org.opengis.geometry.primitive
Interface Shell

All Superinterfaces:
Complex, Composite, CompositeSurface, Geometry, OrientablePrimitive, OrientableSurface, Primitive, TransfiniteSet

@UML(identifier="GM_Shell",
     specification=ISO_19107)
public interface Shell
extends CompositeSurface

Represents a single connected component of a solid boundary. A shell consists of a number of references to orientable surfaces connected in a topological cycle (an object whose boundary is empty). Unlike a ring, a Shell's elements have no natural sort order. Like rings, Shells are simple.

Since:
GeoAPI 1.0
Version:
ISO 19107
See Also:
SolidBoundary, Ring

Method Summary
 boolean isSimple()
          Always returns true since shell objects are simples.
 
Methods inherited from interface Composite
getGenerators
 
Methods inherited from interface Complex
getElements, getSubComplexes, getSuperComplexes, isMaximal
 
Methods inherited from interface OrientablePrimitive
getOrientation, getPrimitive
 
Methods inherited from interface Primitive
getComplexes, getComposite, getContainedPrimitives, getContainingPrimitives, getProxy
 
Methods inherited from interface Geometry
clone, distance, getBoundary, getBuffer, getCentroid, getClosure, getConvexHull, getCoordinateDimension, getCoordinateReferenceSystem, getDimension, getDistance, getEnvelope, getMaximalComplex, getMbRegion, getPrecision, getRepresentativePoint, isCycle, isMutable, toImmutable, transform, transform
 
Methods inherited from interface TransfiniteSet
contains, contains, difference, equals, intersection, intersects, symmetricDifference, union
 

Method Detail

isSimple

boolean isSimple()
Always returns true since shell objects are simples.

Specified by:
isSimple in interface Geometry
Returns:
Always true.
See Also:
Geometry.isCycle()


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