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package org.apache.commons.math.transform;

import org.apache.commons.math.FunctionEvaluationException;
import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.UnivariateRealFunction;

/**
 * Interface for one-dimensional data sets transformations producing real results.
 * <p>Such transforms include {@link FastSineTransformer sine transform},
 * {@link FastCosineTransformer cosine transform} or {@link
 * FastHadamardTransformer Hadamard transform}. {@link FastFourierTransformer
 * Fourier transform} is of a different kind and does not implement this
 * interface since it produces {@link org.apache.commons.math.complex.Complex complex}
 * results instead of real ones.
 * </p>
 * @version $Revision: 1070725 $ $Date: 2011-02-15 02:31:12 +0100 (mar. 15 févr. 2011) $
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface RealTransformer  {

    /**
     * Transform the given real data set.
     * @param f the real data array to be transformed (signal)
     * @return the real transformed array (spectrum)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any parameters are invalid
     */
    double[] transform(double f[])
        throws IllegalArgumentException;

    /**
     * Transform the given real function, sampled on the given interval.
     * @param f the function to be sampled and transformed
     * @param min the lower bound for the interval
     * @param max the upper bound for the interval
     * @param n the number of sample points
     * @return the real transformed array
     * @throws FunctionEvaluationException if function cannot be evaluated at some point
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any parameters are invalid
     */
    double[] transform(UnivariateRealFunction f, double min, double max, int n)
        throws FunctionEvaluationException, IllegalArgumentException;

    /**
     * Inversely transform the given real data set.
     * @param f the real data array to be inversely transformed (spectrum)
     * @return the real inversely transformed array (signal)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any parameters are invalid
     */
    double[] inversetransform(double f[])
        throws IllegalArgumentException;

    /**
     * Inversely transform the given real function, sampled on the given interval.
     * @param f the function to be sampled and inversely transformed
     * @param min the lower bound for the interval
     * @param max the upper bound for the interval
     * @param n the number of sample points
     * @return the real inversely transformed array
     * @throws FunctionEvaluationException if function cannot be evaluated at some point
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any parameters are invalid
     */
    double[] inversetransform(UnivariateRealFunction f, double min, double max, int n)
        throws FunctionEvaluationException, IllegalArgumentException;

}