org.opengis.geometry.complex
Interface CompositeSurface

All Superinterfaces:

Complex, Composite, Geometry, OrientablePrimitive, OrientableSurface, Primitive, TransfiniteSet

All Known Subinterfaces:

Shell

@UML(identifier="GM_CompositeSurface",
     specification=ISO_19107)
public interface CompositeSurface
extends Composite, OrientableSurface

A complex with all the geometric properties of a surface. Thus, this composite can be considered as a type of orientable surface. Essentially, a composite surface is a collection of oriented surfaces that join in pairs on common boundary curves and which, when considered as a whole, form a single surface.

Since:

GeoAPI 1.0

Version:

ISO 19107

TODO:

This interface extends (indirectly) both Primitive and Complex. Concequently, there is a clash in the semantics of some set theoretic operation. Specifically, Primitive.contains(...) (returns FALSE for end points) is different from Complex.contains(...) (returns TRUE for end points).

Method Summary

Set<OrientableSurface>

getGenerators() Returns the set of orientable surfaces that form the core of this complex.

Methods inherited from interface Complex

getElements, getSubComplexes, getSuperComplexes, isMaximal

Methods inherited from interface OrientableSurface

getBoundary, getComposite, getPrimitive

Methods inherited from interface OrientablePrimitive

getOrientation

Methods inherited from interface Primitive

getComplexes, getContainedPrimitives, getContainingPrimitives, getProxy

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

Method Detail

getGenerators

@Association(value="Composition")
@UML(identifier="generator",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19107)
Set<OrientableSurface> getGenerators()

Returns the set of orientable surfaces that form the core of this complex. To get a full representation of the elements in the complex, the curves and points on the boundary of the generator set of surfaces would be added to the curves in the generator list.

Specified by:

getGenerators in interface Composite

Returns:

The list of orientable surfaces in this composite.

See Also:

OrientableSurface.getComposite()