/* jCAE stand for Java Computer Aided Engineering. Features are : Small CAD
modeler, Finite element mesher, Plugin architecture.
Copyright (C) 2008, by EADS France
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */
package org.jcae.mesh.amibe.projection;
import org.jcae.mesh.amibe.metrics.Location;
/**
* Interface to project vertices on a local surface.
*
* @author Denis Barbier
*/
public interface LocalSurfaceProjection
{
/**
* Flag to tell whether projection can be performed.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if local surface was successfully computed
* and projection can be performed on it, <code>false</code>
* otherwise.
*/
boolean canProject();
/**
* Project a point on local surface.
*
* @param v position to project on the approximated surface.
* @return <code>true</code> if projection has been performed
* successfully, <code>false</code> otherwise.
*/
boolean project(Location v);
}