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package ucar.nc2.ft;

import ucar.unidata.geoloc.LatLonPoint;

import java.util.Date;

/**
 * A set of observations along the vertical (z) axis.
 * A profile has a nominal lat/lon and time.
 * Actual time may be constant, or vary with z.
 * The z coordinates are monotonic, and may be increasing or decreasing.
 *
 * @author caron
 * @since Feb 8, 2008
 */
public interface ProfileFeature extends PointFeatureCollection {

  /**
   * Nominal location of this profile
   * @return the nominal location of this profile
   */
  public LatLonPoint getLatLon();

  /**
   * Nominal time of the profile
   * @return the nominal time of this profile
   */
  public Date getTime();

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