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package org.gitools.api.matrix;

import java.util.Set;

public interface IMatrixDimension extends Iterable<String> {

    /**
     * Gets the dimension identifier.
     *
     * @return the id
     */
    MatrixDimensionKey getId();

    /**
     * Total number of items in this dimension
     *
     * @return the dimension count
     */
    int size();

    /**
     * Gets the identifier label at the given position
     *
     * @param index the index
     * @return the label
     */
    String getLabel(int index);

    /**
     * Gets the index position of this identifier
     *
     * @param label the label
     * @return the index
     */
    int indexOf(String label);

    boolean isEmpty();

    boolean contains(String identifier);

    /**
     * Returns a view of the current dimension with only the given identifiers.
     * The identifiers can be in a different order depending on the implementation.
     *
     * @param identifiers
     * @return
     */
    IMatrixDimension subset(Set<String> identifiers);

    public IMatrixDimension from(String fromIdentifier);

}