CollectionFactory.java

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package org.geotools.geometry.iso.io;

import java.util.List;

import org.geotools.geometry.iso.coordinate.CurveSegmentImpl;
import org.geotools.geometry.iso.coordinate.PositionImpl;
import org.geotools.geometry.iso.coordinate.TriangleImpl;
import org.geotools.geometry.iso.primitive.CurveImpl;


/**
 * A CollectionFactory creates lists of different GM_Objects or Coordinates.
 * The original objective of this encapsulating is the possibility of persistence support,
 * that is that the returned lists are backed by a type of database to relieve the system
 * memory in cases of large geometries.
 * 
 * @author Sanjay Jena and Prof. Dr. Jackson Roehrig
 *
 *
 *
 * @source $URL$
 */
public interface CollectionFactory {
	
	/**
	 * Creates a list of Curves
	 * 
	 * @return List
	 */
	List<CurveImpl> getCurveList();

	/**
	 * Creates a list of CurveSegments
	 * 
	 * @return List
	 */
	List<CurveSegmentImpl> getCurveSegmentList();

	
	/**
	 * Creates a list of Positions
	 * 
	 * @return List
	 */
	List<PositionImpl> getPositionList();

	/**
	 * Creates a list of Triangles
	 * 
	 * @return List
	 */
	List<TriangleImpl> createTriangleList();



}