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, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 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 }