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package org.gvsig.vectorediting.lib.prov.split.operation;

import org.gvsig.fmap.geom.Geometry;

import org.gvsig.fmap.geom.GeometryException;

import org.gvsig.fmap.geom.exception.CreateGeometryException;

import org.gvsig.fmap.geom.operation.GeometryOperationException;

import org.gvsig.fmap.geom.operation.GeometryOperationNotSupportedException;

/**

 * @author llmarques

 *

 */

public interface SplitOperation {

    /**

     * Splits the geometry by a other splitter geometry. If splitter does not

     * intersect geometry return original geometry.

     *

     * @param geometryToBeSplitted

     *            to be splitted

     * @param splitter

     *            the geometry that splits other geometries

     * @return If splitter does not intersect return original geometry, else

     *         return splitted geometry.

     * @throws GeometryException

     */

    public Geometry split(Geometry geometryToBeSplitted, Geometry splitter)

        throws GeometryOperationNotSupportedException,

        GeometryOperationException, CreateGeometryException, GeometryException;

}