Interface CoordinateSystem

All Superinterfaces:

Identified­Object

All Known Subinterfaces:

Affine­CS, Cartesian­CS, Cylindrical­CS, Ellipsoidal­CS, Linear­CS, Polar­CS, Spherical­CS, Time­CS, User­Defined­CS, Vertical­CS

All Known Implementing Classes:

Abstract­CS, Default­Affine­CS, Default­Cartesian­CS, Default­Compound­CS, Default­Cylindrical­CS, Default­Ellipsoidal­CS, Default­Linear­CS, Default­Parametric­CS, Default­Polar­CS, Default­Spherical­CS, Default­Time­CS, Default­Vertical­CS

@UML(identifier="CS_CoordinateSystem",
     specification=ISO_19111)
public interface CoordinateSystem
extends IdentifiedObject

The set of coordinate system axes that spans a given coordinate space. A coordinate system (CS) is derived from a set of (mathematical) rules for specifying how coordinates in a given space are to be assigned to points. The coordinate values in a coordinate tuple shall be recorded in the order in which the coordinate system axes associations are recorded, whenever those coordinates use a coordinate reference system that uses this coordinate system.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

• Coordinate­System­Axis
• Unit
• Datum
• Coordinate­Reference­System

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

ALIAS_KEY, IDENTIFIERS_KEY, NAME_KEY, REMARKS_KEY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Coordinate­System­Axis	get­Axis(int dimension)	Returns the axis for this coordinate system at the specified dimension.
int	get­Dimension()	Returns the dimension of the coordinate system.

Methods inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

get­Alias, get­Identifiers, get­Name, get­Remarks, to­WKT

Method Details

getDimension

int getDimension()

Returns the dimension of the coordinate system.

Returns:

The dimension of the coordinate system.

getAxis

@UML(identifier="axis",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19111)
CoordinateSystemAxis getAxis(int dimension)
                      throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the axis for this coordinate system at the specified dimension. Each coordinate system must have at least one axis.

Parameters:

dimension - The zero based index of axis.

Returns:

The axis at the specified dimension.

Throws:

Index­Out­Of­Bounds­Exception - if dimension is out of bounds.