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/*
* The JTS Topology Suite is a collection of Java classes that
* implement the fundamental operations required to validate a given
* geo-spatial data set to a known topological specification.
*
* Copyright (C) 2001 Vivid Solutions
*
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package com.vividsolutions.jts.noding;
import java.util.*;
/**
* Computes all intersections between segments in a set of {@link SegmentString}s.
* Intersections found are represented as {@link SegmentNode}s and added to the
* {@link SegmentString}s in which they occur.
* As a final step in the noding a new set of segment strings split
* at the nodes may be returned.
*
* @version 1.7
*/
public interface Noder
{
/**
* Computes the noding for a collection of {@link SegmentString}s.
* Some Noders may add all these nodes to the input SegmentStrings;
* others may only add some or none at all.
*
* @param segStrings a collection of {@link SegmentString}s to node
*/
void computeNodes(Collection segStrings);
/**
* Returns a {@link Collection} of fully noded {@link SegmentString}s.
* The SegmentStrings have the same context as their parent.
*
* @return a Collection of SegmentStrings
*/
Collection getNodedSubstrings();
}