/*
 * The JTS Topology Suite is a collection of Java classes that
 * implement the fundamental operations required to validate a given
 * geo-spatial data set to a known topological specification.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Vivid Solutions
 *
 * 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; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
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 *
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 *
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 */
package com.vividsolutions.jts.geom;


/**
 *  <code>Geometry</code> classes support the concept of applying
 *  a <code>GeometryComponentFilter</code>
 *  filter to the <code>Geometry</code>.
 *  The filter is applied to every component of the <code>Geometry</code>
 *  which is itself a <code>Geometry</code>
 *  and which does not itself contain any components.
 * (For instance, all the {@link LinearRing}s in {@link Polygon}s are visited,
 * but in a {@link MultiPolygon} the {@link Polygon}s themselves are not visited.)
 * Thus the only classes of Geometry which must be 
 * handled as arguments to {@link #filter}
 * are {@link LineString}s, {@link LinearRing}s and {@link Point}s.
 *  <p>
 *  A <code>GeometryComponentFilter</code> filter can either
 *  record information fragment_about the <code>Geometry</code>
 *  or change the <code>Geometry</code> in some way.
 *  <code>GeometryComponentFilter</code>
 *  is an example of the Gang-of-Four Visitor pattern.
 *
 *@version 1.7
 */
public interface GeometryComponentFilter {

  /**
   *  Performs an operation with or on <code>geom</code>.
   *
   *@param  geom  a <code>Geometry</code> to which the filter is applied.
   */
  void filter(Geometry geom);
}