// **********************************************************************// // <copyright>// //  BBN Technologies//  10 Moulton Street//  Cambridge, MA 02138//  (617) 873-8000// //  Copyright (C) BBNT Solutions LLC. All rights reserved.// // </copyright>// **********************************************************************// // $Source: /cvs/distapps/openmap/src/openmap/com/bbn/openmap/layer/vpf/CoordTupleString.java,v $// $RCSfile: CoordTupleString.java,v $// $Revision: 1.1.1.1.2.1 $// $Date: 2004/10/14 18:27:20 $// $Author: dietrick $// // **********************************************************************package com.bbn.openmap.layer.vpf;/** * Describe a common schema for accessing either double or float based * coordinate tuple strings (arrays of tuples). */public interface CoordTupleString {    /**     * Accessor for the max tuple index     *      * @return the max tuple index     */    public abstract int maxIndex();    /**     * Accessor to determine the actual type managed.     *      * @return a Number the most directly corresponds to the     *         underlying managed type (Float for a float tuplestring,     *         Double for a double tuplestring, etc)     */    public abstract Number getPrimitiveType();    /**     * Accessor to retrieve a tuple     *      * @param tuple the tuple to retrieve (the first tuple is index 0)     * @return the tuple at index <code>tuple</code>, coereced into     *         a float[]     */    public abstract float[] getasFloat(int tuple);    /**     * Accessor to retrieve a tuple     *      * @param tuple the tuple to retrieve (the first tuple is index 0)     * @return the tuple at index <code>tuple</code>, coereced into     *         a double[]     */    public abstract double[] getasDouble(int tuple);    /**     * Accessor to retrieve a single value in a tuple     *      * @param tuple the tuple to retrieve (the first tuple is index 0)     * @param val the index of the value in the tuple (the first val     *        is index 0)     * @return the tuple at index <code>tuple</code>, coereced into     *         a float     */    public abstract float getasFloat(int tuple, int val);    /**     * Accessor to retrieve a single value in a tuple     *      * @param tuple the tuple to retrieve (the first tuple is index 0)     * @param val the index of the value in the tuple (the first val     *        is index 0)     * @return the tuple at index <code>tuple</code>, coereced into     *         a double     */    public abstract double getasDouble(int tuple, int val);}