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| package org.apache.commons.math3.geometry; |
| |
| import java.io.Serializable; |
| |
| import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathUnsupportedOperationException; |
| |
| /** This interface represents a generic space, with affine and vectorial counterparts. |
| * @see Vector |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public interface Space extends Serializable { |
| |
| /** Get the dimension of the space. |
| * @return dimension of the space |
| */ |
| int getDimension(); |
| |
| /** Get the n-1 dimension subspace of this space. |
| * @return n-1 dimension sub-space of this space |
| * @see #getDimension() |
| * @exception MathUnsupportedOperationException for dimension-1 spaces |
| * which do not have sub-spaces |
| */ |
| Space getSubSpace() throws MathUnsupportedOperationException; |
| |
| } |