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044    
045    package org.deegree.model.spatialschema;
046    
047    /**
048    *
049    * The interface defines the bais of curves and curve segments.
050    *
051    * <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p>
052    *
053    * @author Andreas Poth
054    * @version $Revision: 6259 $ $Date: 2007-03-20 10:15:15 +0100 (Di, 20 Mär 2007) $
055    * <p>
056    */ 
057    public interface GenericCurve {
058            
059       /**
060        * returns the length of the curve in units of the 
061        * related spatial reference system
062        */
063            double getLength();        
064        
065       /**
066        * returns the first point of the curve
067        */ 
068        Point getStartPoint();
069        
070       /**
071        * returns the last point of the curve
072        */  
073        Point getEndPoint();
074        
075       /**
076        * returns the curve as LineString
077        */
078        LineString getAsLineString() throws GeometryException;
079          
080    
081    }
082    /* ********************************************************************
083    Changes to this class. What the people have been up to:
084    $Log$
085    Revision 1.5  2006/07/12 14:46:15  poth
086    comment footer added
087    
088    ********************************************************************** */