Area

All Known Implementing Classes:: CircleArea, ComplexArea

public interface Area

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`double`	`altitude(Place spinAxisPlace)`	Determine the minimum angle between a great circle and the Area boundary
`boolean`	`contains(Place p)`	Determine whether a given Place is within the Area
`Place`	`getMidPoint()`	Determine the weighted mid-point of the Area
`double`	`getWeight()`	Determine the weight of the Area

Method Details
- altitude
  
  double altitude(Place spinAxisPlace)
  
  Determine the minimum angle between a great circle and the Area boundary
  
  Parameters:
  
  spinAxisPlace - great circle pole given as a Place
  
  Returns:
  
  minimum angle [rad]
- contains
  
  boolean contains(Place p)
  
  Determine whether a given Place is within the Area
  
  Parameters:
  
  p - the Place
  
  Returns:
  
  true if p is within the Area
- getMidPoint
  
  Place getMidPoint()
  
  Determine the weighted mid-point of the Area
  
  Returns:
  
  the centre
- getWeight
  
  double getWeight()
  
  Determine the weight of the Area
  
  Returns:
  
  the weight