org.jscience.geography
Class Place

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.geography.Place

All Implemented Interfaces:

Named, Positioned

Direct Known Subclasses:

City, Country, OwnedPlace, Region, Settlement, Site

public class Place
extends java.lang.Object
implements Named, Positioned

A class representing a geographical spot, namely a feature. It is meant to be used primarily to define places like human settlements, that is places with a name.

Constructor Summary

Place(java.lang.String name, Boundary boundary)
Creates a new Place object.

Method Summary

Boundary	getBoundary() DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String	getName() DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.Object	getPosition() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Place

public Place(java.lang.String name,
             Boundary boundary)

Creates a new Place object.

Parameters:

name - DOCUMENT ME!

boundary - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

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Specified by:

getName in interface Named

Returns:

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getBoundary

public Boundary getBoundary()

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Returns:

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getPosition

public java.lang.Object getPosition()

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Specified by:

getPosition in interface Positioned

Returns:

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