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package org.deegree.model.spatialschema;
import org.deegree.model.crs.CoordinateSystem;
/**
*
* The interface defines the root of each unit building Curves
*
* <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p>
*
* @author Andreas Poth
* @version $Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2006/07/12 14:46:15 $
* <p>
*/
public interface CurveSegment extends GenericCurve {
/**
* returns the number of points building the curve segment
*/
int getNumberOfPoints();
/**
* returns all positions of the segement as array of Point
*/
Position[] getPositions();
/**
* returns the curve position at the submitted index
*/
Position getPositionAt(int index);
/**
* reverses the direction of the curvesegment
*/
void reverse();
/**
* returns the coordinate system of the curve segment
*/
CoordinateSystem getCoordinateSystem();
/**
* The Boolean valued operation "intersects" shall return TRUE if this Geometry
* intersects another Geometry. Within a Complex, the Primitives do not
* intersect one another. In general, topologically structured data uses shared
* geometric objects to capture intersection information.
*/
boolean intersects(Geometry gmo);
/**
* The Boolean valued operation "contains" shall return TRUE if this Geometry
* contains another Geometry.
*/
boolean contains(Geometry gmo);
/**
* @link aggregationByValue
* @clientCardinality 2..*
*/
}
/* ********************************************************************
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