GridElement (Geotools modules 31-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

Hexagon, LineElement, Oblong, Oval, PolygonElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

HexagonImpl, OblongImpl, OrthoLine, OvalImpl
```
public interface GridElement
```
The base interface for vector grid elements.

Since:

8.0

Author:

mbedward

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ReferencedEnvelope`	`getBounds()`	Gets the bounds of this grid element.
`Coordinate[]`	`getVertices()`	Gets the vertices of this grid element.
`Geometry`	`toDenseGeometry(double maxSpacing)`	Creates a new, densified `Geometry` from this grid element.
`Geometry`	`toGeometry()`	Creates a new `Geometry` from this grid element.

- Method Detail
  - getBounds
```
ReferencedEnvelope getBounds()
```
    Gets the bounds of this grid element.
    
    Returns:
    
    the bounding rectangle
  - getVertices
```
Coordinate[] getVertices()
```
    Gets the vertices of this grid element.
    
    Returns:
    
    the vertices
  - toGeometry
```
Geometry toGeometry()
```
    Creates a new Geometry from this grid element.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new Geometry
  - toDenseGeometry
```
Geometry toDenseGeometry(double maxSpacing)
```
    Creates a new, densified Geometry from this grid element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    maxSpacing - the maximum distance between adjacent vertices
    
    Returns:
    
    a new Geometry
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if maxSpacing is <= 0