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package repicea.simulation.covariateproviders.treelevel;
/**
* This interface ensures the tree instance can provide its commercial volume.
* This volume can be either under or over bark.
* @author Mathieu Fortin - August 2020
*
*/
public interface CommercialVolumeM3Provider {
/**
* This method calculates the commercial volume, that is the volume from
* the stump up to a small-end diameter that defines the commercial limit.
* The volume is calculated WITHOUT any expansion factor, that is the volume of
* a single tree, regardless of the expansion factor.
* @return a double -- the volume (m3)
*/
public double getCommercialVolumeM3();
public boolean isCommercialVolumeOverbark();
}