unsigned int maxsteps = 41, double low = 0., double high = 0.);

  const MnUserParameters& Parameters() const {return fParameters;}
  double Fval() const {return fAmin;}

private:

  const FCNBase& fFCN;
  MnUserParameters fParameters;
  double fAmin;
};

  }  // namespace Minuit2

}  // namespace ROOT

#endif  // ROOT_Minuit2_MnParameterScan
