Package org.opengis.geometry.primitive

Interface SurfacePatch

All Superinterfaces:

GenericSurface

All Known Subinterfaces:

BicubicGrid, BilinearGrid, BSplineSurface, Cone, Cylinder, GriddedSurface, ParametricCurveSurface, Polygon, Sphere, Triangle

@UML(identifier="GM_SurfacePatch",
     specification=ISO_19107)
public interface SurfacePatch
extends GenericSurface

Defines a homogeneous portion of a surface. Each SurfacePatch shall be in at most one surface.

Since:

GeoAPI 1.0

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
SurfaceBoundary	getBoundary()	Returns the boundary of this SurfacePatch represented as a collection of orientable curves organized into rings by a surface boundary.
SurfaceInterpolation	getInterpolation()	Determines the surface interpolation mechanism used for this SurfacePatch.
int	getNumDerivativesOnBoundary()	Specifies the type of continuity between this surface patch and its immediate neighbors with which it shares a boundary curve.
Surface	getSurface()	Returns the patch which own this surface patch.

Methods inherited from interface GenericSurface

getArea, getPerimeter, getUpNormal

Method Detail

getSurface

@Association("Segmentation")
@UML(identifier="surface",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19107)
Surface getSurface()

Returns the patch which own this surface patch. This method is optional since the association in ISO 19107 is navigable only from Surface to SurfacePatch, not the other way.

NOTE: In the specification, surface patches do not appear except in the context of a surface, and therefore this method should never returns null which would preclude the use of surface patches except in this manner. While this would not affect the specification, allowing null owner allows other standards based on ISO 19107 one to use surface patches in a more open-ended manner.

Returns:

The owner of this surface patch, or null if the association is not available or not implemented that way.

See Also:

Surface.getPatches(), CurveSegment.getCurve()

getInterpolation

@UML(identifier="interpolation",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19107)
SurfaceInterpolation getInterpolation()

Determines the surface interpolation mechanism used for this SurfacePatch. This mechanism uses the control points and control parameters defined in the various subclasses to determine the position of this SurfacePatch.

Returns:

The interpolation mechanism.

getNumDerivativesOnBoundary

@UML(identifier="numDerivativesOnBoundary",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19107)
int getNumDerivativesOnBoundary()

Specifies the type of continuity between this surface patch and its immediate neighbors with which it shares a boundary curve. The sequence of values corresponds to the rings in the surface boundary returned by getBoundary() for this patch. The default value of "0" means simple continuity, which is a mandatory minimum level of continuity. This level is referred to as "C⁰" in mathematical texts. A value of 1 means that the functions are continuous and differentiable at the appropriate end point: "C¹" continuity. A value of "n" for any integer means n-times differentiable: "Cⁿ" continuity.

Returns:

The type of continuity between this surface patch and its immediate neighbors.

getBoundary

@UML(identifier="boundary",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19107)
SurfaceBoundary getBoundary()

Returns the boundary of this SurfacePatch represented as a collection of orientable curves organized into rings by a surface boundary. The semantics of this operation is the same as that of OrientableSurface.getBoundary(), except that the curves used here may be not be persistent orientable curve instances. Transient data type values of curve are also valid. In the normal case, SurfacePatches will share parts of their boundary with the aggregate surface, and other parts with SurfacePatches (not necessarily distinct).

Returns:

The boundary of this SurfacePatch