de.monarchy.guideme.util
Interface POI

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

WebPOI

All Known Implementing Classes:

PointOfInterest, RoutePoint, WikipediaArticle

public interface POI
extends java.io.Serializable

POI declares a general named location. Every location that needs to be described, should implement this interface.

Author:

dstuerze

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDescription() Returns a description of the location in a String.
double	getLatitude() Returns the latitude of this location.
GeoCoordinate	getLocation() Returns the position of this location in form of a GeoCoordinate.
double	getLongitude() Returns the longitude of this location..
View	getView(Context c) Returns a graphic version of this point of interest.

Method Detail

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns a description of the location in a String.

Returns:

short description

getLatitude

double getLatitude()

Returns the latitude of this location. Values are supposed to range from -90. to +90. with positive values denoting locations on the northern hemisphere.

Returns:

latitude in degrees from -90 to 90

getLongitude

double getLongitude()

Returns the longitude of this location.. Values are supposed to range from -180. to +180. with positve values denoting a position east of Greenwich and negative ones positions in the west.

Returns:

longitude in degrees from -180 to 180

getLocation

GeoCoordinate getLocation()

Returns the position of this location in form of a GeoCoordinate. It contains information about latitude and longitude in an encoding matching this one's.

Returns:

GeoCoordinate with the location

getView

View getView(Context c)

Returns a graphic version of this point of interest. If the POI does not have a particular view, this method will return null. Calling components therefore need to check that.

Parameters:

c - application context

Returns:

view of this POI or null, if none exists