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002     *    GeoAPI - Java interfaces for OGC/ISO standards
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032    package org.opengis.referencing.crs;
033    
034    import org.opengis.referencing.operation.Conversion;
035    import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
036    
037    import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
038    import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
039    
040    
041    /**
042     * A coordinate reference system that is defined by its coordinate
043     * {@linkplain Conversion conversion} from another coordinate reference system
044     * (not by a {@linkplain org.opengis.referencing.datum.Datum datum}).
045     *
046     * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
047     * @version 3.0
048     * @since   1.0
049     *
050     * @navassoc 1 - - CoordinateReferenceSystem
051     * @navassoc 1 - - Conversion
052     */
053    @UML(identifier="SC_GeneralDerivedCRS", specification=ISO_19111)
054    public interface GeneralDerivedCRS extends SingleCRS {
055        /**
056         * Returns the base coordinate reference system.
057         *
058         * @return The base coordinate reference system.
059         */
060        @UML(identifier="baseCRS", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19111)
061        CoordinateReferenceSystem getBaseCRS();
062    
063        /**
064         * Returns the conversion from the {@linkplain #getBaseCRS base CRS} to this CRS.
065         *
066         * @return The conversion from the base CRS.
067         *
068         * @departure rename
069         *   "<code>conversion</code>" may be confusing as a method name since it does not indicate 
070         *   which CRS is the source or which is the target. OGC document 01-009 used the 
071         *   <code>toBase()</code> method name. By analogy with 01-009, GeoAPI defines a method name
072         *   which contains the "<code>FromBase</code>" expression.
073         */
074        @UML(identifier="conversion", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19111)
075        Conversion getConversionFromBase();
076    }