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** $Id: BoundingPolygon.java,v 1.2 2006/07/13 06:28:31 poth Exp $
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** $Source: /home/deegree/jail/deegreerepository/deegree/src/org/opengis/metadata/extent/Attic/BoundingPolygon.java,v $
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** Copyright (C) 2003 Open GIS Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.opengis.org/Legal/
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package org.opengis.metadata.extent;
// OpenGIS direct dependencies
/**
* Boundary enclosing the dataset, expressed as the closed set of
* (<var>x</var>,<var>y</var>) coordinates of the polygon. The last
* point replicates first point.
*
* @UML abstract EX_BoundingPolygon
* @author ISO 19115
* @author <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org">OpenGIS® consortium</A>
* @version 5.0
*/
public interface BoundingPolygon extends GeographicExtent {
/**
* Returns the sets of points defining the bounding polygon.
*
* @UML mandatory polygon
*
* @revisit The UML allow an arbitrary number of object to be returned. Should we return
* an array? Furthermore, the UML return the most general type ({@link Geometry}).
* We could returns an array of some more restrictive type, or allow this method
* to returns some aggregate.
*/
//public Geometry getPolygon();
}
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