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package org.apache.commons.math.analysis.solvers;

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

/**
 * Implements the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Bisection.html">
 * bisection algorithm</a> for finding zeros of univariate real functions. 
 * <p>
 * The function should be continuous but not necessarily smooth.</p>
 * 
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public class BisectionSolver extends UnivariateRealSolverImpl {
    
    /**
     * Construct a solver for the given function.
     * 
     * @param f function to solve.
     * @deprecated as of 2.0 the function to solve is passed as an argument
     * to the {@link #solve(UnivariateRealFunction, double, double)} or
     * {@link UnivariateRealSolverImpl#solve(UnivariateRealFunction, double, double, double)}
     * method.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public BisectionSolver(UnivariateRealFunction f) {
        super(f, 100, 1E-6);
    }

    /**
     * Construct a solver.
     * 
     */
    public BisectionSolver() {
        super(100, 1E-6);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Deprecated
    public double solve(double min, double max, double initial)
        throws MaxIterationsExceededException, FunctionEvaluationException {
        return solve(f, min, max);
    }
    
    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Deprecated
    public double solve(double min, double max)
        throws MaxIterationsExceededException, FunctionEvaluationException {
        return solve(f, min, max);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double solve(final UnivariateRealFunction f, double min, double max, double initial)
        throws MaxIterationsExceededException, FunctionEvaluationException {
        return solve(min, max);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double solve(final UnivariateRealFunction f, double min, double max)
        throws MaxIterationsExceededException, FunctionEvaluationException {
            
        clearResult();
        verifyInterval(min,max);
        double m;
        double fm;
        double fmin;
        
        int i = 0;
        while (i < maximalIterationCount) {
            m = UnivariateRealSolverUtils.midpoint(min, max);
           fmin = f.value(min);
           fm = f.value(m);

            if (fm * fmin > 0.0) {
                // max and m bracket the root.
                min = m;
            } else {
                // min and m bracket the root.
                max = m;
            }

            if (Math.abs(max - min) <= absoluteAccuracy) {
                m = UnivariateRealSolverUtils.midpoint(min, max);
                setResult(m, i);
                return m;
            }
            ++i;
        }
        
        throw new MaxIterationsExceededException(maximalIterationCount);
    }
}
