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Class com.las.ogdi.OGDIArea 

java.lang.Object
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   +----com.las.ogdi.OGDIFeature
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           +----com.las.ogdi.OGDIArea
public class OGDIArea
extends OGDIFeature
The Area class defines objects each composed of an array of Ring objects covering a single geographic entity. 

 Area features are then composed of one or more rings. Rings are 
 similar to line features except that the last coordinate is always 
 equal to the first.




  
 Version:
  
 1.0
  
 Author:
  
 Las Inc.







  Constructor Index




  
  o 
	OGDIArea(OGDIRing[])
  
  Creates an Area instance.
  
  o 
	OGDIArea(OGDIRing[], OGDIFeatureAttributes)
  
  Creates an Area instance with object information.




  Method Index




  
  o 
	getRings()
  
  Gets the coordinates of an Area.
  
  o 
	toString()
  
  Gets the complete area description.





  Constructors



 o 
OGDIArea

 public OGDIArea(OGDIRing ring[])




  
 Creates an Area instance.


  

    
 Parameters:
    
 ring - the array of rings in the current coordinate system
    
 Returns:
    
 no return
    
 Throws: IllegalArgumentException
    
 if area is badly formatted (has less than 1 ring)
  



 o 
OGDIArea

 public OGDIArea(OGDIRing ring[],
                 OGDIFeatureAttributes info)




  
 Creates an Area instance with object information.


  

    
 Parameters:
    
 ring - the array of rings in the current coordinate system
    
 info - the object information
    
 Returns:
    
 no return
    
 Throws: IllegalArgumentException
    
 if area is badly formatted (has less than 1 ring)
  






  Methods


 o 
getRings

 public OGDIRing[] getRings()




  
 Gets the coordinates of an Area.


  

    
 Parameters:
    
 no - parameter
    
 Returns:
    
 a Ring array covering the area (a ring can be null if badly formatted)
    
 Throws: no
    
 exception
  



 o 
toString

 public String toString()




  
 Gets the complete area description.


  

    
 Parameters:
    
 no - parameter
    
 Returns:
    
 the area's rings (and optionally its attributes) as a string
    
 Throws: no
    
 exception
    
 Overrides:
    
 toString in class OGDIFeature
    
 See Also:
    
 toString, toString
  






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