/*

* (C) 2016 CSE2010 HW #2

*

* DO NOT MODIFY THIS CLASS!

*/

public interface Polynomial {

/*

* Returns the degree of the polynomial

*/

public int getDegree();

/*

* Returns the coefficient for the given input term "exponent"

*/

public double getCoefficient(final int exponent);

/*

* Add this object with a given input "p" and returns the new object.

* This object should "NOT" be changed as a result of this operation.

*/

public Polynomial padd(final Polynomial p);

/*

* Multiply this object with a given input "p" and returns the new object.

* This object should "NOT" be changed as a result of this operation.

*/

Polynomial pmult(final Polynomial p);

/*

* Insert a new term to this polynomial object.

* Merge terms if a term with the same exponent

* as the given input term already exists.

*/

public void addTerm(final Term term);

/*

* Returns the result of the polynomial evaluation for a given input "x"

*/

public double evaluate(final double val);

/*

* Returns the contents of the current polynomial as a sequence of

* (coeff_n, expo_n) (coeff_n-1, expo_n-1) ... (coeff_0, expo_0)

* in decreasing order of terms.

*/

public String dump();

}