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package org.deegree.graphics.sld;

/**
 * This is the basis of all symbolizers. It defines the method
 * <tt>getGeometry</tt> that's common to all symbolizers.
 * <p>----------------------------------------------------------------------</p>
 * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:mschneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2006/07/12 14:46:14 $
 */

public interface Symbolizer {

    /**
     * The ScaleDenominator-information is optional and determines whether
     * a rule (and thus a Symbolizer) is a to be applied at a certain scale.
     * @return the MinScaleDenominator
     */
    double getMinScaleDenominator();

    /**
     * Sets the MinScaleDenominator 
     * @param minScaleDenominator the MinScaleDenominator
     */
    void setMinScaleDenominator(double minScaleDenominator);

    /**
     * The ScaleDenominator-information is optional and determines whether
     * a rule (and thus a Symbolizer) is a to be applied at a certain scale.
     * @return the MaxScaleDenominator
     */
    double getMaxScaleDenominator();

    /**
     * Sets the MaxScaleDenominator 
     * @param maxScaleDenominator the MaxScaleDenominator
     */
    void setMaxScaleDenominator(double maxScaleDenominator);

    /**
     * The Geometry element is optional and if it is absent then the default
     * geometry property of the feature type that is used in the  containing
     * FeatureStyleType is used. The precise meaning of default geometry property
     * is system-dependent. Most frequently, feature types will have only a single
     * geometry property. 
     * @return the geometry of the symbolizer
     */
    Geometry getGeometry();

    /**
     * Sets the Geometry.
     * @param geometry the geometry of the symbolizer
     * 
     */
    void setGeometry(Geometry geometry);

    
}
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