SingleCurvedGeometry.java

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package org.geotools.geometry.jts;

import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.CoordinateSequence;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.LineString;

/**
 * Convenience interface to expose methods common to {@link CircularString} and {@link CircularRing}
 * 
 * @author Andrea Aime - GeoSolutions
 */
public interface SingleCurvedGeometry<T extends LineString> extends CurvedGeometry<T> {

    /**
     * Returns the linearized coordinates at the given tolerance
     * 
     * @param tolerance
     * @return
     */
    public CoordinateSequence getLinearizedCoordinateSequence(final double tolerance);

    /**
     * Returns the control points for this string/ring.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    double[] getControlPoints();

    /**
     * Number of arc circles
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public int getNumArcs();

    /**
     * Returns the n-th circular arc making up the geometry
     * 
     * @param arcIndex
     * @return
     */
    public CircularArc getArcN(int arcIndex);

}