felix@3246: package de.intevation.flys.artifacts.math;
felix@3246: 
felix@3246: /** Helper to calculate distance(s). */
felix@3246: public final class Distance {
felix@3246:     /** Return distance between two values. */
felix@3246:     public static double distance(double a, double b) {
felix@3246:         return Math.abs(a - b);
felix@3246:     }
felix@3246: 
felix@3246:     /** Return whether a and be are within a certain distance. */
felix@3246:     public static boolean within(double a, double b, double threshold) {
felix@3246:         return distance(a, b) <= threshold;
felix@3246:     }
felix@3246: }
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