Geometry.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Dr. John Lindsay <jlindsay@uoguelph.ca>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package whitebox.geospatialfiles.shapefile;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import whitebox.structures.BoundingBox;

/**
 *
 * @author Dr. John Lindsay email: jlindsay@uoguelph.ca
 */
public interface Geometry {
    /**
     * Gets the length of this object in bytes.
     * @return length as integer.
     */
    int getLength();
    
    public BoundingBox getBox();
    
    double[][] getPoints();
    
    int[] getParts();
    
    ShapeType getShapeType();
    
    boolean isMappable(BoundingBox box, double minSize);
    
    boolean needsClipping(BoundingBox box);
    
    ByteBuffer toByteBuffer();
    
    com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry[] getJTSGeometries();
}