package com.thealgorithms.conversions;
/**
* A utility class to perform affine transformations of the form:
* y = slope * x + intercept.
*
* This class supports inversion and composition of affine transformations.
* It is immutable, meaning each instance represents a fixed transformation.
*/
public final class AffineConverter {
private final double slope;
private final double intercept;
/**
* Constructs an AffineConverter with the given slope and intercept.
*
* @param inSlope The slope of the affine transformation.
* @param inIntercept The intercept (constant term) of the affine transformation.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if either parameter is NaN.
*/
public AffineConverter(final double inSlope, final double inIntercept) {
if (Double.isNaN(inSlope) || Double.isNaN(inIntercept)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Slope and intercept must be valid numbers.");
}
slope = inSlope;
intercept = inIntercept;
}
/**
* Converts the given input value using the affine transformation:
* result = slope * inValue + intercept.
*
* @param inValue The input value to convert.
* @return The transformed value.
*/
public double convert(final double inValue) {
return slope * inValue + intercept;
}
/**
* Returns a new AffineConverter representing the inverse of the current transformation.
* The inverse of y = slope * x + intercept is x = (y - intercept) / slope.
*
* @return A new AffineConverter representing the inverse transformation.
* @throws AssertionError if the slope is zero, as the inverse would be undefined.
*/
public AffineConverter invert() {
assert slope != 0.0 : "Slope cannot be zero for inversion.";
return new AffineConverter(1.0 / slope, -intercept / slope);
}
/**
* Composes this affine transformation with another, returning a new AffineConverter.
* If this transformation is f(x) and the other is g(x), the result is f(g(x)).
*
* @param other Another AffineConverter to compose with.
* @return A new AffineConverter representing the composition of the two transformations.
*/
public AffineConverter compose(final AffineConverter other) {
double newSlope = slope * other.slope;
double newIntercept = slope * other.intercept + intercept;
return new AffineConverter(newSlope, newIntercept);
}
}