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017package org.apache.commons.math3.util;
018
019import java.io.Serializable;
020
021import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
022
023
024/**
025 * A mid point strategy based on the average of begin and end indices.
026 * @since 3.4
027 */
028public class CentralPivotingStrategy implements PivotingStrategyInterface, Serializable {
029
030    /** Serializable UID. */
031    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20140713L;
032
033    /**
034     * {@inheritDoc}
035     * This in particular picks a average of begin and end indices
036     * @return The index corresponding to a simple average of
037     * the first and the last element indices of the array slice
038     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException when indices exceeds range
039     */
040    public int pivotIndex(final double[] work, final int begin, final int end)
041        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
042        MathArrays.verifyValues(work, begin, end-begin);
043        return begin + (end - begin)/2;
044    }
045
046}