/*
* Copyright (c) 2016 Vivid Solutions.
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which accompanies this distribution.
* The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
* and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
*
* http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
*/
package org.locationtech.jts.index.strtree;
/**
* A spatial object in an AbstractSTRtree.
*
* @version 1.7
*/
public interface Boundable {
/**
* Returns a representation of space that encloses this Boundable, preferably
* not much bigger than this Boundable's boundary yet fast to test for intersection
* with the bounds of other Boundables. The class of object returned depends
* on the subclass of AbstractSTRtree.
* @return an Envelope (for STRtrees), an Interval (for SIRtrees), or other object
* (for other subclasses of AbstractSTRtree)
*/
Object getBounds();
}