/*
* OSGeom -- Geometry Collab
*
* (C) 2009, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
* (C) 2001-2009 Department of Geography, University of Bonn
* (C) 2001-2009 lat/lon GmbH
*
* 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;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* 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.
*/
package org.osgeo.geometry.primitive;
import java.util.List;
import org.osgeo.geometry.primitive.patches.Triangle;
/**
* A {@link Surface} that consists only of {@link Triangle} patches.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:schneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider</a>
* @author last edited by: $Author$
*
* @version. $Revision$, $Date$
*/
public interface TriangulatedSurface extends Surface {
/**
* Must always return {@link Surface.SurfaceType#TriangulatedSurface}.
*
* @return {@link Surface.SurfaceType#TriangulatedSurface}
*/
public SurfaceType getSurfaceType();
/**
* Returns the patches that constitute this surface.
*
* @return the patches that constitute this surface
*/
public List<Triangle> getPatches();
}