com.esri.arcgis.geometry
Interface ISpheroid

All Superinterfaces:

ISpatialReferenceInfo, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Spheroid

public interface ISpheroid
extends ISpatialReferenceInfo, Serializable

Provides access to members that control the properties of all spheroids.

Description

Defines a spheroid object. You can retrieve any of the three values that define a spheroid: the semimajor or semiminor axes or the flattening. The axes are in meters.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Method Summary

double	getFlattening() The flattening ratio of this spheroid.
double	getSemiMajorAxis() The semi-major axis length of this spheroid.
double	getSemiMinorAxis() The semi-minor axis length of this spheroid.

Methods inherited from interface com.esri.arcgis.geometry.ISpatialReferenceInfo

getAbbreviation, getAlias, getFactoryCode, getName, getRemarks

Method Detail

getSemiMajorAxis

double getSemiMajorAxis()
                        throws IOException,
                               AutomationException

The semi-major axis length of this spheroid.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

The axis

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getSemiMinorAxis

double getSemiMinorAxis()
                        throws IOException,
                               AutomationException

The semi-minor axis length of this spheroid.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

The axis

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getFlattening

double getFlattening()
                     throws IOException,
                            AutomationException

The flattening ratio of this spheroid.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

The flattening

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.