org.opengis.geometry.coordinate

Interface TriangulatedSurface

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Subinterfaces:

Tin

@UML(identifier="GM_TriangulatedSurface",
     specification=ISO_19107)
public interface TriangulatedSurface
extends PolyhedralSurface

A polyhedral surface that is composed only of triangles. There is no restriction on how the triangulation is derived.

Since:

GeoAPI 2.0

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<Triangle>	getPatches() Associates this surface with its individual triangles.

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<Triangle> getPatches()

Associates this surface with its individual triangles.

Specified by:

getPatches in interface PolyhedralSurface

Specified by:

getPatches in interface Surface

Returns:

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

See Also:

SurfacePatch.getSurface(), Curve.getSegments()