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package org.apache.commons.math.analysis.interpolation;

import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.MultivariateRealFunction;

/**
 * Interface representing a univariate real interpolating function.
 *
 * @since 2.1
 * @version $Revision: 924794 $ $Date: 2010-03-18 15:15:50 +0100 (jeu. 18 mars 2010) $
 */
public interface MultivariateRealInterpolator {

    /**
     * Computes an interpolating function for the data set.
     *
     * @param xval the arguments for the interpolation points.
     * {@code xval[i][0]} is the first component of interpolation point
     * {@code i}, {@code xval[i][1]} is the second component, and so on
     * until {@code xval[i][d-1]}, the last component of that interpolation
     * point (where {@code d} is thus the dimension of the space).
     * @param yval the values for the interpolation points
     * @return a function which interpolates the data set
     * @throws MathException if arguments violate assumptions made by the
     *         interpolation algorithm or some dimension mismatch occurs
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if there are no data (xval null or zero length)
     */
    MultivariateRealFunction interpolate(double[][] xval, double[] yval)
        throws MathException, IllegalArgumentException;
}