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045 package org.deegree.model.spatialschema;
046
047 /**
048 *
049 * Defining the boundary of a surface. The surface boundary is defined as
050 * ring surounding the exterior boundary of the surface and the rings
051 * surounding each interior ring of the surface.
052 *
053 * <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p>
054 *
055 * @author Axel Schaefer
056 * @version $Revision: 6259 $ $Date: 2007-03-20 10:15:15 +0100 (Di, 20 Mär 2007) $
057 * <p>
058 */
059
060 public interface SurfaceBoundary extends PrimitiveBoundary {
061 /**
062 * @clientCardinality 0..*
063 */
064
065 /* as
066 * SurfaceBoundary::exterior[0,1] : Ring;
067 * SurfaceBoundary::interior[0..*] : Ring;
068 */
069
070 /*
071 * A SurfaceBoundary consists of some number of Rings,
072 * corresponding to the various components of its boundary.
073 * In the normal 2D case, one of these rings is distinguished
074 * as being the exterior boundary.
075 * In a general manifold this is not always possible, in which case
076 * all boundaries shall be listed as interior boundaries, and the
077 * exterior will be empty.
078 */
079
080 /*
081 * get the exterior ring
082 */
083 public Ring getExteriorRing();
084
085 /*
086 * gets the interior ring(s)
087 */
088 public Ring[] getInteriorRings();
089
090
091 }
092 /* ********************************************************************
093 Changes to this class. What the people have been up to:
094 $Log$
095 Revision 1.5 2006/07/12 14:46:15 poth
096 comment footer added
097
098 ********************************************************************** */