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032    package org.opengis.coverage.grid;
033    
034    import java.util.List;
035    import org.opengis.util.Record;
036    import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
037    
038    import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
039    import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
040    
041    
042    /**
043     * Ties feature attributes values to the a grid geometry. It holds a sequence of records associated
044     * with a sequencing rule that specifies an algorithm for assigning records of feature attribute
045     * values to grid points.
046     *
047     * @version ISO 19123:2004
048     * @author  Wim Koolhoven
049     * @author  Martin Schouwenburg
050     * @since   GeoAPI 2.1
051     */
052    @UML(identifier="CV_GridValuesMatrix", specification=ISO_19123)
053    public interface GridValuesMatrix extends Grid {
054        /**
055         * Returns a sequence of <var>N</var> feature attribute value records where <var>N</var> is the
056         * number of {@linkplain GridPoint grid points} within the section of the grid specified by
057         * the {@linkplain #getExtent extent}.
058         *
059         * @return The feature attribute values records.
060         *
061         * @todo Comment (Wim): Both extracting an image for display and operation chaining require
062         *       memory effiecient and fast access to the data. How should the data be structured per
063         *       record? Some use cases:
064         *       <table border=1>
065         *         <tr><td>DTM<td>double<td>List&lt;double&gt;
066         *         <tr><td>TM image<td>7 bytes<td>
067         *         <tr><td>Landuse map<td>string<td>{@code List<double>} with look up table for the strings
068         *       </table>
069         */
070        @UML(identifier="values", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19123)
071        List<Record> getValues();
072    
073        /**
074         * Describes how the grid points are ordered for association to the elements of the sequence
075         * values.
076         *
077         * @return The sequencing rule.
078         */
079        @UML(identifier="sequencingRule", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19123)
080        SequenceRule getSequencingRule();
081    
082        /**
083         * Identifies the grid point to be associated with the first record
084         * in the values sequence.
085         *
086         * @return The grid point associated with the first record.
087         */
088        @UML(identifier="startSequence", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19123)
089        GridCoordinates getStartSequence();
090    
091        /**
092         * Returns the limits of a section of the grid. This envelope can not be empty.
093         */
094        @UML(identifier="extent", obligation=OPTIONAL, specification=ISO_19123)
095        GridEnvelope getExtent();
096    }