org.apache.commons.math3.analysis
Interface UnivariateFunction

All Known Subinterfaces:

DifferentiableIntegrableUnivariateFunction, DifferentiableUnivariateFunction, IntegrableUnivariateFunction, UnivariateDifferentiableFunction

All Known Implementing Classes:

Abs, Acos, Acosh, Asin, Asinh, Atan, Atanh, Cbrt, Ceil, Constant, Cos, Cosh, Exp, Expm1, Floor, FourierSeries, Gaussian, HarmonicOscillator, Identity, Inverse, Log, Log10, Log1p, Logistic, Logit, Minus, PolynomialFunction, PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm, PolynomialFunctionNewtonForm, PolynomialSplineFunction, Power, Rint, Sigmoid, Signum, Sin, Sinc, Sinh, Sqrt, StepFunction, Tan, Tanh, TrigonometricPolynomialFunction, TrigonometricPolynomialPrimitive, Ulp, UniLinearIntervalsFunction

public interface UnivariateFunction

An interface representing a univariate real function.
When a user-defined function encounters an error during evaluation, the value method should throw a user-defined unchecked exception.
The following code excerpt shows the recommended way to do that using a root solver as an example, but the same construct is applicable to ODE integrators or optimizers.

 private static class LocalException extends RuntimeException {
     // The x value that caused the problem.
     private final double x;

     public LocalException(double x) {
         this.x = x;
     }

     public double getX() {
         return x;
     }
 }

 private static class MyFunction implements UnivariateFunction {
     public double value(double x) {
         double y = hugeFormula(x);
         if (somethingBadHappens) {
           throw new LocalException(x);
         }
         return y;
     }
 }

 public void compute() {
     try {
         solver.solve(maxEval, new MyFunction(a, b, c), min, max);
     } catch (LocalException le) {
         // Retrieve the x value.
     }
 }
 

As shown, the exception is local to the user's code and it is guaranteed that Apache Commons Math will not catch it.

Version:

$Id: UnivariateFunction.java 7703 2013-02-12 17:12:25Z CardosoP $

Method Summary

double

value(double x) Compute the value of the function.

Method Detail

value

double value(double x)

Compute the value of the function.

Parameters:

x - Point at which the function value should be computed.

Returns:

the value of the function.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when the activated method itself can ascertain that a precondition, specified in the API expressed at the level of the activated method, has been violated. When Commons Math throws an IllegalArgumentException, it is usually the consequence of checking the actual parameters passed to the method.