org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.geometry
Interface Position

All Known Subinterfaces:

DirectPosition, Point

@UML(identifier="GM_Position",
     specification=ISO_19107)
public interface Position

A type consisting of either a direct position or of a point from which a direct position shall be obtained. The use of this data type allows the identification of a position either directly as a coordinate (variant direct) or indirectly as a point (variant indirect).

• In the variant direct case, uses getPosition() method.
• In the variant indirect case, cast this position to a Point.

Since:

GeoAPI 1.0

Version:

Abstract specification 5

Method Summary

DirectPosition

getPosition() Returns the direct position.

Method Detail

getPosition

@UML(identifier="direct",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19107)
DirectPosition getPosition()

Returns the direct position.

Returns:

The direct position.