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17
18 /*
19 * This is not the original file distributed by the Apache Software Foundation
20 * It has been modified by the Hipparchus project
21 */
22 package org.hipparchus.geometry;
23
24 import java.io.Serializable;
25
26 import org.hipparchus.exception.MathRuntimeException;
27
28 /** This interface represents a generic space, with affine and vectorial counterparts.
29 * @see Vector
30 */
31 public interface Space extends Serializable {
32
33 /** Get the dimension of the space.
34 * @return dimension of the space
35 */
36 int getDimension();
37
38 /** Get the n-1 dimension subspace of this space.
39 * @return n-1 dimension sub-space of this space
40 * @see #getDimension()
41 * @exception MathRuntimeException for dimension-1 spaces
42 * which do not have sub-spaces
43 */
44 Space getSubSpace() throws MathRuntimeException;
45
46 }