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

import java.util.List;

import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.algebra.Algebra;
import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.algebra.Allocatable;
import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.data.DimensionedDataSource;

/**
 * 
 * @author Barry DeZonia
 *
 */
public class StackDataSources {

	/**
	 * Generate a data source by stacking data sources along a new axis (one dimension higher).
	 * The data sources each have the same shape and the same number of dimensions. The output
	 * data source lives in a space one dimension higher than the input sources.
	 *  
	 * @param <T>
	 * @param <U>
	 * @param alg
	 * @param dataSources
	 * @return
	 */
	public static <T extends Algebra<T,U>, U extends Allocatable<U>>
		DimensionedDataSource<U> compute(T alg, U nodataValue, int alongAxis, List<DimensionedDataSource<U>> dataSources)
	{
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not yet implemented");
	}
}

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