org.geolatte.geom.codec

Interface WkbEncoder

public interface WkbEncoder

An encoder for WKB (Well-Known Binary) encoded Geometries.

In general WkbEncoder implementations are not be thread-safe.

Author:

Karel Maesen, Geovise BVBA creation-date: 9/29/12

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ByteBuffer	encode(Geometry geometry, ByteOrder byteOrder) Encodes a Geometry to its WKB representation

Method Detail

encode

ByteBuffer encode(Geometry geometry,
                  ByteOrder byteOrder)

Encodes a Geometry to its WKB representation

Parameters:

geometry - the geometry to encode

byteOrder - the bye-order for the WKB representation

Returns:

a ByteBuffer containing the binary WKB representation of the specified geometry using the specified byte-order