org.opengis.geometry

Interface Envelope

@UML(identifier="GM_Envelope",
     specification=ISO_19107)
public interface Envelope

A minimum bounding box or rectangle. Regardless of dimension, an Envelope can be represented without ambiguity as two direct positions (coordinate points). To encode an Envelope, it is sufficient to encode these two points. This is consistent with all of the data types in this specification, their state is represented by their publicly accessible attributes.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

org.opengis.coverage.grid.GridEnvelope

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
This interface was moved into the org.opengis.geometry package for convenience.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CoordinateReferenceSystem	getCoordinateReferenceSystem() Returns the envelope coordinate reference system, or null if unknown.
int	getDimension() The length of coordinate sequence (the number of entries) in this envelope.
DirectPosition	getLowerCorner() A coordinate position consisting of all the minimal ordinates for each dimension for all points within the Envelope.
double	getMaximum(int dimension) Returns the maximal ordinate along the specified dimension.
double	getMedian(int dimension) Returns the median ordinate along the specified dimension.
double	getMinimum(int dimension) Returns the minimal ordinate along the specified dimension.
double	getSpan(int dimension) Returns the envelope span (typically width or height) along the specified dimension.
DirectPosition	getUpperCorner() A coordinate position consisting of all the maximal ordinates for each dimension for all points within the Envelope.

Method Detail

getCoordinateReferenceSystem

CoordinateReferenceSystem getCoordinateReferenceSystem()

Returns the envelope coordinate reference system, or null if unknown. If non-null, it shall be the same as lower corner and upper corner CRS.

Returns:

The envelope CRS, or null if unknown.

Since:

2.1

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
ISO does not define this method - the CRS or the dimension can be obtained only through one of the corner DirectPosition objects. GeoAPI adds this method for convenience as a more direct way of obtaining the information and to free the user from the need to choose an arbitrary corner (very defensive code might feel the need to get the value from both corners to check they were the same).

getDimension

int getDimension()

The length of coordinate sequence (the number of entries) in this envelope. Mandatory even when the coordinate reference system is unknown.

Returns:

The dimensionality of this envelope.

Since:

2.0

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
ISO does not define this method - the CRS or the dimension can be obtained only through one of the corner DirectPosition objects. GeoAPI adds this method for convenience as a more direct way of obtaining the information and to free the user from the need to choose an arbitrary corner (very defensive code might feel the need to get the value from both corners to check they were the same).

getLowerCorner

@UML(identifier="lowerCorner",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19107)
DirectPosition getLowerCorner()

A coordinate position consisting of all the minimal ordinates for each dimension for all points within the Envelope.

Returns:

The lower corner.

getUpperCorner

@UML(identifier="upperCorner",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19107)
DirectPosition getUpperCorner()

A coordinate position consisting of all the maximal ordinates for each dimension for all points within the Envelope.

Returns:

The upper corner.

getMinimum

double getMinimum(int dimension)
                  throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the minimal ordinate along the specified dimension. This is a shortcut for the following without the cost of creating a temporary DirectPosition object:

getLowerCorner().getOrdinate(dimension)

Parameters:

dimension - The dimension for which to obtain the ordinate value.

Returns:

The minimal ordinate at the given dimension.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the given index is negative or is equals or greater than the envelope dimension.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

RectangularShape.getMinX(), RectangularShape.getMinY()

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
This method is not part of ISO specification. GeoAPI adds this method for convenience and efficiency, since some implementations might store the minimum and maximum ordinate values directly in the Envelope itself rather than in a contained DirectPosition corner.

getMaximum

double getMaximum(int dimension)
                  throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the maximal ordinate along the specified dimension. This is a shortcut for the following without the cost of creating a temporary DirectPosition object:

getUpperCorner().getOrdinate(dimension)

Parameters:

dimension - The dimension for which to obtain the ordinate value.

Returns:

The maximal ordinate at the given dimension.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the given index is negative or is equals or greater than the envelope dimension.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

RectangularShape.getMaxX(), RectangularShape.getMaxY()

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
This method is not part of ISO specification. GeoAPI adds this method for convenience and efficiency, since some implementations might store the minimum and maximum ordinate values directly in the Envelope itself rather than in a contained DirectPosition corner.

getMedian

double getMedian(int dimension)
                 throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the median ordinate along the specified dimension. The result shall be equals (minus rounding error) to:

(getMinimum(dimension) + getMaximum(dimension)) / 2

Parameters:

dimension - The dimension for which to obtain the ordinate value.

Returns:

The median ordinate at the given dimension.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the given index is negative or is equals or greater than the envelope dimension.

Since:

2.2

See Also:

RectangularShape.getCenterX(), RectangularShape.getCenterY()

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
This method is not part of ISO specification. GeoAPI adds this method for convenience and efficiency, since some implementations might store the minimum and maximum ordinate values directly in the Envelope itself rather than in a contained DirectPosition corner.

getSpan

double getSpan(int dimension)
               throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the envelope span (typically width or height) along the specified dimension. The result shall be equals (minus rounding error) to:

getMaximum(dimension) - getMinimum(dimension)

Parameters:

dimension - The dimension for which to obtain the ordinate value.

Returns:

The span (typically width or height) at the given dimension.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the given index is negative or is equals or greater than the envelope dimension.

Since:

2.2

See Also:

RectangularShape.getWidth(), RectangularShape.getHeight()

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
This method is not part of ISO specification. GeoAPI adds this method for convenience and efficiency, since some implementations might store the minimum and maximum ordinate values directly in the Envelope itself rather than in a contained DirectPosition corner.