Interface Boundable

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2	/*
3	* Copyright (c) 2016 Vivid Solutions.
4	*
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12	*/
13	package org.locationtech.jts.index.strtree;
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15	/**
16	* A spatial object in an AbstractSTRtree.
17	*
18	* @version 1.7
19	*/
20	public interface Boundable {
21	/**
22	* Returns a representation of space that encloses this Boundable, preferably
23	* not much bigger than this Boundable's boundary yet fast to test for intersection
24	* with the bounds of other Boundables. The class of object returned depends
25	* on the subclass of AbstractSTRtree.
26	* @return an Envelope (for STRtrees), an Interval (for SIRtrees), or other object
27	* (for other subclasses of AbstractSTRtree)
28	*/
29	Object getBounds();
30	}
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