org.geotools.measure

Class Longitude

Object

Angle

Longitude

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Angle>

public final class Longitude
extends Angle

A longitude angle. Positive longitudes are East, while negative longitudes are West.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux (PMO, IRD)

See Also:

Latitude, AngleFormat, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static double	MAX_VALUE Maximum legal value for longitude (+180°).
static double	MIN_VALUE Minimum legal value for longitude (-180°).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Longitude(double theta) Contruct a new longitude with the specified value.
Longitude(String theta) Constructs a newly allocated Longitude object that represents the longitude value represented by the string.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class Angle

compareTo, degrees, equals, hashCode, radians, toString

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

MIN_VALUE

public static final double MIN_VALUE

Minimum legal value for longitude (-180°).

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Constant Field Values

MAX_VALUE

public static final double MAX_VALUE

Maximum legal value for longitude (+180°).

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Longitude

public Longitude(double theta)

Contruct a new longitude with the specified value.

Parameters:

theta - Angle in degrees.

Longitude

public Longitude(String theta)
          throws NumberFormatException

Constructs a newly allocated Longitude object that represents the longitude value represented by the string. The string should represents an angle in either fractional degrees (e.g. 45.5°) or degrees with minutes and seconds (e.g. 45°30'). The hemisphere (E or W) is optional (default to East).

Parameters:

theta - A string to be converted to a Longitude.

Throws:

NumberFormatException - if the string does not contain a parsable longitude.