Application: gvSIG desktop

/**

 * gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2007-2013 gvSIG Association.

 *

 * 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, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51

 * Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

 *

 * For any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us at info AT

 * gvsig.com, or visit our website www.gvsig.com.

 */

package org.gvsig.fmap.geom.primitive;

import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;

import org.cresques.cts.ICoordTrans;

import org.cresques.cts.IProjection;

import org.gvsig.fmap.geom.Geometry;

import org.gvsig.tools.lang.Cloneable;

import org.gvsig.tools.persistence.Persistent;

/**

 * <p>

 * This interface is equivalent to the GM_Envelope specified in

 * <a

 * href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=26012">ISO

 * 19107</a>. A minimum bounding box or rectangle. Regardless of dimension, an

 * Envelope can be represented without ambiguity as two direct positions

 * (coordinate points). To encode an Envelope, it is sufficient to encode these

 * two points. This is consistent with all of the data types in this

 * specification, their state is represented by their publicly accessible

 * attributes.

 * </p>

 *

 * @see <a

 * href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=26012">ISO

 * 19107</a>

 * @author <a href="mailto:jpiera@gvsig.org">Jorge Piera</a>

 */

public interface Envelope extends Persistent, Cloneable {

    /**

     * Returns the center ordinate along the specified dimension.

     *

     * @param dimension. The dimension

     * @return The value of the ordinate.

     * @throws EnvelopeNotInitializedException if the envelope is empty.

     */

    double getCenter(int dimension);

    /**

     * The length of coordinate sequence (the number of entries) in this

     * envelope.

     *

     * @return The dimension of the envelope.

     */

    int getDimension();

    /**

     * Returns the envelope length along the specified dimension.

     *

     * @param dimension The dimension.

     * @return The envelope length along a dimension.

     * @throws EnvelopeNotInitializedException if the envelope is empty.

     */

    double getLength(int dimension);

    /**

     * A coordinate position consisting of all the minimal ordinates for each

     * dimension for all points within the Envelope.

     *

     * @return The lower corner.

     */

    Point getLowerCorner();

    /**

     * Sets the coordinate position consisting of all the minimal ordinates for

     * each dimension for all points within the Envelope.

     *

     * @param point The lower corner.

     */

    void setLowerCorner(Point point);

    /**

     * Returns the maximal ordinate along the specified dimension.

     *

     * @param dimension The dimension.

     * @return The maximum value

     * @throws EnvelopeNotInitializedException if the envelope is empty.

     */

    double getMaximum(int dimension);

    /**

     * Returns the minimal ordinate along the specified dimension.

     *

     * @param dimension The dimension.

     * @return The minimum value.

     * @throws EnvelopeNotInitializedException if the envelope is empty.

     */

    double getMinimum(int dimension);

    /**

     * A coordinate position consisting of all the maximal ordinates for each

     * dimension for all points within the Envelope.

     *

     * @return The upper corner

     */

    Point getUpperCorner();

    /**

     * Sets the coordinate position consisting of all the maximal ordinates for

     * each dimension for all points within the Envelope.

     *

     * @param upperCorner The upper corner.

     */

    void setUpperCorner(Point upperCorner);

    /**

     * Adds a envelope to the current envelope.

     *

     * If the envelope to add is null or empty do not modify the current

     * enevelop and don't throw a exception.

     *

     * @param envelope The envelope to add.

     */

    void add(Envelope envelope);

    /**

     * Utility method to add the envelop of geometry to the current envelope.

     *

     * Is equivalent to:

     *  <code>add(geometry.getEnvelope())</code>

     *

     * @param geometry The geometry to add.

     */

    void add(Geometry geometry);

    /**

     * It returns the equivalent of an envelope like a geometry.

     *

     * @return A geometry that contains the same area that the envelope.

     *

     * @throws EnvelopeNotInitializedException if the envelope is empty.

     */

    Geometry getGeometry();

    /**

     * Returns <code>true</code> if the new envelope is contained in the current

     * envelope.

     *

     * @param envelope The envelope to compare.

     * @return If the current envelope contains the new envelope

     */

    boolean contains(Envelope envelope);

    /**

     * Returns <code>true</code> if the new envelope intersects with the current

     * envelope.

     *

     * @param envelope The envelope to compare.

     * @return If the current envelope intersects with the new envelope

     */

    boolean intersects(Envelope envelope);

    /**

     * Returns <code>true</code> if the geometry intersects with the current

     * envelope.

     *

     * @param geometry The geometry to compare.

     * @return If the current envelope intersects with the geometry

     */

    boolean intersects(Geometry geometry);

    /**

     * Converts the envelope to other coordinate reference system

     *

     * @param trans The CRS conversor

     * @return A new envelope in other CRS

     * @throws EnvelopeNotInitializedException if the envelope is empty.

     */

    Envelope convert(ICoordTrans trans);

    /**

     * Gets if the envelope is <code>null</code> or not. Is Empty means that the

     * lower and upper corner are <code>null</code>.

     *

     * @return <code>null</code> or not if is empty.

     */

    boolean isEmpty();

    void clear();

    /**

     * Centers the envelope to a given point

     * @param p Point to be centered

     */

    public void centerTo(Point p);

    public void setProjection(IProjection projection);

    public void setProjectionIffNull(IProjection projection);

    public IProjection getProjection();

}