//
// LinearSet.java
//

/*
VisAD system for interactive analysis and visualization of numerical
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*/

package visad;

/**
   LinearSet is an interface for finite sets of samples of
   R^Dimension in a cross product of arithmetic progressions.


   The order of the samples is the rasterization of the orders of
   the 1D components, with the first component increasing fastest.
   For more detail, see the example in Linear2DSet.java.

*/
public interface LinearSet {

  /**
   * Get the indexed component.
   *
   * @param i Index of component
   * @return The requested component
   * @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException If an invalid index is
   *                                           specified.
   */
  Linear1DSet getLinear1DComponent(int i);

}