ITmfTimestampTransformInvertible.java

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 * Contributors:
 *   Geneviève Bastien - Initial implementation and API
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package org.eclipse.tracecompass.internal.tmf.core.synchronization;

import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.synchronization.ITmfTimestampTransform;

/**
 * Interface for timestamp transform who also provide an inverse transform.
 *
 * @author Geneviève Bastien
 */
public interface ITmfTimestampTransformInvertible extends ITmfTimestampTransform {

    /**
     * Returns the inverse of this transform. The transform composed with its
     * inverse yields the identity (or as close to it as mathematical
     * approximations in the formulae allow).
     *
     * @return The inverse transform
     */
    ITmfTimestampTransform inverse();

}