Package org.apache.sis.measure
Class Angle
- Object
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- Angle
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- All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
,Comparable<Angle>
,Formattable
- Direct Known Subclasses:
ElevationAngle
,Latitude
,Longitude
public class Angle extends Object implements Comparable<Angle>, Formattable, Serializable
An angle in decimal degrees. An angle is the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another. Various kind of angles are used in geographic information systems, some of them having a specialized class in Apache SIS:- Latitude is an angle ranging from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles.
- Longitude is an angle measured east-west from a prime meridian (usually Greenwich, but not necessarily).
- Azimuth is a direction given by an angle between 0° and 360° measured clockwise from North.
- Bearing is a direction given by an angle between 0° and 90° in a quadrant defined by a cardinal direction.
- Bearing is also sometime used in navigation for an angle relative to the vessel forward direction.
- Deflection angle is the angle between a line and the prolongation of a preceding line.
- Interior angle is an angle measured between two lines of sight.
- Elevation angle is the angular height from the horizontal plane to an object above the horizon.
Formatting anglesThe recommended way to format angles is to instantiate anAngleFormat
once, then to reuse it many times. As a convenience,Angle
objects can also be formatted by the"%s"
conversion specifier ofFormatter
, but this is less efficient for this class.Immutability and thread safetyThis class and theLatitude
/Longitude
subclasses are immutable, and thus inherently thread-safe. Other subclasses may or may not be immutable, at implementation choice (seeNumber
for an example of a similar in purpose class having mutable subclasses).- Since:
- 0.3
- See Also:
Latitude
,Longitude
,AngleFormat
, Serialized Form
Defined in the
sis-utility
module
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description int
compareTo(Angle that)
Compares twoAngle
objects numerically.double
degrees()
Returns the angle value in decimal degrees.boolean
equals(Object object)
Compares the specified object with this angle for equality.void
formatTo(Formatter formatter, int flags, int width, int precision)
Formats this angle using the provider formatter.int
hashCode()
Returns a hash code for thisAngle
object.double
radians()
Returns the angle value in radians.String
toString()
Returns a string representation of thisAngle
object.
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Constructor Detail
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Angle
public Angle(double θ)
Constructs a new angle with the specified value in decimal degrees.- Parameters:
\u03b8
- angle in decimal degrees.
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Angle
public Angle(String text) throws NumberFormatException
Constructs a newly allocatedAngle
object that contain the angular value represented by the string. The string should represent an angle in either fractional degrees (e.g. 45.5°) or degrees with minutes and seconds (e.g. 45°30').This is a convenience constructor mostly for testing purpose, since it uses a fixed locale. Developers should consider using
AngleFormat
for end-user applications instead than this constructor.- Parameters:
text
- a string to be converted to anAngle
.- Throws:
NumberFormatException
- if the string does not contain a parsable angle.- See Also:
AngleFormat.parse(String)
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Method Detail
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degrees
public double degrees()
Returns the angle value in decimal degrees.- Returns:
- the angle value in decimal degrees.
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radians
public double radians()
Returns the angle value in radians.- Returns:
- the angle value in radians.
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hashCode
public int hashCode()
Returns a hash code for thisAngle
object.
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equals
public boolean equals(Object object)
Compares the specified object with this angle for equality.
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compareTo
public int compareTo(Angle that)
Compares twoAngle
objects numerically. The comparison is done as if by theDouble.compare(double, double)
method.- Specified by:
compareTo
in interfaceComparable<Angle>
- Parameters:
that
- the angle to compare with this object for order.- Returns:
- -1 if this angle is smaller than the given one, +1 if greater or 0 if equals.
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toString
public String toString()
Returns a string representation of thisAngle
object. This is a convenience method mostly for debugging purpose, since it uses a fixed locale. Developers should consider usingAngleFormat
for end-user applications instead than this method.- Overrides:
toString
in classObject
- See Also:
AngleFormat.format(double)
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formatTo
public void formatTo(Formatter formatter, int flags, int width, int precision)
Formats this angle using the provider formatter. This method is invoked when anAngle
object is formatted using the"%s"
conversion specifier ofFormatter
. Users don't need to invoke this method explicitly.Special cases:
- If the precision is 0, then this method formats an empty string.
- If the precision is 1 and this angle is a
Latitude
orLongitude
, then this method formats only the hemisphere symbol. - Otherwise the precision, if positive, is given to
AngleFormat.setMaximumWidth(int)
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- Specified by:
formatTo
in interfaceFormattable
- Parameters:
formatter
- the formatter in which to format this angle.flags
-FormattableFlags.LEFT_JUSTIFY
for left alignment, or 0 for right alignment.width
- minimal number of characters to write, padding with' '
if necessary.precision
- maximal number of characters to write, or -1 if no limit.
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