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     17 package org.apache.commons.math.analysis.interpolation;
     18 
     19 import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
     20 import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.TrivariateRealFunction;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * Interface representing a trivariate real interpolating function where the
     24  * sample points must be specified on a regular grid.
     25  *
     26  * @version $Revision$ $Date$
     27  * @since 2.2
     28  */
     29 public interface TrivariateRealGridInterpolator {
     30     /**
     31      * Computes an interpolating function for the data set.
     32      *
     33      * @param xval All the x-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
     34      * in increasing order.
     35      * @param yval All the y-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
     36      * in increasing order.
     37      * @param zval All the z-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
     38      * in increasing order.
     39      * @param fval the values of the interpolation points on all the grid knots:
     40      * {@code fval[i][j][k] = f(xval[i], yval[j], zval[k])}.
     41      * @return a function that interpolates the data set.
     42      * @throws org.apache.commons.math.exception.NoDataException if any of the arrays has zero length.
     43      * @throws org.apache.commons.math.exception.DimensionMismatchException if the array lengths are inconsistent.
     44      * @throws MathException if arguments violate assumptions made by the
     45      *         interpolation algorithm.
     46      */
     47     TrivariateRealFunction interpolate(double[] xval, double[] yval, double[] zval, double[][][] fval)
     48         throws MathException;
     49 }
     50