GeometryType (Geotools modules 33-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

AttributeType, PropertyType

All Known Subinterfaces:

ChoiceGeometryType

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChoiceGeometryTypeImpl, GeometryTypeImpl, GeometryTypeProxy
```
public interface GeometryType
extends AttributeType
```
The type of a GeometryAttribute.
Beyond AttributeType, this class stores the coordinate reference system that geometries are defined in, see getCoordinateReferenceSystem().

Author:

Jody Garnett, Refractions Research, Justin Deoliveira, The Open Planning Project

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CoordinateReferenceSystem`	`getCoordinateReferenceSystem()`	The coordinate reference system in which geometries are defined.

Methods inherited from interface AttributeType
getSuper, isIdentified

Methods inherited from interface PropertyType
equals, getBinding, getDescription, getName, getRestrictions, getUserData, hashCode, isAbstract

- Method Detail
  - getCoordinateReferenceSystem
```
CoordinateReferenceSystem getCoordinateReferenceSystem()
```
    The coordinate reference system in which geometries are defined.
    This method may return null, but this should only occur in cases where the actual crs is not known. A common case is when a shapefile does not have an accompanied .prj file.