geographicextent.java

GEo 地理操作源代码

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 ** $Id: GeographicExtent.java,v 1.2 2004/03/09 20:02:54 desruisseaux Exp $
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 ** $Source: /cvsroot/geoapi/src/org/opengis/metadata/extent/GeographicExtent.java,v $
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package org.opengis.metadata.extent;


/**
 * Base interface for geographic area of the dataset.
 *
 * @UML abstract EX_GeographicExtent
 * @author ISO 19115
 * @author <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org">OpenGIS&reg; consortium</A>
 * @version 5.0
 */
public interface GeographicExtent {
    /**
     * Indication of whether the bounding polygon encompasses an area covered by the data
     * (<cite>inclusion</cite>) or an area where data is not present (<cite>exclusion</cite>).
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> for inclusion, or <code>false</code> for exclusion.
     * @UML optional extentTypeCode
     */
    public boolean isInclusion();
}