/*
* OSGeom -- Geometry Collab
*
* (C) 2009, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
* (C) 2001-2009 Department of Geography, University of Bonn
* (C) 2001-2009 lat/lon GmbH
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*/
package org.osgeo.geometry.primitive.patches;
import org.osgeo.geometry.primitive.Surface;
/**
* A {@link SurfacePatch} describes a continuous portion of a {@link Surface}.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:schneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider</a>
* @author last edited by: $Author$
*
* @version. $Revision$, $Date$
*/
public interface SurfacePatch {
/**
* Convenience enum type for discriminating the different surface patch variants in switch statements.
*/
public enum SurfacePatchType {
/** Patch is a {@link GriddedSurfacePatch}. */
GRIDDED_SURFACE_PATCH,
/** Patch is a {@link PolygonPatch}. */
POLYGON_PATCH,
/** Patch is a {@link Rectangle}. */
RECTANGLE,
/** Patch is a {@link Triangle}. */
TRIANGLE
}
/**
* Returns the type of surface patch.
*
* @return the type of surface patch
*/
public SurfacePatchType getSurfacePatchType();
/**
* Returns the coordinate dimension, i.e. the dimension of the space that the patch is embedded in.
*
* @return the coordinate dimension
*/
public int getCoordinateDimension();
}