001 //$HeadURL: http://svn.wald.intevation.org/svn/deegree/base/trunk/src/org/deegree/model/spatialschema/Envelope.java $
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036
037 package org.deegree.model.spatialschema;
038
039 import org.deegree.model.crs.CoordinateSystem;
040
041 /**
042 * a boundingbox as child of a Polygon isn't part of the iso19107 spec but it simplifies the geometry handling
043 *
044 *
045 * @version $Revision: 18195 $
046 * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
047 * @author last edited by: $Author: mschneider $
048 *
049 * @version 1.0. $Revision: 18195 $, $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Thu, 18 Jun 2009) $
050 *
051 * @since 2.0
052 */
053 public interface Envelope {
054
055 /**
056 * returns the spatial reference system of a geometry
057 *
058 * @return the spatial reference system of a geometry
059 */
060 CoordinateSystem getCoordinateSystem();
061
062 /**
063 * returns the width of bounding box
064 *
065 * @return the width of bounding box
066 */
067 double getWidth();
068
069 /**
070 * returns the height of bounding box
071 *
072 * @return the height of bounding box
073 */
074 double getHeight();
075
076 /**
077 * returns the minimum coordinates of bounding box
078 *
079 * @return the minimum coordinates of bounding box
080 */
081 Position getMin();
082
083 /**
084 * returns the maximum coordinates of bounding box
085 *
086 * @return the maximum coordinates of bounding box
087 */
088 Position getMax();
089
090 /**
091 * returns true if the bounding box contains the submitted position
092 *
093 * @param position
094 * the position to find
095 * @return true if the bounding box contains the submitted position
096 */
097 boolean contains( Position position );
098
099 /**
100 * returns true if this envelope intersects the submitted envelope
101 *
102 * @param bb
103 * another Envelope
104 * @return true if this envelope intersects the submitted envelope
105 */
106 boolean intersects( Envelope bb );
107
108 /**
109 * returns true if all positions of the submitted bounding box are within this bounding box
110 *
111 * @param bb
112 * another boundingbox
113 * @return true if all positions of the submitted bounding box are within this bounding box
114 */
115 boolean contains( Envelope bb );
116
117 /**
118 * returns a new Envelope object representing the intersection of this Envelope with the specified Envelope.
119 *
120 * @param bb
121 * another boundingbox
122 * @return a new Envelope object representing the intersection of this Envelope with the specified Envelope.
123 */
124 Envelope createIntersection( Envelope bb );
125
126 /**
127 * merges two Envelops and returns the minimum envelope containing both.
128 *
129 * @param envelope
130 * another envelope to merge with this one
131 *
132 * @return the minimum envelope containing both.
133 * @throws GeometryException
134 * if the coordinatesystems are not equal
135 */
136 Envelope merge( Envelope envelope )
137 throws GeometryException;
138
139 /**
140 * creates a new envelope
141 *
142 * @param b
143 * an extra bound around the Envelope
144 * @return a new Envelope
145 */
146 Envelope getBuffer( double b );
147
148 /**
149 * ensures that the passed Envepole is contained within this.Envelope
150 *
151 * @param other
152 * to expand this Envelope.
153 */
154 void expandToContain( Envelope other );
155
156 /**
157 * translate a envelope in the direction defined by the two passed values and retiurns the resulting envelope
158 *
159 * @param x
160 * coordinate
161 * @param y
162 * coordinate
163 * @return the resulting translated Envelope
164 */
165 Envelope translate( double x, double y );
166
167 /**
168 * returns the centroid of an Envelope
169 *
170 * @return centroid of an Envelope
171 */
172 Point getCentroid();
173
174 }