/* Copyright (C) 2011, 2012, 2013 by Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde
 * Software engineering by Intevation GmbH
 *
 * This file is Free Software under the GNU AGPL (>=v3)
 * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! Check out the
 * documentation coming with Dive4Elements River for details.
 */

package org.dive4elements.river.artifacts.math;

/** Helper to calculate distance(s). */
public final class Distance {
    /** Return distance between two values. */
    public static double distance(double a, double b) {
        return Math.abs(a - b);
    }

    /** Return whether a and be are within a certain distance. */
    public static boolean within(double a, double b, double threshold) {
        return distance(a, b) <= threshold;
    }
}
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