question: public static GeoTimeSerie fillticks ( GeoTimeSerie gts , long location , long elevation , Object value , long [ ] ticks ) { GeoTimeSerie filled = gts . clone ( ) ; if ( null == value || GTSHelper . isBucketized ( filled ) ) { return filled ; } long [ ] gticks = filled . values > 0 ? Arrays . copyOf ( filled . ticks , filled . values ) : new long [ 0 ] ; Arrays . sort ( gticks ) ; Arrays . sort ( ticks ) ; int gtsidx = 0 ; int tickidx = 0 ; int nvalues = filled . values ; while ( gtsidx < nvalues ) { long tick = gticks [ gtsidx ] ; while ( tickidx < ticks . length && ticks [ tickidx ] < tick ) { GTSHelper . setValue ( filled , ticks [ tickidx ] , location , elevation , value , false ) ; tickidx ++ ; } gtsidx ++ ; } while ( tickidx < ticks . length ) { GTSHelper . setValue ( filled , ticks [ tickidx ] , location , elevation , value , false ) ; tickidx ++ ; } return filled ; }
target:  Fill the given ticks in a GTS with the elements provided. If the GTS is bucketized, do nothing.