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017    package org.apache.commons.math.analysis.interpolation;
018    
019    import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
020    import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.BivariateRealFunction;
021    
022    /**
023     * Interface representing a bivariate real interpolating function where the
024     * sample points must be specified on a regular grid.
025     *
026     * @version $Revision: 936391 $ $Date: 2010-04-21 19:00:56 +0200 (mer. 21 avril 2010) $
027     */
028    public interface BivariateRealGridInterpolator {
029        /**
030         * Computes an interpolating function for the data set.
031         *
032         * @param xval All the x-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
033         * in increasing order.
034         * @param yval All the y-coordinates of the interpolation points, sorted
035         * in increasing order.
036         * @param fval The values of the interpolation points on all the grid knots:
037         * {@code fval[i][j] = f(xval[i], yval[j])}.
038         * @return a function which interpolates the data set.
039         * @throws MathException if arguments violate assumptions made by the
040         *         interpolation algorithm.
041         */
042        BivariateRealFunction interpolate(double[] xval, double[] yval, double[][] fval)
043            throws MathException;
044    }