com.partnersoft.formats.shapefile
Interface ShpShape

All Superinterfaces:

Immutable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ShpPointShape

All Known Implementing Classes:

ShpMultiPatch, ShpMultiPoint, ShpMultiPointM, ShpMultiPointZ, ShpNull, ShpPoint, ShpPointM, ShpPointZ, ShpPolyCurve, ShpPolygon, ShpPolygonM, ShpPolygonZ, ShpPolyLine, ShpPolyLineM, ShpPolyLineZ

public interface ShpShape
extends Immutable

Interface for geometric shapes from a shapefile or ESRI geodatabase.

In addition to the requirements of this interface and Immutable, implementations must adhere to the following semantic conventions:

• class name is the prefix "Shp" plus the name as used in ESRI documentation (e.g. "ShpPoint")
• property names match those used in ESRI documentation
• the type must be defined in the ShapeType enumeration.
• the class must have a constructor that takes a ShapeByteReader as an argument, and reads the state for the shape from the ShapeByteReader using the shapefile binary format

The intent is that implementations match, as closely as possible, the ESRI specification. This should make it easier to verify correctness.

Copyright 2006-2007 Partner Software, Inc.

Version:

$Id: ShpShape.java 1012 2007-11-24 18:30:02Z paul $

Author:

Paul Reavis

Method Summary

ShapeType	getType() Returns the type for this shape.
void	writeBytes(ShapeByteWriter output) Writes this shape, in binary format, to the given output.

Method Detail

getType

ShapeType getType()

Returns the type for this shape.

writeBytes

void writeBytes(ShapeByteWriter output)

Writes this shape, in binary format, to the given output. Does not include the type code.