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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace ILNumerics.Storage {
    [Serializable]
    internal abstract class ILStorage<ElementType> : ILStorage {

        internal ILStorage(ILSize dimensions) : base(dimensions) { }

        #region abstract interface
        internal abstract bool GetLimits(out ElementType minValue, out ElementType maxValue); 
        internal abstract bool GetLimits(out ElementType minValue, out ElementType maxValue, bool includeInfNaNs); 
        public abstract IEnumerator<ElementType> GetEnumerator(); 
        /// <summary>
        /// Get single value from this storage.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="idx">Integer array holding the dimension specifier</param>
        /// <returns>Element at the position pointed to by idx.</returns>
        internal abstract ElementType GetValueTyped(params int[] idx); 
        /// <summary>
        /// Set value of element at the specified position.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value">new value</param>
        /// <param name="idx">position of the element to be altered</param>
        internal abstract void SetValueTyped(ElementType value, params int[] idx);
        #endregion

    }
}