Package net.time4j.calendar.astro

Interface GeoLocation

All Known Implementing Classes:

LunarTime, SolarTime

public interface GeoLocation

Describes a geographical position with latitude, longitude and optionally altitude.

Since:

3.38/4.33

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getAltitude()	Obtains the geographical altitude of this instance relative to sea level.
double	getLatitude()	Obtains the geographical latitude of this instance.
double	getLongitude()	Obtains the geographical longitude of this instance.
static GeoLocation	of(double latitude, double longitude)	Creates an instance with given geographical coordinates on sea level.
static GeoLocation	of(double latitude, double longitude, int altitude)	Creates an instance with given geographical coordinates.

Method Details

of

static GeoLocation of(double latitude,
 double longitude)

Creates an instance with given geographical coordinates on sea level.

Parameters:

latitude - geographical latitude in decimal degrees (-90.0 <= x <= +90.0)

longitude - geographical longitude in decimal degrees (-180.0 <= x < 180.0)

Returns:

GeoLocation

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the coordinates are out of range

of

static GeoLocation of(double latitude,
 double longitude,
 int altitude)

Creates an instance with given geographical coordinates.

Parameters:

latitude - geographical latitude in decimal degrees (-90.0 <= x <= +90.0)

longitude - geographical longitude in decimal degrees (-180.0 <= x < 180.0)

altitude - geographical altitude relative to sea level in meters (0 <= x < 11,0000)

Returns:

GeoLocation

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the coordinates are out of range

getLatitude

double getLatitude()

Obtains the geographical latitude of this instance.

Returns:

latitude in decimal degrees (-90.0 <= x <= +90.0)

getLongitude

double getLongitude()

Obtains the geographical longitude of this instance.

Returns:

longitude in decimal degrees (-180.0 <= x < 180.0)

getAltitude

int getAltitude()

Obtains the geographical altitude of this instance relative to sea level.

Returns:

altitude in meters (0 <= x < 11,0000)