org.deegree.model.spatialschema
Interface GenericSurface

All Known Subinterfaces:

Polygon, Surface, SurfacePatch

All Known Implementing Classes:

PolygonImpl, SurfaceImpl, SurfacePatchImpl

public interface GenericSurface

The interface defines the basis of surfaces and surface patches

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Version:

$Revision: 18195 $ $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18. Jun 2009) $

Author:

Andreas Poth

Method Summary

double	getArea() The operation "area" shall return the area of this GenericSurface.
Envelope	getEnvelope()
double	getPerimeter()

Method Detail

getPerimeter

double getPerimeter()

Returns:

the length of all boundaries of the surface in a reference system appropriate for measuring distances.

getArea

double getArea()

The operation "area" shall return the area of this GenericSurface. The area of a 2 dimensional geometric object shall be a numeric measure of its surface area Since area is an accumulation (integral) of the product of two distances, its return value shall be in a unit of measure appropriate for measuring distances squared.

Returns:

the area

getEnvelope

Envelope getEnvelope()

Returns:

the bounding box of the surface