Constant.java

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package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.function;

import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.DifferentiableUnivariateFunction;
import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation.DerivativeStructure;
import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation.UnivariateDifferentiableFunction;

/**
 * Constant function.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public class Constant implements UnivariateDifferentiableFunction, DifferentiableUnivariateFunction {
    /** Constant. */
    private final double c;

    /**
     * @param c Constant.
     */
    public Constant(double c) {
        this.c = c;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double value(double x) {
        return c;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc}
     * @deprecated as of 3.1, replaced by {@link #value(DerivativeStructure)}
     */
    @Deprecated
    public DifferentiableUnivariateFunction derivative() {
        return new Constant(0);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc}
     * @since 3.1
     */
    public DerivativeStructure value(final DerivativeStructure t) {
        return new DerivativeStructure(t.getFreeParameters(), t.getOrder(), c);
    }

}