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17  package org.apache.commons.geometry.euclidean.threed.rotation;
18  
19  /** Enum defining the possible reference frames for locating axis
20   * positions during a rotation sequence.
21   */
22  public enum AxisReferenceFrame {
23  
24      /** Defines a relative reference frame for a rotation sequence. Sequences
25       * with this type of reference frame are called <em>intrinsic rotations</em>.
26       *
27       * <p>
28       * When using a relative reference frame, each successive axis
29       * is located relative to the "thing" being rotated and not to some
30       * external frame of reference. For example, say that a rotation sequence
31       * is defined around the {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} axes in
32       * that order. The first rotation will occur around the standard {@code x}
33       * axis. The second rotation, however, will occur around the {@code y}
34       * axis after it has been rotated by the first rotation; we can call this
35       * new axis {@code y'}. Similarly, the third rotation will occur around
36       * {@code z''}, which may or may not match the original {@code z} axis.
37       * A good real-world example of this type of situation is an airplane,
38       * where a pilot makes a sequence of rotations in order, with each rotation
39       * using the airplane's own up/down, left/right, back/forward directions
40       * as the frame of reference.
41       * </p>
42       */
43      RELATIVE,
44  
45      /** Defines an absolute reference frame for a rotation sequence. Sequences
46       * with this type of reference frame are called <em>extrinsic rotations</em>.
47       *
48       * <p>
49       * In contrast with the relative reference frame, the absolute reference frame
50       * remains fixed throughout a rotation sequence, with each rotation axis not
51       * affected by the rotations.
52       * </p>
53       */
54      ABSOLUTE
55  }