001/*-
002 * Copyright 2015, 2016 Diamond Light Source Ltd.
003 *
004 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
005 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
006 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
007 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
008 */
009
010package org.eclipse.january.dataset;
011
012
013/**
014 * This interface is intended for data sources that change dynamically.
015 * Examples:
016 * 1. An image stream from a camera encoded which entire image, changes periodically.
017 * 2. An HDF5 dataset which entire shape changes as data is added.
018 *  
019 */
020public interface IDynamicDataset extends ILazyDataset, IDynamicShape {
021
022        /**
023         * Denotes an unlimited dimension in maximum shape
024         */
025        public static final int UNLIMITED = IDynamicShape.UNLIMITED;
026}