FloatingPointTolerance (Dataflow Library Distribution Project 8.0.0-98 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbsoluteErrorBound, ExactTolerance, RelativeErrorBound, UlpDistanceBound
```
public interface FloatingPointTolerance
```
Represents allowable error bounds for comparing the equality of two floating point numbers.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static FloatingPointTolerance EXACT
A tolerance requiring exact value equivalence.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isWithinTolerance(double value1, double value2)`	Indicates whether the specified values are equal under the tolerance.
`boolean`	`isWithinTolerance(float value1, float value2)`	Indicates whether the specified values are equal under the tolerance.
`boolean`	`isWithinTolerance(BigDecimal value1, BigDecimal value2)`	Indicates whether the specified values are equal under the tolerance.

- Field Detail
  - EXACT
```
static final FloatingPointTolerance EXACT
```
    A tolerance requiring exact value equivalence.
- Method Detail
  - isWithinTolerance
```
boolean isWithinTolerance(float value1,
                          float value2)
```
    Indicates whether the specified values are equal under the tolerance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value1 - the first value to compare
    
    value2 - the second value to compare
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the two values lie with the error bounds, otherwise false
  - isWithinTolerance
```
boolean isWithinTolerance(double value1,
                          double value2)
```
    Indicates whether the specified values are equal under the tolerance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value1 - the first value to compare
    
    value2 - the second value to compare
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the two values lie with the error bounds, otherwise false
  - isWithinTolerance
```
boolean isWithinTolerance(BigDecimal value1,
                          BigDecimal value2)
```
    Indicates whether the specified values are equal under the tolerance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value1 - the first value to compare
    
    value2 - the second value to compare
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the two values lie with the error bounds, otherwise false