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036    
037    package org.deegree.crs.configuration.resources;
038    
039    import org.deegree.crs.coordinatesystems.CoordinateSystem;
040    import org.deegree.crs.coordinatesystems.GeographicCRS;
041    import org.deegree.crs.transformations.Transformation;
042    import org.deegree.crs.transformations.helmert.Helmert;
043    import org.deegree.framework.xml.XLinkResolver;
044    
045    /**
046     * The <code>GMLResource</code> class defines the access to a resource containing GML crs definitions, often a
047     * dictionary file or a database.
048     *
049     * @author <a href="mailto:bezema@lat-lon.de">Rutger Bezema</a>
050     *
051     * @author last edited by: $Author: mschneider $
052     *
053     * @version $Revision: 18195 $, $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18. Jun 2009) $
054     * @param <T>
055     *            of the resource
056     *
057     */
058    public interface CRSResource<T> extends XLinkResolver<T> {
059    
060        /**
061         * Implementations should find the helmert transformation which transforms coordinates of the geodetic datum into
062         * coordinates of the WGS84 datum. If no such transformation could be found, the implementation should return
063         * <code>null</code>
064         *
065         * @param sourceCRS
066         *            to retrieve the transformation for.
067         * @return the {@link Helmert} transformation or <code>null</code> if no such transformation was defined.
068         */
069        public abstract Helmert getWGS84Transformation( GeographicCRS sourceCRS );
070    
071        /**
072         * Implementations should find a given transformation (chain) which transforms coordinates of the given coordinate
073         * system into coordinates of the target crs. If no such transformation could be found, the implementation should
074         * return <code>null</code>
075         *
076         * @param sourceCRS
077         *            start point of the transformation.
078         * @param targetCRS
079         *            end point of the transformations
080         * @return the {@link Transformation} or <code>null</code> if no such transformation was defined.
081         */
082        public abstract Transformation getTransformation( CoordinateSystem sourceCRS, CoordinateSystem targetCRS );
083    
084    }