diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/ExpandableDoubleArray.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/ExpandableDoubleArray.java index 014a87dce..9db06dcf1 100644 --- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/ExpandableDoubleArray.java +++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/math/ExpandableDoubleArray.java @@ -55,14 +55,50 @@ package org.apache.commons.math; import java.io.Serializable; - /** - * An array of double primitives which can expand as needed. + *

+ * A DoubleArray implementation which automatically expands + * an internal double array to handle an array of arbitrary length. This + * implementation of DoubleArray is provided to support scenarios in + * which the ultimate length of an array is unknown, and the + * developer can control the expansion process through the + * initialCapacity and expansionFactor + * parameters. + *

+ * + *

+ * This implementation also allows a developer to: + *

+ *

+ * + *

+ * The initialCapacity parameter sets the capacity of the initial + * storage array, and the expansionFactor is the factor by which + * the current storage capacity is multiplied each time the internal + * array needs to be expanded. Please note that the length of the + * internal storage array has nothing to do with the number of elements + * currently stored in this array. If one creates an instance of this + * class with an initialCapacity of "2" and an expansion factor of "2", and + * then adds 3546 elements to the array, this implementation will need to + * expand the array 10 times - first from 2 -> 4. then 4 -> 8, 8 -> 16, + * and so on until we reach 4096 which is sufficient to hold 3546 elements. + *

* * @author Tim O'Brien */ public class ExpandableDoubleArray implements Serializable, DoubleArray { + // TODO: expansionFactor is valuable, by if I only need storage + // for 1025 items and I use the default settings, I'll end up + // with enough storage for 2048 elements. Maybe this implementation + // should have flags for incremental growth - (i.e. when expanding, only + // increase storage by a constant size - 100, 200 ) ? + // This is the internal storage array. protected double[] internalArray;