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017package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.interpolation;
018
019import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.TrivariateFunction;
020import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.DimensionMismatchException;
021import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NoDataException;
022import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NonMonotonicSequenceException;
023import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NumberIsTooSmallException;
024
025/**
026 * Interface representing a trivariate real interpolating function where the
027 * sample points must be specified on a regular grid.
028 *
029 * @since 2.2
030 */
031public interface TrivariateGridInterpolator {
032    /**
033     * Compute an interpolating function for the dataset.
034     *
035     * @param xval All the x-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
036     * in increasing order.
037     * @param yval All the y-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
038     * in increasing order.
039     * @param zval All the z-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
040     * in increasing order.
041     * @param fval the values of the interpolation points on all the grid knots:
042     * {@code fval[i][j][k] = f(xval[i], yval[j], zval[k])}.
043     * @return a function that interpolates the data set.
044     * @throws NoDataException if any of the arrays has zero length.
045     * @throws DimensionMismatchException if the array lengths are inconsistent.
046     * @throws NonMonotonicSequenceException if arrays are not sorted
047     * @throws NumberIsTooSmallException if the number of points is too small for
048     * the order of the interpolation
049     */
050    TrivariateFunction interpolate(double[] xval, double[] yval, double[] zval,
051                                   double[][][] fval)
052        throws NoDataException, NumberIsTooSmallException,
053               DimensionMismatchException, NonMonotonicSequenceException;
054}