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The geometry classes define a hierarchy as follows:
Geometry
(non-instantiable)
Point
(instantiable)
Curve
(non-instantiable)
LineString
(instantiable)
Line
LinearRing
Surface
(non-instantiable)
Polygon
(instantiable)
GeometryCollection
(instantiable)
MultiPoint
(instantiable)
MultiCurve
(non-instantiable)
MultiLineString
(instantiable)
MultiSurface
(non-instantiable)
MultiPolygon
(instantiable)
It is not possible to create objects in non-instantiable classes. It is possible to create objects in instantiable classes. All classes have properties, and instantiable classes may also have assertions (rules that define valid class instances).
Geometry
is the base class. It's an abstract class.
The instantiable subclasses of Geometry
are restricted to zero-, one-,
and two-dimensional geometric objects that exist in
two-dimensional coordinate space. All instantiable geometry classes are
defined so that valid instances of a geometry class are topologically closed
(that is, all defined geometries include their boundary).
The base Geometry
class has subclasses for Point
,
Curve
, Surface
and GeometryCollection
:
Point
represents zero-dimensional objects.
Curve
represents one-dimensional objects, and has subclass
LineString
, with sub-subclasses Line
and LinearRing
.
Surface
is designed for two-dimensional objects and
has subclass Polygon
.
GeometryCollection
has specialized zero-, one-, and two-dimensional collection classes named
MultiPoint
, MultiLineString
, and MultiPolygon
for modelling geometries corresponding to collections of
Points
, LineStrings
, and Polygons
, respectively.
MultiCurve
and MultiSurface
are introduced as abstract superclasses
that generalize the collection interfaces to handle Curves
and Surfaces
.
Geometry
, Curve
, Surface
, MultiCurve
,
and MultiSurface
are defined as non-instantiable classes.
They define a common set of methods for their subclasses and
are included for extensibility.
Point
, LineString
, Polygon
, GeometryCollection
,
MultiPoint
, MultiLineString
, and
MultiPolygon
are instantiable classes.
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