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17  
18  /*
19   * This is not the original file distributed by the Apache Software Foundation
20   * It has been modified by the Hipparchus project
21   */
22  
23  package org.hipparchus.analysis.function;
24  
25  import java.util.Arrays;
26  
27  import org.hipparchus.analysis.UnivariateFunction;
28  import org.hipparchus.exception.LocalizedCoreFormats;
29  import org.hipparchus.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
30  import org.hipparchus.exception.NullArgumentException;
31  import org.hipparchus.util.MathArrays;
32  
33  /**
34   * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_function">
35   *  Step function</a>.
36   *
37   */
38  public class StepFunction implements UnivariateFunction {
39      /** Abscissae. */
40      private final double[] abscissa;
41      /** Ordinates. */
42      private final double[] ordinate;
43  
44      /**
45       * Builds a step function from a list of arguments and the corresponding
46       * values. Specifically, returns the function h(x) defined by <pre><code>
47       * h(x) = y[0] for all x &lt; x[1]
48       *        y[1] for x[1] &le; x &lt; x[2]
49       *        ...
50       *        y[y.length - 1] for x &ge; x[x.length - 1]
51       * </code></pre>
52       * The value of {@code x[0]} is ignored, but it must be strictly less than
53       * {@code x[1]}.
54       *
55       * @param x Domain values where the function changes value.
56       * @param y Values of the function.
57       * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException
58       * if the {@code x} array is not sorted in strictly increasing order.
59       * @throws NullArgumentException if {@code x} or {@code y} are {@code null}.
60       * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if {@code x} or {@code y} are zero-length.
61       * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if {@code x} and {@code y} do not
62       * have the same length.
63       */
64      public StepFunction(double[] x,
65                          double[] y)
66          throws MathIllegalArgumentException, NullArgumentException {
67          if (x == null ||
68              y == null) {
69              throw new NullArgumentException();
70          }
71          if (x.length == 0 ||
72              y.length == 0) {
73              throw new MathIllegalArgumentException(LocalizedCoreFormats.NO_DATA);
74          }
75          MathArrays.checkEqualLength(y, x);
76          MathArrays.checkOrder(x);
77  
78          abscissa = x.clone();
79          ordinate = y.clone();
80      }
81  
82      /** {@inheritDoc} */
83      @Override
84      public double value(double x) {
85          final int index = Arrays.binarySearch(abscissa, x);
86  
87          if (index < -1) {
88              // "x" is between "abscissa[-index-2]" and "abscissa[-index-1]".
89              return ordinate[-index-2];
90          } else if (index >= 0) {
91              // "x" is exactly "abscissa[index]".
92              return ordinate[index];
93          } else {
94              // Otherwise, "x" is smaller than the first value in "abscissa"
95              // (hence the returned value should be "ordinate[0]").
96              return ordinate[0];
97          }
98  
99      }
100 }