All Superinterfaces:

Factory, ObjectFactory
```
@UML(identifier="CT_CoordinateTransformationFactory",
     specification=OGC_01009)
public interface CoordinateOperationFactory
extends ObjectFactory
```
Creates coordinate operations from parameter values, or infers operations from source and target CRS. This factory provides two groups of methods:
- Finding instances provided by the implementation:
- Creating new instances from user-supplied parameters:
Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CoordinateOperation`	`createConcatenatedOperation(Map<String,?> properties, CoordinateOperation... operations)`	Creates a concatenated operation from a sequence of operations.
`Conversion`	`createDefiningConversion(Map<String,?> properties, OperationMethod method, ParameterValueGroup parameters)`	Creates a defining conversion from a set of properties.
`CoordinateOperation`	`createOperation(CoordinateReferenceSystem sourceCRS, CoordinateReferenceSystem targetCRS)`	Returns an operation for conversion or transformation between two coordinate reference systems.
`CoordinateOperation`	`createOperation(CoordinateReferenceSystem sourceCRS, CoordinateReferenceSystem targetCRS, OperationMethod method)`	Returns an operation using a particular method for conversion or transformation between two coordinate reference systems.
`OperationMethod`	`createOperationMethod(Map<String,?> properties, Integer sourceDimension, Integer targetDimension, ParameterDescriptorGroup parameters)`	Creates an operation method from a set of properties and a descriptor group.
`OperationMethod`	`getOperationMethod(String name)`	Returns the build-in operation method of the given name.

Methods inherited from interface Factory
getVendor

Method Detail

createOperation
```
@UML(identifier="createFromCoordinateSystems",
     specification=OGC_01009)
CoordinateOperation createOperation(CoordinateReferenceSystem sourceCRS,
                                    CoordinateReferenceSystem targetCRS)
                             throws OperationNotFoundException,
                                    FactoryException
```
Returns an operation for conversion or transformation between two coordinate reference systems.
- If an operation exists, it is returned.
- If more than one operation exists, the default is returned.
- If no operation exists, then the exception is thrown.
Implementations may try to query an authority factory first, and compute the operation next if no operation from source to target code was explicitly defined by the authority.
Parameters:

sourceCRS - input coordinate reference system.

targetCRS - output coordinate reference system.

Returns:

a coordinate operation from sourceCRS to targetCRS.

Throws:

OperationNotFoundException - if no operation path was found from sourceCRS to targetCRS.

FactoryException - if the operation creation failed for some other reason.

createOperation
```
CoordinateOperation createOperation(CoordinateReferenceSystem sourceCRS,
                                    CoordinateReferenceSystem targetCRS,
                                    OperationMethod method)
                             throws OperationNotFoundException,
                                    FactoryException
```
Returns an operation using a particular method for conversion or transformation between two coordinate reference systems.
- If the operation exists on the implementation, then it is returned.
- If the operation does not exist on the implementation, then the implementation has the option of inferring the operation from the argument objects.
- If for whatever reason the specified operation will not be returned, then the exception is thrown.
Example: A transformation between two geographic CRS using different datum requires a datum shift. Many methods exist for this purpose, including interpolations in a grid, a scale/rotation/translation in geocentric coordinates or the Molodenski approximation. When invoking createOperation(…) without operation method, this factory may select by default the transformation specified by the authority. When invoking createOperation(…) with an operation method, user can force usage of Molodenski approximation for instance.
Parameters:

sourceCRS - input coordinate reference system.

targetCRS - output coordinate reference system.

method - the algorithmic method for conversion or transformation.

Returns:

a coordinate operation from sourceCRS to targetCRS.

Throws:

OperationNotFoundException - if no operation path was found from sourceCRS to targetCRS.

FactoryException - if the operation creation failed for some other reason.

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
This method has been added at user request, in order to specify the desired transformation path when many are available.

createConcatenatedOperation
```
CoordinateOperation createConcatenatedOperation(Map<String,?> properties,
                                                CoordinateOperation... operations)
                                         throws FactoryException
```
Creates a concatenated operation from a sequence of operations.

Parameters:

properties - name and other properties to give to the new object. Available properties are listed there.

operations - the sequence of operations.

Returns:

the concatenated operation.

Throws:

FactoryException - if the object creation failed.

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
This method has been added because OGC 01-009 does not define a factory method for creating such object.

createDefiningConversion

Conversion createDefiningConversion(Map<String,?> properties,
                                    OperationMethod method,
                                    ParameterValueGroup parameters)
                             throws FactoryException

Creates a defining conversion from a set of properties. Defining conversions have no source and target CRS, and do not need to have a math transform. Their sole purpose is to be given as an argument to derived CRS and projected CRS constructors.

Some available properties are listed there. Additionally, the following properties are understood by this constructor:

Keys for additional standard properties
Property name	Value type	Returned by
"domainOfValidity"	`Extent`	`CoordinateOperation.getDomainOfValidity()`
"scope"	`String` or `InternationalString`	`CoordinateOperation.getScope()`

Parameters:: properties - set of properties. Shall contains at least "name".; method - the operation method. A value can be obtained by getOperationMethod(String).; parameters - the parameter values. A default set of parameters can be obtained by method.getParameters().createValue() and modified before to be given to this constructor.
Returns:: the defining conversion.
Throws:: FactoryException - if the object creation failed.
See Also:: CRSFactory.createProjectedCRS(Map, GeographicCRS, Conversion, CartesianCS), CRSFactory.createDerivedCRS(Map, CoordinateReferenceSystem, Conversion, CoordinateSystem)

createOperationMethod
```
OperationMethod createOperationMethod(Map<String,?> properties,
                                      Integer sourceDimension,
                                      Integer targetDimension,
                                      ParameterDescriptorGroup parameters)
                               throws FactoryException
```
Creates an operation method from a set of properties and a descriptor group. This factory method allows the creation of arbitrary OperationMethod instances. However some implementations may have a collection of build-in operation methods. For obtaining such build-in instance, see getOperationMethod(String) instead.
Some available properties are listed there. Additionally, the following properties are understood by this constructor:

Keys for additional standard properties
Property name Value type Returned by

"formula" Formula OperationMethod.getFormula()

Parameters:

properties - set of properties. Shall contains at least "name".

sourceDimension - number of dimensions in the source CRS of the operation method, or null.

targetDimension - number of dimensions in the target CRS of the operation method, or null.

parameters - a description of the parameters for the operation method.

Returns:

the operation method.

Throws:

FactoryException - if the object creation failed.

Since:

3.1

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
This method has been added because OGC 01-009 does not define a factory method for creating such object.

getOperationMethod

OperationMethod getOperationMethod(String name)
                            throws NoSuchIdentifierException,
                                   FactoryException

Returns the build-in operation method of the given name. This is a helper method for usage of the following methods:

createOperation(CoordinateReferenceSystem, CoordinateReferenceSystem, OperationMethod)
createDefiningConversion(Map, OperationMethod, ParameterValueGroup)

Examples of typical operation method names are:

Example of operation method names
OGC name	EPSG name
Mercator_1SP	Mercator (variant A)
Mercator_2SP	Mercator (variant B)
Transverse_Mercator	Transverse Mercator
Lambert_Conformal_Conic_1SP	Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)
Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP	Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)
Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area	Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
Albers_Conic_Equal_Area	Albers Equal Area
Cassini_Soldner	Cassini-Soldner
Orthographic	Orthographic

Implementations may delegate to their MathTransformFactory, or delegate to their CoordinateOperationAuthorityFactory, or get the operation method in some other way at implementor choice.

Parameters:: name - the name of the operation method to fetch.
Returns:: the operation method of the given name.
Throws:: NoSuchIdentifierException - if no operation method of the given name is known to this factory.; FactoryException - if the method failed for some other reason.
Since:: 3.1
See Also:: MathTransformFactory.getAvailableMethods(Class), CoordinateOperationAuthorityFactory.createOperationMethod(String)

Interface CoordinateOperationFactory

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface Factory

Method Detail

createOperation

createOperation

createConcatenatedOperation

createDefiningConversion

createOperationMethod

getOperationMethod