AbstractConvergenceChecker.java

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package org.apache.commons.math3.optimization;

import org.apache.commons.math3.util.Precision;

/**
 * Base class for all convergence checker implementations.
 *
 * @param <PAIR> Type of (point, value) pair.
 *
 * @deprecated As of 3.1 (to be removed in 4.0).
 * @since 3.0
 */
@Deprecated
public abstract class AbstractConvergenceChecker<PAIR>
    implements ConvergenceChecker<PAIR> {
    /**
     * Default relative threshold.
     * @deprecated in 3.1 (to be removed in 4.0) because this value is too small
     * to be useful as a default (cf. MATH-798).
     */
    @Deprecated
    private static final double DEFAULT_RELATIVE_THRESHOLD = 100 * Precision.EPSILON;
    /**
     * Default absolute threshold.
     * @deprecated in 3.1 (to be removed in 4.0) because this value is too small
     * to be useful as a default (cf. MATH-798).
     */
    @Deprecated
    private static final double DEFAULT_ABSOLUTE_THRESHOLD = 100 * Precision.SAFE_MIN;
    /**
     * Relative tolerance threshold.
     */
    private final double relativeThreshold;
    /**
     * Absolute tolerance threshold.
     */
    private final double absoluteThreshold;

    /**
     * Build an instance with default thresholds.
     * @deprecated in 3.1 (to be removed in 4.0). Convergence thresholds are
     * problem-dependent. As this class is intended for users who want to set
     * their own convergence criterion instead of relying on an algorithm's
     * default procedure, they should also set the thresholds appropriately
     * (cf. MATH-798).
     */
    @Deprecated
    public AbstractConvergenceChecker() {
        this.relativeThreshold = DEFAULT_RELATIVE_THRESHOLD;
        this.absoluteThreshold = DEFAULT_ABSOLUTE_THRESHOLD;
    }

    /**
     * Build an instance with a specified thresholds.
     *
     * @param relativeThreshold relative tolerance threshold
     * @param absoluteThreshold absolute tolerance threshold
     */
    public AbstractConvergenceChecker(final double relativeThreshold,
                                      final double absoluteThreshold) {
        this.relativeThreshold = relativeThreshold;
        this.absoluteThreshold = absoluteThreshold;
    }

    /**
     * @return the relative threshold.
     */
    public double getRelativeThreshold() {
        return relativeThreshold;
    }

    /**
     * @return the absolute threshold.
     */
    public double getAbsoluteThreshold() {
        return absoluteThreshold;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public abstract boolean converged(int iteration,
                                      PAIR previous,
                                      PAIR current);
}