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This file is part of deegree.
Copyright (C) 2001 by:
EXSE, Department of Geography, University of Bonn
http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/exse/
lat/lon GmbH
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It has been implemented within SEAGIS - An OpenSource implementation of OpenGIS specification
(C) 2001, Institut de Recherche pour le D�veloppement (http://sourceforge.net/projects/seagis/)
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                  Institut de Recherche pour le D�veloppement / US-Espace
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package org.deegree.model.csct.ct;

// Miscellaneous
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;

import org.deegree.model.csct.pt.Matrix;


/**
 * Transforms two-dimensional coordinate points. {@link CoordinateTransformation#getMathTransform}
 * may returns instance of this interface when source and destination coordinate systems are both two
 * dimensional. <code>MathTransform2D</code> extends {@link MathTransform} by adding some methods
 * for easier interoperability with <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/2D/">Java2D</A>.
 * If the transformation is affine, then <code>MathTransform</code> shall be an immutable instance of
 * {@link AffineTransform}.
 *
 * @version 1.00
 * @author OpenGIS (www.opengis.org)
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux
 */
public interface MathTransform2D extends MathTransform
{
    /**
     * Transforms the specified <code>ptSrc</code> and stores the result in <code>ptDst</code>.
     * If <code>ptDst</code> is <code>null</code>, a new {@link Point2D} object is allocated
     * and then the result of the transformation is stored in this object. In either case,
     * <code>ptDst</code>, which contains the transformed point, is returned for convenience.
     * If <code>ptSrc</code> and <code>ptDst</code> are the same object, the input point is
     * correctly overwritten with the transformed point.
     *
     * @param ptSrc the specified coordinate point to be transformed.
     * @param ptDst the specified coordinate point that stores the
     *              result of transforming <code>ptSrc</code>, or
     *              <code>null</code>.
     * @return the coordinate point after transforming <code>ptSrc</code>
     *         and stroring the result in <code>ptDst</code>.
     * @throws TransformException if the point can't be transformed.
     */
    public abstract Point2D transform(final Point2D ptSrc, final Point2D ptDst) throws TransformException;

    /**
     * Transform the specified shape. This method may replace straight lines by
     * quadratic curves when applicable. It may also do the opposite (replace
     * curves by straight lines). The returned shape doesn't need to have the
     * same number of points than the original shape.
     *
     * @param  shape Shape to transform.
     * @return Transformed shape, or <code>shape</code> if
     *         this transform is the identity transform.
     * @throws TransformException if a transform failed.
     */
    public abstract Shape createTransformedShape(final Shape shape) throws TransformException;

    /**
     * Gets the derivative of this transform at a point. The derivative is the
     * matrix of the non-translating portion of the approximate affine map at
     * the point.
     *
     * @param  point The coordinate point where to evaluate the derivative. Null value is
     *         accepted only if the derivative is the same everywhere. For example affine
     *         transform accept null value since they produces identical derivative no
     *         matter the coordinate value. But most map projection will requires a non-null
     *         value.
     * @return The derivative at the specified point as a 2×2 matrix.  This method
     *         never returns an internal object: changing the matrix will not change the
     *         state of this math transform.
     * @throws NullPointerException if the derivative dependents on coordinate and <code>point</code> is <code>null</code>.
     * @throws TransformException if the derivative can't be evaluated at the specified point.
     */
    public abstract Matrix derivative(final Point2D point) throws TransformException;
}