/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2006-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* 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.geotools.geometry.iso.io;
import java.util.List;
import org.geotools.geometry.iso.coordinate.CurveSegmentImpl;
import org.geotools.geometry.iso.coordinate.PositionImpl;
import org.geotools.geometry.iso.coordinate.TriangleImpl;
import org.geotools.geometry.iso.primitive.CurveImpl;
/**
* A CollectionFactory creates lists of different GM_Objects or Coordinates.
* The original objective of this encapsulating is the possibility of persistence support,
* that is that the returned lists are backed by a type of database to relieve the system
* memory in cases of large geometries.
*
* @author Sanjay Jena and Prof. Dr. Jackson Roehrig
*
* @source $URL$
*/
public interface CollectionFactory {
/**
* Creates a list of Curves
*
* @return List
*/
List<CurveImpl> getCurveList();
/**
* Creates a list of CurveSegments
*
* @return List
*/
List<CurveSegmentImpl> getCurveSegmentList();
/**
* Creates a list of Positions
*
* @return List
*/
List<PositionImpl> getPositionList();
/**
* Creates a list of Triangles
*
* @return List
*/
List<TriangleImpl> createTriangleList();
}