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017package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.interpolation;
018
019import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.UnivariateFunction;
020import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.DimensionMismatchException;
021import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
022
023/**
024 * Interface representing a univariate real interpolating function.
025 *
026 */
027public interface UnivariateInterpolator {
028    /**
029     * Compute an interpolating function for the dataset.
030     *
031     * @param xval Arguments for the interpolation points.
032     * @param yval Values for the interpolation points.
033     * @return a function which interpolates the dataset.
034     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException
035     * if the arguments violate assumptions made by the interpolation
036     * algorithm.
037     * @throws DimensionMismatchException if arrays lengthes do not match
038     */
039    UnivariateFunction interpolate(double xval[], double yval[])
040        throws MathIllegalArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException;
041}