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032    package org.opengis.geometry.primitive;
033    
034    import org.opengis.geometry.complex.CompositeCurve;
035    import org.opengis.annotation.Association;
036    import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
037    
038    import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
039    import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
040    
041    
042    /**
043     * A curve and an orientation inherited from {@link OrientablePrimitive}. If the orientation is
044     * positive, then the {@code OrientableCurve} is a {@linkplain Curve curve}. If the orientation
045     * is negative, then the {@code OrientableCurve} is related to another {@linkplain Curve curve}
046     * with a parameterization that reverses the sense of the curve traversal.
047     *
048     * @version <A HREF="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/as">ISO 19107</A>
049     * @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
050     * @since GeoAPI 1.0
051     */
052    @UML(identifier="GM_OrientableCurve", specification=ISO_19107)
053    public interface OrientableCurve extends OrientablePrimitive {
054        /**
055         * Returns an ordered pair of points, which are the start point and end point of the curve.
056         * If the curve is closed, then the boundary shall be empty.
057         *
058         * @return The sets of positions on the boundary.
059         */
060        @UML(identifier="boundary", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19107)
061        CurveBoundary getBoundary();
062    
063        /**
064         * Returns the primitive associated with this {@code OrientableCurve}.
065         *
066         * @return The primitive, or {@code null} if the association is
067         *         not available or not implemented that way.
068         *
069         * @see Curve#getProxy
070         * @issue http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEO-63
071         */
072        @Association("Oriented")
073        @UML(identifier="primitive", obligation=OPTIONAL, specification=ISO_19107)
074        Curve getPrimitive();
075    
076        /**
077         * Returns the owner of this orientable curve. This method is <em>optional</em> since
078         * the association in ISO 19107 is navigable only from {@code CompositeCurve} to
079         * {@code OrientableCurve}, not the other way.
080         *
081         * @return The owner of this orientable curve, or {@code null} if the association is
082         *         not available or not implemented that way.
083         *
084         * @see CompositeCurve#getGenerators
085         * @issue http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEO-63
086         */
087        @Association("Composition")
088        @UML(identifier="composite", obligation=OPTIONAL, specification=ISO_19107)
089        CompositeCurve getComposite();
090    }