org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.primitive
Interface SolidBoundary

All Superinterfaces:

Boundary, Complex, Geometry, PrimitiveBoundary, TransfiniteSet

public interface SolidBoundary

extends PrimitiveBoundary

The boundary of solids. Solid boundaries are similar to surface boundaries. In normal 3-dimensional Euclidean space, one shell is distinguished as the exterior. In the more general case, this is not always possible.

NOTE: An alternative use of solids with no external shell would be to define "complements" of finite solids. These infinite solids would have only interior boundaries. If this specification is extended to 4D Euclidean space, or if 3D compact manifolds are used (probably not in geographic information), then other examples of bounded solids without exterior boundaries are possible.

Version:

2.0

Author:

ISO/DIS 19107, OpenGIS® consortium

See Also:

SurfaceBoundary

UML identifier (abstract type): GM_SolidBoundary

Method Summary

Shell	getExterior() Returns the exterior shell, or null if none.
Shell[]	getInteriors() Returns the interior shells.

Methods inherited from interface Boundary

isCycle

Methods inherited from interface Complex

getElements, getSubComplexes, getSuperComplexex, isMaximal

Methods inherited from interface Geometry

getBoundary, getBuffer, getCentroid, getClosure, getConvexHull, getCoordinateDimension, getCoordinateReferenceSystem, getDimension, getDistance, getEnvelope, getMaximalComplex, getMbRegion, getRepresentativePoint, isSimple, transform, transform

Methods inherited from interface TransfiniteSet

contains, contains, difference, equals, intersection, intersects, symmetricDifference, union

Method Detail

getExterior

Shell getExterior()

Returns the exterior shell, or null if none.

Returns:

The exterior shell, or null.

UML identifier (operation): exterior

getInteriors

Shell[] getInteriors()

Returns the interior shells.

Returns:

The interior shells. Never null, but may be an empty array.

UML identifier (operation): interior