Is there any reason the sim.util.Interval class doesn’t have a method to test whether or not a value falls within the interval?

I went ahead and added this method to my local copy:

   public boolean contains(Number val)

        {

        if (val.doubleValue() >= min.doubleValue() && val.doubleValue() <= max.doubleValue())

            return true;

        return false;

        }

It makes using dom sliders and bounds testing a little nicer.  For example:

    public static double lambda = 1.0;

    public double getLambda() { return lambda; }

    public void setLambda(double val) { if (((Interval)domLambda()).contains(val)) lambda = val; }

    public Object domLambda() { return new Interval(0.0, 1.0); }

Full Interval.java file also attached.

Thanks,

-Ben

Ben Axelrod

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