CoordinateSystem (Geotools modules 32-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

IdentifiedObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

AffineCS, CartesianCS, CylindricalCS, EllipsoidalCS, LinearCS, PolarCS, SphericalCS, TimeCS, UserDefinedCS, VerticalCS

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCS, DefaultAffineCS, DefaultCartesianCS, DefaultCompoundCS, DefaultCylindricalCS, DefaultEllipsoidalCS, DefaultLinearCS, DefaultPolarCS, DefaultSphericalCS, DefaultTimeCS, DefaultUserDefinedCS, DefaultVerticalCS
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public interface CoordinateSystem
extends IdentifiedObject
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The set of coordinate system axes that spans a given coordinate space. A coordinate system (CS) is derived from a set of (mathematical) rules for specifying how coordinates in a given space are to be assigned to points. The coordinate values in a coordinate tuple shall be recorded in the order in which the coordinate system axes associations are recorded, whenever those coordinates use a coordinate reference system that uses this coordinate system.

Since:

GeoAPI 1.0

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)

See Also:

CoordinateSystemAxis, javax.measure.unit.Unit, Datum, CoordinateReferenceSystem

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface IdentifiedObject
  ALIAS_KEY, IDENTIFIERS_KEY, NAME_KEY, REMARKS_KEY

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CoordinateSystemAxis`	`getAxis(int dimension)`	Returns the axis for this coordinate system at the specified dimension.
`int`	`getDimension()`	Returns the dimension of the coordinate system.

Methods inherited from interface IdentifiedObject
getAlias, getIdentifiers, getName, getRemarks, toWKT

- Method Detail
  - getDimension
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int getDimension()
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    Returns the dimension of the coordinate system.
    
    Returns:
    
    The dimension of the coordinate system.
  - getAxis
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CoordinateSystemAxis getAxis(int dimension)
                      throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
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    Returns the axis for this coordinate system at the specified dimension. Each coordinate system must have at least one axis.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dimension - The zero based index of axis.
    
    Returns:
    
    The axis at the specified dimension.
    
    Throws:
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - if dimension is out of bounds.