com.esri.arcgis.geometry
Interface ILinearUnit

All Superinterfaces:

ISpatialReferenceInfo, IUnit, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

LinearUnit

public interface ILinearUnit
extends IUnit, Serializable

Provides access to members that control the properties of the linear unit.

Description

Represents the linear unit of measure for a projected coordinate system. The linear unit conversion factor is always defined as meters per unit.

Product Availability

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

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Method Summary

double

getMetersPerUnit() The meters per unit for a coordinate system.

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

getConversionFactor

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

getAbbreviation, getAlias, getFactoryCode, getName, getRemarks

Method Detail

getMetersPerUnit

double getMetersPerUnit()
                        throws IOException,
                               AutomationException

The meters per unit for a coordinate system.

Product Availability

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

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

The metersPerUnit

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.