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NAME

Eve::Geometry - an abstract geometry class for map projection purposes.

SYNOPSIS

    use Eve::Geometry;

    my $geo = Eve::Geometry->from_string(
        string => 'PostGIS textual geometry representation');

DESCRIPTION

The class is a base for a generic geometry object that is required in all operations with objects on the map projection.

METHODS

from_string

A static method that parses the PostGIS textual representation of a geometry object and returns a corresponding object.

Arguments

string

Returns

Eve::Geometry

an object that implements the Eve::Geometry abstract class.

METHODS

clone()

Clones and returns the object.

Returns

The object identical to self.

export()

Returns an array reference with the representation of the geometry object.

Returns

ARRAY.

serialize()

Returns a string representation of the geometry object.

Returns

ARRAY.

SEE ALSO

Eve::Class

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2012 Igor Zinovyev.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.

AUTHOR

Igor Zinovyev