izes a single discontinuity segment</span>
        <span class="keyword">function</span> seg = initializeDiscontinuitySegment(~,nodeD,matD)
            seg = DiscontinuityElement_M(nodeD,matD);
        <span class="keyword">end</span>

        <span class="comment">% -----------------------------------------------------------------</span>
        <span class="comment">% Adds some additional discontinuity data</span>
        <span class="keyword">function</span> addDiscontinuityData(this,additionalData)
    