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package uk.ac.rdg.resc.edal.domain;

import org.opengis.metadata.extent.GeographicBoundingBox;
import org.opengis.referencing.crs.CoordinateReferenceSystem;

import uk.ac.rdg.resc.edal.geometry.BoundingBox;
import uk.ac.rdg.resc.edal.position.HorizontalPosition;

/**
 * A two-dimensional {@link Domain} in the horizontal plane
 * 
 * @author Guy Griffiths
 * @author Jon Blower
 */
public interface HorizontalDomain extends Domain<HorizontalPosition> {
    /**
     * Returns the bounding box of the domain in the domain's own coordinate
     * reference system.
     * 
     * For domains which do not have a native co-ordinate reference system this
     * may return a {@link BoundingBox} in a different CRS. Consequently this
     * {@link BoundingBox} is not guaranteed to be a tight bound around the
     * domain.
     */
    public BoundingBox getBoundingBox();

    /**
     * Returns the bounding box of the domain in WGS84 latitude-longitude
     * coordinates.
     */
    public GeographicBoundingBox getGeographicBoundingBox();

    /**
     * Returns the co-ordinate reference system of this domain
     */
    public CoordinateReferenceSystem getCoordinateReferenceSystem();
}
