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 *    http://geotools.org
 *
 *    (C) 2011, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
 *    (C) 2003-2005, Open Geospatial Consortium Inc.
 *    
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 */
package org.opengis.geometry;

import org.opengis.geometry.complex.Complex;
import org.opengis.annotation.UML;

import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;


/**
 * The abstract root data type for all the data types used to represent the boundary of geometric
 * objects. Any subclass of {@link Geometry} will use a subclass of {@code Boundary} to
 * represent its boundary through the operation {@link Geometry#getBoundary}. By the nature of
 * geometry, boundary objects are cycles.
 *
 *
 * @source $URL: http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/trunk/modules/library/opengis/src/main/java/org/opengis/geometry/Boundary.java $
 * @version <A HREF="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/as">ISO 19107</A>
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
 * @since GeoAPI 1.0
 */
@UML(identifier="GM_Boundary", specification=ISO_19107)
public interface Boundary extends Complex {
    /**
     * Always returns {@code true} since boundary objects are cycles.
     *
     * @return Always {@code true}.
     */
    @UML(identifier="isCycle", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19107)
    boolean isCycle();
}