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 ** $Id: PassThroughOperation.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/PassThroughOperation.java $
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 ** Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Open GIS Consortium, Inc.
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package org.opengis.referencing.operation;

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


/**
 * A pass-through operation specifies that a subset of a coordinate tuple is subject to a specific
 * coordinate operation.
 *  
 * @version Abstract specification 2.0
 * @author ISO/DIS 19111
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
 * @since GeoAPI 1.0
 */
@UML(identifier="CC_PassThroughOperation", specification=ISO_19111)
public interface PassThroughOperation extends SingleOperation {
    /**
     * Returns the operation to apply on the subset of a coordinate tuple.
     */
    @UML(identifier="usesOperation", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19111)
    Operation getOperation();

    /**
     * Ordered sequence of positive integers defining the positions in a coordinate
     * tuple of the coordinates affected by this pass-through operation.
     *
     * @return The modified coordinates.
     */
    @UML(identifier="modifiedCoordinate", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19111)
    int[] getModifiedCoordinates();
}