org.geotools.coverage

Class Category

Object

Category

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Serializable

public class Category
extends Object
implements Serializable

A category delimited by a range of values. A category may be either qualitative or quantitative. For example, a classified image may have a qualitative category defining sample value 0 as water. An other qualitative category may defines sample value 1 as forest, etc. An other image may define elevation data as sample values in the range [0..100]. The later is a quantitative category, because sample values are related to some measurement in the real world. For example, elevation data may be related to an altitude in metres through the following linear relation:

altitude = sample value×100.

Some image mixes both qualitative and quantitative categories. For example, images of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) may have a quantitative category for temperature with values ranging from –2 to 35°C, and three qualitative categories for cloud, land and ice.

All categories must have a human readable name.

All Category objects are immutable and thread-safe.

Since:

2.1

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)

See Also:

GridSampleDimension, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Category	FALSE A default category for the boolean "false" value.
static Category	NODATA A default category for "no data" values.
static Category	TRUE A default category for the boolean "true" value.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Category(CharSequence name, Color[] colors, int lower, int upper) Constructs a quantitative category for sample values ranging from lower inclusive to upper exclusive.
Category(CharSequence name, Color[] colors, NumberRange sampleValueRange) Constructs a quantitative category for sample values in the specified range.
Category(CharSequence name, Color[] colors, NumberRange sampleValueRange, boolean isQuantitative) Constructs a qualitative or quantitative category for samples in the specified range.
Category(CharSequence name, Color color, boolean sample) Constructs a qualitative category for a boolean value.
Category(CharSequence name, Color color, double sample) Constructs a qualitative category for sample value sample.
Category(CharSequence name, Color color, int sample) Constructs a qualitative category for sample value sample.
Category(CharSequence name, Color color, int sample, boolean isQuantitative) Constructs a qualitative category for sample value sample.
Category(CharSequence name, Color color, NumberRange<?> sampleValueRange) Constructs a quantitative category for samples in the specified range.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object object) Compares the specified object with this category for equality.
Color[]	getColors() Returns the set of colors for this category.
InternationalString	getName() Returns the category name.
NumberRange<? extends Number>	getRange() Returns the range of sample values occurring in this category.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash value for this category.
boolean	isQuantitative() Returns true if this category is quantitative.
Category	recolor(Color[] colors) Returns a category for the same range of sample values but a different color palette.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this category.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NODATA

public static final Category NODATA

A default category for "no data" values. This default qualitative category use sample value 0, which is mapped to geophysics value Float.NaN for those who work with floating point images. The rendering color default to a fully transparent color and the name is "no data" localized to the requested locale.

FALSE

public static final Category FALSE

A default category for the boolean "false" value. This default identity category uses sample value 0, the color black and the name "false" localized to the specified locale.

TRUE

public static final Category TRUE

A default category for the boolean "true" value. This default identity category uses sample value 1, the color white and the name "true" localized to the specified locale.

Constructor Detail

Category

public Category(CharSequence name,
                Color color,
                boolean sample)

Constructs a qualitative category for a boolean value.

Parameters:

name - The category name as a String or InternationalString object.

color - The category color, or null for a default color.

sample - The sample value as a boolean.

Category

public Category(CharSequence name,
                Color color,
                int sample)

Constructs a qualitative category for sample value sample.

Parameters:

name - The category name as a String or InternationalString object.

color - The category color, or null for a default color.

sample - The sample value as an integer, usually in the range 0 to 255.

Category

public Category(CharSequence name,
                Color color,
                int sample,
                boolean isQuantitative)

Constructs a qualitative category for sample value sample.

Parameters:

name - The category name as a String or InternationalString object.

color - The category color, or null for a default color.

sample - The sample value as an integer, usually in the range 0 to 255.

Category

public Category(CharSequence name,
                Color color,
                double sample)

Constructs a qualitative category for sample value sample.

Parameters:

name - The category name as a String or InternationalString object.

color - The category color, or null for a default color.

sample - The sample value as a double. May be one of NaN values.

Category

public Category(CharSequence name,
                Color color,
                NumberRange<?> sampleValueRange)
         throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructs a quantitative category for samples in the specified range.

Parameters:

name - The category name as a String or InternationalString object.

color - The category color, or null for a default color.

sampleValueRange - The range of sample values for this category. Element class is usually Integer, but Float and Double are accepted as well.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the given range is invalid.

Category

public Category(CharSequence name,
                Color[] colors,
                int lower,
                int upper)
         throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructs a quantitative category for sample values ranging from lower inclusive to upper exclusive.

Parameters:

name - The category name as a String or InternationalString object.

colors - A set of colors for this category. This array may have any length; colors will be interpolated as needed. An array of length 1 means that an uniform color should be used for all sample values. An array of length 0 or a null array means that some default colors should be used (usually a gradient from opaque black to opaque white).

lower - The lower sample value, inclusive.

upper - The upper sample value, exclusive.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if lower is not smaller than upper, or if scale or offset are not real numbers.

Category

public Category(CharSequence name,
                Color[] colors,
                NumberRange sampleValueRange)
         throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructs a quantitative category for sample values in the specified range.

Parameters:

name - The category name as a String or InternationalString object.

colors - A set of colors for this category. This array may have any length; colors will be interpolated as needed. An array of length 1 means that an uniform color should be used for all sample values. An array of length 0 or a null array means that some default colors should be used (usually a gradient from opaque black to opaque white).

sampleValueRange - The range of sample values for this category. Element class is usually Integer, but Float and Double are accepted as well.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if lower is not smaller than upper, or if scale or offset are not real numbers.

Category

public Category(CharSequence name,
                Color[] colors,
                NumberRange sampleValueRange,
                boolean isQuantitative)
         throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructs a qualitative or quantitative category for samples in the specified range.

Parameters:

name - The category name as a String or InternationalString object.

colors - A set of colors for this category. This array may have any length; colors will be interpolated as needed. An array of length 1 means that an uniform color should be used for all sample values. An array of length 0 or a null array means that some default colors should be used (usually a gradient from opaque black to opaque white).

sampleValueRange - The range of sample values for this category. Element class is usually Integer, but Float and Double are accepted as well.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the range element class is not a Number subclass.

IllegalArgumentException - if the range is invalid.

Method Detail

getName

public InternationalString getName()

Returns the category name.

Returns:

The category name.

getColors

public Color[] getColors()

Returns the set of colors for this category. Change to the returned array will not affect this category.

Returns:

The colors palette for this category.

See Also:

GridSampleDimension.getColorModel()

getRange

public NumberRange<? extends Number> getRange()

Returns the range of sample values occurring in this category.

Returns:

The range of sample values.

See Also:

NumberRange.getMinimum(boolean), NumberRange.getMaximum(boolean), GridSampleDimension.getMinimumValue(), GridSampleDimension.getMaximumValue()

isQuantitative

public boolean isQuantitative()

Returns true if this category is quantitative.

Returns:

true if this category is quantitative, or false if this category is qualitative.

recolor

public Category recolor(Color[] colors)

Returns a category for the same range of sample values but a different color palette. The array given in argument may have any length; colors will be interpolated as needed. An array of length 1 means that an uniform color should be used for all sample values. An array of length 0 or a null array means that some default colors should be used (usually a gradient from opaque black to opaque white).

Parameters:

colors - A set of colors for the new category.

Returns:

A category with the new color palette, or this if the new colors are identical to the current ones.

See Also:

org.geotools.coverage.processing.ColorMap#recolor

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash value for this category. This value need not remain consistent between different implementations of the same class.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Compares the specified object with this category for equality.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

object - The object to compare with.

Returns:

true if the given object is equals to this category.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this category. The returned string is implementation dependent. It is usually provided for debugging purposes.

Overrides:

toString in class Object