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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2016 Vivid Solutions.
 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which accompanies this distribution.
 * The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
 *
 * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 */
package org.locationtech.jts.index.strtree;

/**
 * A spatial object in an AbstractSTRtree.
 *
 * @version 1.7
 */
public interface Boundable {
  /**
   * Returns a representation of space that encloses this Boundable, preferably
   * not much bigger than this Boundable's boundary yet fast to test for intersection
   * with the bounds of other Boundables. The class of object returned depends
   * on the subclass of AbstractSTRtree.
   * @return an Envelope (for STRtrees), an Interval (for SIRtrees), or other object
   * (for other subclasses of AbstractSTRtree)
   */
  Object getBounds();
}