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 * Copyright 2003,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * 
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#ifndef _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_STRICTMATH_H
#define _LOG4CXX_HELPERS_STRICTMATH_H
 
#include <log4cxx/config.h>

namespace log4cxx
{
	namespace helpers
	{
		/**
		The class StrictMath contains methods for performing basic numeric
		operations
		*/
		class StrictMath
		{
		public:
			template<typename _type> static inline const _type& 
				minimum(const _type& a, const _type& b)
			{
				return (a < b) ? a : b;
			}
			
			template<typename _type> static inline const _type& 
				maximum(const _type& a, const _type& b)
			{
				return (a > b) ? a : b;
			}
		}; // class StrictMath
	}  // namespace helpers
}; // namespace log4cx

#endif //_LOG4CXX_HELPERS_STRICTMATH_H