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032    package org.opengis.geometry.coordinate;
033    
034    import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
035    
036    import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
037    import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
038    
039    
040    /**
041     * A {@linkplain ParametricCurveSurface parametric curve surface} defined from a rectangular grid
042     * in the parameter space. The rows from this grid are control points for horizontal surface curves;
043     * the columns are control points for vertical surface curves. The working assumption is that for a
044     * pair of parametric coordinates (<var>s</var>,&nbsp;<var>t</var>), that the horizontal curves for
045     * each integer offset are calculated and evaluated at <var>s</var>. This defines a sequence of
046     * control points:
047     *
048     * <blockquote>
049     * &lt;c<sub>n</sub>(<var>s</var>) : <var>s</var> = 1 &hellip; columns&gt;
050     * </blockquote>
051     *
052     * From this sequence, a vertical curve is calculated for <var>s</var>, and evaluated at <var>t</var>.
053     * In most cases, the order of calculation (horizontal-vertical versus vertical-horizontal) does not
054     * make a difference. Where it does, the horizontal-vertical order shall be the one used.
055     * <p>
056     * The most common case of a gridded surface is a 2D spline. In this case the weight functions for
057     * each parameter make order of calculation unimportant:
058     *
059     * <blockquote>TODO: copy equations there</blockquote>
060     *
061     * Logically, any pair of curve interpolation types can lead to a subtype of {@code GriddedSurface}.
062     * The sub-interfaces provided in this package define some of the most commonly encountered surfaces
063     * that can be represented in this manner.
064     *
065     * @version <A HREF="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/as">ISO 19107</A>
066     * @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
067     * @since GeoAPI 2.0
068     */
069    @UML(identifier="GM_GriddedSurface", specification=ISO_19107)
070    public interface GriddedSurface extends ParametricCurveSurface {
071        /**
072         * Returns the doubly indexed sequence of control points, given in row major form.
073         * There is no assumption made about the shape of the grid. For example, the positions
074         * need not effect a "2&frac12;D" surface, consecutive points may be equal in any or
075         * all of their ordinates. Further, the curves in either or both directions may close.
076         */
077        @UML(identifier="controlPoint", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19107)
078        PointGrid getControlPoints();
079    
080        /**
081         * Returns the number of rows in the parameter grid.
082         */
083        @UML(identifier="rows", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19107)
084        int getRows();
085    
086        /**
087         * Returns the number of columns in the parameter grid.
088         */
089        @UML(identifier="columns", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19107)
090        int getColumns();
091    }