org.opengis.geometry.coordinate

Interface PolyhedralSurface

All Superinterfaces:

GenericSurface, Geometry, OrientablePrimitive, OrientableSurface, Primitive, Surface, TransfiniteSet

All Known Subinterfaces:

Tin, TriangulatedSurface

@UML(identifier="GM_PolyhedralSurface",
     specification=ISO_19107)
public interface PolyhedralSurface
extends Surface

A surface composed of polygon surfaces connected along their common boundary curves. This differs from Surface only in the restriction on the types of surface patches acceptable.

Since:

GeoAPI 2.0

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)

See Also:

GeometryFactory.createPolyhedralSurface(java.util.List<org.opengis.geometry.coordinate.Polygon>)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<? extends Polygon>	getPatches() Associates this surface with its individual facet polygons.

Methods inherited from interface Surface

getProxy

Methods inherited from interface OrientableSurface

getBoundary, getComposite, getPrimitive

Methods inherited from interface OrientablePrimitive

getOrientation

Methods inherited from interface Primitive

getComplexes, getContainedPrimitives, getContainingPrimitives

Methods inherited from interface Geometry

clone, distance, getBuffer, getCentroid, getClosure, getConvexHull, getCoordinateDimension, getCoordinateReferenceSystem, getDimension, getEnvelope, getMaximalComplex, getMbRegion, getPrecision, getRepresentativePoint, isCycle, isMutable, isSimple, toImmutable, transform, transform

Methods inherited from interface TransfiniteSet

contains, contains, difference, equals, intersection, intersects, symmetricDifference, union

Methods inherited from interface GenericSurface

getArea, getPerimeter, getUpNormal

Method Detail

getPatches

@UML(identifier="patch",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19107)
List<? extends Polygon> getPatches()

Associates this surface with its individual facet polygons.

Specified by:

getPatches in interface Surface

Returns:

The list of surface patches. Should never be null neither empty.

See Also:

SurfacePatch.getSurface(), Curve.getSegments()