1 /*
2 * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16 package org.apache.commons.math.analysis;
17
18 import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
19
20 /**
21 * Interface representing a univariate real interpolating function.
22 *
23 * @version $Revision: 155427 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 06:11:52 -0700 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $
24 */
25 public interface UnivariateRealInterpolator {
26
27 /**
28 * Computes an interpolating function for the data set.
29 * @param xval the arguments for the interpolation points
30 * @param yval the values for the interpolation points
31 * @return a function which interpolates the data set
32 * @throws MathException if arguments violate assumptions made by the
33 * interpolationg algorithm
34 */
35 public UnivariateRealFunction interpolate(double xval[], double yval[])
36 throws MathException;
37 }