org.deegree.geometry.primitive.patches
Interface SurfacePatch

All Known Subinterfaces:

Cone, Cylinder, GriddedSurfacePatch, PolygonPatch, Rectangle, Sphere, Triangle

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCone, DefaultCylinder, DefaultGriddedSurfacePatch, DefaultPolygonPatch, DefaultRectangle, DefaultSphere, DefaultTriangle

public interface SurfacePatch

A SurfacePatch describes a continuous portion of a Surface.

Author:

Andreas Poth, Markus Schneider, last edited by: $Author: rbezema $

Nested Class Summary

static class

SurfacePatch.SurfacePatchType Convenience enum type for discriminating the different surface patch variants in switch statements.

Method Summary

Measure	getArea(Unit uom) Returns the area covered by the patch.
int	getCoordinateDimension() Returns the coordinate dimension, i.e. the dimension of the space that the patch is embedded in.
SurfacePatch.SurfacePatchType	getSurfacePatchType() Returns the type of surface patch.

Method Detail

getSurfacePatchType

SurfacePatch.SurfacePatchType getSurfacePatchType()

Returns the type of surface patch.

Returns:

the type of surface patch

getCoordinateDimension

int getCoordinateDimension()

Returns the coordinate dimension, i.e. the dimension of the space that the patch is embedded in.

Returns:

the coordinate dimension

getArea

Measure getArea(Unit uom)

Returns the area covered by the patch.

Parameters:

uom -

Returns:

area covered by the patch in the requested uom