net.agmodel.weatherData
Class Region

java.lang.Object
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  +--net.agmodel.weatherData.Region

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, Serializable

public class Region

extends Object

implements Serializable, Comparable

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Region(String regionID, String regionName, GeographicalArea regionArea)
Creates a new region

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object another) Compares based on regionArea.getBoundingBox() if boundingBox is null for one, it sorts greater.
GeographicalArea	getRegionArea()
String	getRegionID()
String	getRegionName()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Region

public Region(String regionID,
              String regionName,
              GeographicalArea regionArea)

Creates a new region

Parameters:

regionID - an identifier for this region (unique within a database)

regionName - a language-specific regionName

regionArea - the geographical area covered by the region (may be null if not yet defined)

Method Detail

getRegionName

public String getRegionName()

getRegionID

public String getRegionID()

getRegionArea

public GeographicalArea getRegionArea()

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object another)

Compares based on regionArea.getBoundingBox() if boundingBox is null for one, it sorts greater. if boundingBox is undefined for both, regionID is used.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable