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036
037 package org.deegree.model.spatialschema;
038
039 import org.deegree.model.crs.CoordinateSystem;
040
041 /**
042 *
043 * Defining the iso geometry <code>SurfacePatch</code> which is used for building surfaces. A surface patch is made of
044 * one exterior ring and 0..n interior rings. By definition there can't be a surface patch with no exterior ring. A
045 * polygon is a specialized surface patch.
046 *
047 * -----------------------------------------------------
048 *
049 * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
050 * @version $Revision: 18195 $ $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18 Jun 2009) $
051 */
052
053 public interface SurfacePatch extends GenericSurface {
054
055 /**
056 * The interpolation determines the surface interpolation mechanism used for this SurfacePatch. This mechanism uses
057 * the control points and control parameters defined in the various subclasses to determine the position of this
058 * SurfacePatch.
059 *
060 * @return the surface interpolation of this surface
061 */
062 SurfaceInterpolation getInterpolation();
063
064 /**
065 * @return the exterior ring of a surfacePatch
066 */
067 Position[] getExteriorRing();
068
069 /**
070 * @return the interior rings of a surfacePatch
071 */
072 Position[][] getInteriorRings();
073
074 /**
075 *
076 * @return the exterior ring of a surfacePatch
077 */
078 Ring getExterior();
079
080 /**
081 *
082 * @return the interior rings of a surfacePatch
083 */
084 Ring[] getInterior();
085
086 /**
087 * @return the coordinate system of the surface patch
088 */
089 CoordinateSystem getCoordinateSystem();
090
091 /**
092 * The Boolean valued operation "intersects" shall return TRUE if this surfacepatch intersects another Geometry.
093 * Within a Complex, the Primitives do not intersect one another. In general, topologically structured data uses
094 * shared geometric objects to capture intersection information.
095 *
096 * @param gmo
097 * @return true if this surfacepatch intersects with given Geometry
098 */
099 boolean intersects( Geometry gmo );
100
101 /**
102 * The Boolean valued operation "contains" shall return TRUE if this Geometry contains another Geometry.
103 *
104 * @param gmo
105 * @return true if this surfacepatch contains given Geometry
106 */
107 boolean contains( Geometry gmo );
108
109 /**
110 * The operation "centroid" shall return the mathematical centroid for this surfacepatch. The result is not
111 * guaranteed to be on the object.
112 *
113 * @return the centroid
114 */
115 public Point getCentroid();
116
117 /**
118 * The operation "area" shall return the area of this GenericSurface. The area of a 2 dimensional geometric object
119 * shall be a numeric measure of its surface area Since area is an accumulation (integral) of the product of two
120 * distances, its return value shall be in a unit of measure appropriate for measuring distances squared.
121 */
122 public double getArea();
123
124 }