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.FunctionEvaluationException; 19 20 /** 21 * An interface representing a univariate real function. 22 * 23 * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2005-02-26 05:11:52 -0800 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $ 24 */ 25 public interface UnivariateRealFunction { 26 /** 27 * Compute the value for the function. 28 * @param x the point for which the function value should be computed 29 * @return the value 30 * @throws FunctionEvaluationException if the function evaluation fails 31 */ 32 public double value(double x) throws FunctionEvaluationException; 33 34 } 35