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 ** $Id: GridCell.java 1122 2007-11-24 18:49:16Z desruisseaux $
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 ** $URL: https://geoapi.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/geoapi/tags/2.1.0/geoapi/src/main/java/org/opengis/coverage/grid/GridCell.java $
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package org.opengis.coverage.grid;

import java.util.Set;
import org.opengis.annotation.UML;

import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;


/**
 * A grid cell delineated by the grid lines of a {@linkplain Grid grid}. Its corners
 * are associated with the {@linkplain GridPoint grid points} at the intersections of
 * the grid lines that bound it
 *
 * @author ISO/DIS 19123
 * @author Martin Schouwenburg
 * @author Wim Koolhoven
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux
 */
@UML(identifier="CV_GridCell", specification=ISO_19123)
public interface GridCell {
    /**
     * Returns the collection of {@linkplain GridPoint grid points} at the corners of the grid cell.
     * The size of this collection has no upper bound, to allow for grids of any dimension.
     * In a quadrilateral grid, the multiplicity of corner equals 2&times;<var>d</var>, where
     * <var>d</var> is the value of {@link Grid#getDimension}.
     *
     * @see GridPoint#getCells
     */
    @UML(identifier="corner", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19123)
    Set<GridPoint> getCorners();

    /**
     * Returns the {@linkplain Grid grid} of which this cell is a component.
     *
     * @see Grid#getCells
     */
    @UML(identifier="framework", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19123)
    Grid getFramework();
}
