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017package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.interpolation;
018
019import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.MultivariateFunction;
020import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.DimensionMismatchException;
021import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
022import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NoDataException;
023import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NullArgumentException;
024
025/**
026 * Interface representing a univariate real interpolating function.
027 *
028 * @since 2.1
029 */
030public interface MultivariateInterpolator {
031
032    /**
033     * Computes an interpolating function for the data set.
034     *
035     * @param xval the arguments for the interpolation points.
036     * {@code xval[i][0]} is the first component of interpolation point
037     * {@code i}, {@code xval[i][1]} is the second component, and so on
038     * until {@code xval[i][d-1]}, the last component of that interpolation
039     * point (where {@code d} is thus the dimension of the space).
040     * @param yval the values for the interpolation points
041     * @return a function which interpolates the data set
042     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the arguments violate assumptions
043     * made by the interpolation algorithm.
044     * @throws DimensionMismatchException when the array dimensions are not consistent.
045     * @throws NoDataException if an array has zero-length.
046     * @throws NullArgumentException if the arguments are {@code null}.
047     */
048    MultivariateFunction interpolate(double[][] xval, double[] yval)
049        throws MathIllegalArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
050               NoDataException, NullArgumentException;
051}