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+// NPSOL.h                                                -*- C++ -*-
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef NPSOL_MISSING
+
+#if !defined (_NPSOL_h)
+#define _NPSOL_h 1
+
+#ifdef __GNUG__
+#pragma interface
+#endif
+
+#include "NLP.h"
+
+#ifndef Vector
+#define Vector ColumnVector
+#endif
+
+class NPSOL : public NLP
+{
+ public:
+
+  NPSOL (void) : NLP ()
+    { set_default_options (); }
+
+  NPSOL (const Vector& x, const Objective& phi) : NLP (x, phi)
+    { set_default_options (); }
+
+  NPSOL (const Vector& x, const Objective& phi,
+	 const Bounds& b) : NLP (x, phi, b)
+    { set_default_options (); }
+
+  NPSOL (const Vector& x, const Objective& phi, const Bounds& b,
+	 const LinConst& lc) : NLP (x, phi, b, lc)
+    { set_default_options (); }
+
+  NPSOL (const Vector& x, const Objective& phi, const Bounds& b,
+	 const LinConst& lc, const NLConst& nlc) : NLP (x, phi, b, lc, nlc)
+    { set_default_options (); }
+
+  NPSOL (const Vector& x, const Objective& phi,
+	 const LinConst& lc) : NLP (x, phi, lc)
+    { set_default_options (); }
+
+  NPSOL (const Vector& x, const Objective& phi, const LinConst& lc,
+	 const NLConst& nlc) : NLP (x, phi, lc, nlc)
+    { set_default_options (); }
+
+  NPSOL (const Vector& x, const Objective& phi,
+	 const NLConst& nlc) : NLP (x, phi, nlc)
+    { set_default_options (); }
+
+  NPSOL (const Vector& x, const Objective& phi, const Bounds& b,
+	 const NLConst& nlc) : NLP (x, phi, b, nlc)
+    { set_default_options (); }
+
+  NPSOL (const NPSOL& a);
+
+  NPSOL& operator = (const NPSOL& a);
+
+  Vector minimize (void);
+  Vector minimize (double& objf);
+  Vector minimize (double& objf, int& inform);
+  Vector minimize (double& objf, int& inform, Vector& lambda);
+
+  Vector minimize (const Vector& x);
+  Vector minimize (const Vector& x, double& objf);
+  Vector minimize (const Vector& x, double& objf, int& inform);
+  Vector minimize (const Vector& x, double& objf, int& inform, Vector& lambda);
+
+  NPSOL& option (char *s);
+
+private:
+  void set_default_options (void);
+
+};
+
+inline NPSOL::NPSOL (const NPSOL& a) : NLP (a.x, a.phi, a.bnds, a.lc, a.nlc)
+  { set_default_options (); }
+
+inline NPSOL&
+NPSOL::operator = (const NPSOL& a)
+{
+  x = a.x;
+  phi = a.phi;
+  bnds = a.bnds;
+  lc = a.lc;
+  nlc = a.nlc;
+
+  cerr << "warning: NPSOL options reset to default values\n";
+
+  set_default_options ();
+
+  return *this;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* NPSOL_MISSING */
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; page-delimiter: "^/\\*" ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/