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17  package org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.analysis.interpolation;
18  
19  import org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.analysis.TrivariateFunction;
20  import org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.exception.DimensionMismatchException;
21  import org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.exception.NoDataException;
22  import org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.exception.NonMonotonicSequenceException;
23  import org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.exception.NumberIsTooSmallException;
24  
25  /**
26   * Interface representing a trivariate real interpolating function where the
27   * sample points must be specified on a regular grid.
28   *
29   * @since 2.2
30   */
31  public interface TrivariateGridInterpolator {
32      /**
33       * Compute an interpolating function for the dataset.
34       *
35       * @param xval All the x-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
36       * in increasing order.
37       * @param yval All the y-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
38       * in increasing order.
39       * @param zval All the z-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
40       * in increasing order.
41       * @param fval the values of the interpolation points on all the grid knots:
42       * {@code fval[i][j][k] = f(xval[i], yval[j], zval[k])}.
43       * @return a function that interpolates the data set.
44       * @throws NoDataException if any of the arrays has zero length.
45       * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array lengths are inconsistent.
46       * @throws NonMonotonicSequenceException if arrays are not sorted
47       * @throws NumberIsTooSmallException if the number of points is too small for
48       * the order of the interpolation
49       */
50      TrivariateFunction interpolate(double[] xval, double[] yval, double[] zval,
51                                     double[][][] fval)
52          throws NoDataException, NumberIsTooSmallException,
53                 DimensionMismatchException, NonMonotonicSequenceException;
54  }