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 * Zorbage: an algebraic data hierarchy for use in numeric processing.
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package nom.bdezonia.zorbage.coordinates;

import java.math.BigDecimal;

import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.algebra.DimensionCount;
import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.sampling.IntegerIndex;

/**
 * 
 * @author Barry DeZonia
 *
 */
public interface CoordinateSpace
	extends DimensionCount
{
	/**
	 * Project a single axis of a coordinate and return a projected space value.
	 * 
	 * @param coord A set of long valued coordinates within the coordinate space
	 * @param axis The desired axis (0 == x, 1 == y, 2 == z, etc.)
	 * @return The real coordinate value along the desired axis for the given coordinate
	 */
	BigDecimal project(long[] coord, int axis);

	/**
	 * Project a single axis of a coordinate and return a projected space value.
	 * 
	 * @param coord A set of long valued coordinates within the coordinate space
	 * @param axis The desired axis (0 == x, 1 == y, 2 == z, etc.)
	 * @return The real coordinate value along the desired axis for the given coordinate
	 */
	BigDecimal project(IntegerIndex coord, int axis);
	
	/**
	 * Project a whole coordinate point and set projected space coordinate values.
	 * Note that this method projects for all the dimensions in this CoordinateSpace.
	 * One can pass in an output point with more dimensions than this CoordinateSpace.
	 * 
	 * @param coord A set of long valued coordinates within the coordinate space
	 * @param output The output point that contains the coordinates after projection
	 */
	void project(long[] coord, BigDecimal[] output);
	
	/**
	 * Project a whole coordinate point and set projected space coordinate values.
	 * Note that this method projects for all the dimensions in this CoordinateSpace.
	 * One can pass in an output point with more dimensions than this CoordinateSpace.
	 * 
	 * @param coord A set of long valued coordinates within the coordinate space
	 * @param output The output point that contains the coordinates after projection
	 */
	void project(IntegerIndex coord, BigDecimal[] output);
}

@@ -2881,32 +2881,224 @@
 nateSpace.%0A%09 * %0A
+%09 * This is a convenience method for when you need all projected values at once.%0A%09 * Individual implementers can design this method to speed up coordinate calculations%0A%09 * when possible.%0A%09 * %0A
 %09 * @param coord
@@ -3547,32 +3547,224 @@
 nateSpace.%0A%09 * %0A
+%09 * This is a convenience method for when you need all projected values at once.%0A%09 * Individual implementers can design this method to speed up coordinate calculations%0A%09 * when possible.%0A%09 * %0A
 %09 * @param coord

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