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 ** $Id: ConcatenatedOperation.java 831 2006-05-01 00:27:23Z Desruisseaux $
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 ** $URL: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/geoapi/code/branches/2.0.x/geoapi/src/main/java/org/opengis/referencing/operation/ConcatenatedOperation.java $
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package org.opengis.referencing.operation;

// J2SE direct dependencies
import java.util.List;

// Annotations
import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;


/**
 * An ordered sequence of two or more single coordinate operations. The sequence of operations is
 * constrained by the requirement that the source coordinate reference system of step
 * (n+1) must be the same as the target coordinate reference system of step
 * (n). The source coordinate reference system of the first step and the target
 * coordinate reference system of the last step are the source and target coordinate reference
 * system associated with the concatenated operation. Instead of a forward operation, an inverse
 * operation may be used for one or more of the operation steps mentioned above, if the inverse
 * operation is uniquely defined by the forward operation.
 *  
 * @version Abstract specification 2.0
 * @author ISO/DIS 19111
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
 * @since GeoAPI 1.0
 */
@UML(identifier="CC_ConcatenatedOperation", specification=ISO_19111)
public interface ConcatenatedOperation extends CoordinateOperation {
    /**
     * Returns the sequence of operations.
     *
     * @return The sequence of operations.
     */
    @UML(identifier="usesOperation", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19111)
    List getOperations();
}