/*
 *    Copyright 2008 Christian Stussak
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package de.mfo.jsurf.algebra;

public final class Helper
{
    public static double pow( double base, int exp )
    {
        double result = 1.0;
        while( exp > 0 )
        {
            if( ( exp & 1 ) == 1 )
            {
                result = result * base;
                exp--;
            }
            base = base * base;
            exp /= 2;
        }
        return result;
    }
}
