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package org.opengis.geometry.coordinate;
import java.util.List;
import org.opengis.geometry.primitive.Curve;
import org.opengis.geometry.primitive.Surface;
import org.opengis.geometry.primitive.SurfacePatch;
import org.opengis.geometry.primitive.SurfaceBoundary;
import org.opengis.geometry.complex.Complex;
import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
/**
* A surface patch that is defined by a set of boundary curves and an underlying surface to
* which these curves adhere. The default is that the curves are coplanar and the polygon
* uses planar interpolation in its interior.
*
*
* @source $URL: http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/trunk/modules/library/opengis/src/main/java/org/opengis/geometry/coordinate/Polygon.java $
* @version <A HREF="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/as">ISO 19107</A>
* @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
* @since GeoAPI 2.0
*
* @see GeometryFactory#createPolygon(SurfaceBoundary)
* @see GeometryFactory#createPolygon(SurfaceBoundary,Surface)
*/
@UML(identifier="GM_Polygon", specification=ISO_19107)
public interface Polygon extends SurfacePatch {
/**
* The surface boundary that is the boundary of this polygon.
* The boundary of a surface patch need not be in the same {@linkplain Complex complex}
* as the containing {@linkplain Surface surface}. The curves that are contained in the
* interior of the {@linkplain Surface surface} (act as common boundary to 2 surface patches)
* are not part of any {@linkplain Complex complex} in which the {@linkplain Surface surface}
* is contained. They are purely constructive and would not play in any topological relation
* between {@linkplain Surface surface} and {@linkplain Curve curve} that defines the connectivity
* of the {@linkplain Complex complex}.
*/
@UML(identifier="boundary", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19107)
SurfaceBoundary getBoundary();
/**
* Provides a mechanism for spanning the interior of the polygon.
* The spanning surface should have no boundary components that intersect the boundary of the
* polygon, and there should be no ambiguity as to which portion of the surface is described by
* the bounding curves for the polygon. The most common spanning surface is an elevation model,
* which is not directly described in this standard, although {@linkplain Tin tins} and
* {@linkplain GriddedSurface gridded surfaces} are often used in this role.
*/
@UML(identifier="spanningSurface", obligation=OPTIONAL, specification=ISO_19107)
List<Surface> getSpanningSurface();
/**
* Returns the patch which own this surface patch.
*/
@UML(identifier="surface", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19107)
PolyhedralSurface getSurface();
}