/**
 * Fractal implements ChaoticFunction.
 * 
 * @author Ben Garrison bdg@cc.gatech.edu
 * @version 1.0
 */
public abstract class Fractal implements ChaoticFunction {

	protected int iterations;
	
	public Fractal(int iterations)
	{
		this.iterations = iterations;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns the square of the absolute value of the vector.  
	 * 
	 * (absolute value squared is a less espensive operation than calculating 
	 *  the absolute value - no square root)
	 * @return the square of the absolute value of x+yi
	 */
	protected static double modulusSqrd(double x, double y)
	{
		return x*x + y*y;
	}

	public double getDefaultXMax() {
		return 2;
	}

	public double getDefaultYMax() {
		return 2;
	}

	public double getDefaultXMin() {
		return -2;
	}

	public double getDefaultYMin() {
		return -2;
	}

}