CoordinateSystem (GeoAPI normative 3.1-SNAPSHOT)

All Superinterfaces:

IdentifiedObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

AffineCS, CartesianCS, CylindricalCS, EllipsoidalCS, LinearCS, ParametricCS, PolarCS, SphericalCS, TimeCS, UserDefinedCS, VerticalCS
```
@Classifier(ABSTRACT)
@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, 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 Detail
  - 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.