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package org.gitools.api.matrix;

import org.gitools.api.resource.IResource;

public interface IMatrix extends IResource {

    MatrixDimensionKey[] getDimensionKeys();

    IMatrixDimension getDimension(MatrixDimensionKey dimension);

    IMatrixLayers<? extends IMatrixLayer> getLayers();

    <T> T get(IMatrixLayer<T> layer, IMatrixPosition position);

    <T> T get(IMatrixLayer<T> layer, String... identifiers);

    <T> void set(IMatrixLayer<T> layer, T value, IMatrixPosition position);

    <T> void set(IMatrixLayer<T> layer, T value, String... identifiers);

    IMatrixPosition newPosition();

    IMatrix subset(IMatrixDimension... dimensionSubsets);

    /**
     * This method is called when the matrix is not in use.
     * <p/>
     * It's a good practice to free all the caching memory usage.
     */
    void detach();

    <T> void setMetadata(IKey<T> key, T value);

    <T> T getMetadata(IKey<T> key);

    IMatrixDimension getRows();

    IMatrixDimension getColumns();

}
