org.deegree.model.spatialschema
Interface Ring

All Superinterfaces:

Geometry, OrientableCurve, OrientablePrimitive, Primitive, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

RingImpl

public interface Ring
extends OrientableCurve

defining a ring geometry that's part of a surface boundary

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Version:

$Revision: 6259 $ $Date: 2007-03-20 10:15:15 +0100 (Di, 20 Mär 2007) $

Author:

Andreas Poth, Axel Schaefer

Method Summary

CurveSegment	getAsCurveSegment() returns the ring as an instance of CurveSegment
Position[]	getPositions() returns all positions the builds the ring
boolean	isCycle() returns true because a ring is always a cycle
boolean	isSimple() returns true because a ring is always a simple

Methods inherited from interface org.deegree.model.spatialschema.OrientableCurve

getCurveBoundary

Methods inherited from interface org.deegree.model.spatialschema.OrientablePrimitive

getOrientation, setOrientation

Methods inherited from interface org.deegree.model.spatialschema.Geometry

contains, contains, difference, distance, getBoundary, getBuffer, getCentroid, getConvexHull, getCoordinateDimension, getCoordinateSystem, getDimension, getEnvelope, getTolerance, intersection, intersects, isEmpty, isWithinDistance, setTolerance, translate, union

Method Detail

isCycle

boolean isCycle()

returns true because a ring is always a cycle

isSimple

boolean isSimple()

returns true because a ring is always a simple

getPositions

Position[] getPositions()

returns all positions the builds the ring

getAsCurveSegment

CurveSegment getAsCurveSegment()
                               throws GeometryException

returns the ring as an instance of CurveSegment

Throws:

GeometryException