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package ucar.nc2.ft;

import ucar.nc2.Variable;
import ucar.nc2.time.CalendarDateRange;
import ucar.nc2.units.DateRange;
import ucar.nc2.units.DateUnit;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * A collection of PointFeatures.
 *
 * @author caron
 * @since Mar 1, 2008
 */
public interface PointFeatureCollection extends FeatureCollection {

  /**
   * The udunit time unit string.
   * @return  time unit string, may not be null
   */
  public DateUnit getTimeUnit();

  /**
   * The altitude unit string if it exists.
   * @return altitude unit string, may be null
   */
  public String getAltUnits();

  /**
   * Other variables needed for co,pleteness, eg joined coordinate variables
   * @return list of extra variables, may be empty not null
   */
  public List getExtraVariables();

  /**
   * Use the internal iterator to check if there is another PointFeature in the iteration.
   * Note that this is not thread-safe; use getPointFeatureIterator() for a threadsafe iterator.
   * @return true is there is another PointFeature in the iteration.
   * @throws java.io.IOException on read error
   * @see PointFeatureIterator#hasNext
   */
  public boolean hasNext() throws java.io.IOException;

  /**
   * Use the internal iterator to get the next PointFeature in the iteration.
   * You must call hasNext() before you call this.
   * @return the next PointFeature in the iteration
   * @throws java.io.IOException on read error
   * @see PointFeatureIterator#next
   */
  public PointFeature next() throws java.io.IOException;

  /**
   * Reset the internal iterator for another iteration over the PointFeatures in this Collection.
   * @throws java.io.IOException on read error
   */
  public void resetIteration() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Make sure that the internal iterator is complete, and recover resources.
   * You must complete the iteration (until hasNext() returns false)
   *  or call finish().
   * @see PointFeatureIterator#finish
   */
  public void finish();

  /**
    * Get an iterator over the PointFeatures of this collection. call PointFeatureIterator.finish() when done
    * @param bufferSize how many bytes can be used to buffer data, use -1 to use default.
    * @return iterator over the PointFeatures of this collection
    * @throws IOException on read error
    */
   public PointFeatureIterator getPointFeatureIterator(int bufferSize) throws java.io.IOException;

  /**
   * The number of points in the collection. May not be known until after iterating through the collection.
   * @return number of points in the collection, or -1 if not known.
   */
  public int size();

  /**
   * Date range for the FeatureCollection. May not be known until after iterating through the collection.
   *
   * @return the date range for the entire collection, or null if unknown
   * @deprecated use getCalendarDateRange()
   */
  public DateRange getDateRange();

  /**
   * Calendar date range for the FeatureCollection. May not be known until after iterating through the collection.
   *
   * @return the calendar date range for the entire collection, or null if unknown
   */
  public CalendarDateRange getCalendarDateRange();

  /**
   * The boundingBox for the FeatureCollection. May not be known until after iterating through the collection.
   *
   * @return the lat/lon boundingBox for the entire collection, or null if unknown.
   */
  public ucar.unidata.geoloc.LatLonRect getBoundingBox();

  /**
   * Set the date range for the FeatureCollection.
   *
   * @param range the date range for the entire collection
   * @deprecated use setCalendarDateRange()
   */
  public void setDateRange(DateRange range);

  /**
   * Set the calendar date range for the FeatureCollection.
   *
   * @param range the calendar date range for the entire collection
   */
  public void setCalendarDateRange(CalendarDateRange range);

  /**
   * Set the boundingBox for the FeatureCollection.
   *
   * @param bb the lat/lon boundingBox for the entire collection.
   */
  public void setBoundingBox(ucar.unidata.geoloc.LatLonRect bb);

  /**
   * Set the size of the FeatureCollection.
   *
   * @param npts size of the collection
   */
  public void setSize(int npts);

  /**
   * Caclulate date range and bounding box, and size, even if the data has to be scanned.
   * This ensures that getDateRange() and getBoundingBox() return non-null.
   * If the collection already knows its size, date range and bounding box, then this has no effect.
   *
   * @throws java.io.IOException or read error.
   */
  public void calcBounds() throws java.io.IOException;

  /**
   * Subset this collection by boundingBox and/or dateRange
   * @param boundingBox only points in this lat/lon bounding box. may be null.
   * @param dateRange only points in this date range. may be null.
   * @return subsetted collection, may be null if empty
   * @throws IOException on read error
   */
  public PointFeatureCollection subset(ucar.unidata.geoloc.LatLonRect boundingBox, CalendarDateRange dateRange) throws IOException;

  /**
   * @deprecated use CalendarDateRange
   */
  public PointFeatureCollection subset(ucar.unidata.geoloc.LatLonRect boundingBox, DateRange dateRange) throws IOException;

}