Package com.yahoo.geo

Class BoundingBoxParser

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.geo.BoundingBoxParser

public class BoundingBoxParser
extends Object

Class for parsing a bounding box in text format: "n=37.44899,s=37.3323,e=-121.98241,w=-122.06566"

 Input from:
 http://gws.maps.yahoo.com/findlocation?q=sunnyvale,ca&flags=X
 which gives this format:
 <boundingbox>
 <north>37.44899</north><south>37.3323</south><east>-121.98241</east><west>-122.06566</west>
 </boundingbox>
 it's also easy to use the geoplanet bounding box
 <boundingBox>  
 <southWest>  
 <latitude>40.183868</latitude>  
 <longitude>-74.819519</longitude>  
 </southWest>  
 <northEast>  
 <latitude>40.248291</latitude>  
 <longitude>-74.728798</longitude>  
 </northEast>  
 </boundingBox>  
 can be input as:
 s=40.183868,w=-74.819519,n=40.248291,e=-74.728798
 

Author:

arnej27959

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
double	e
double	n
double	s
double	w

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BoundingBoxParser(String bb)	parse the given string as a bounding box and return a parser object with parsed coordinates in member variables

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

n

public double n

s

public double s

e

public double e

w

public double w

Constructor Detail

BoundingBoxParser

public BoundingBoxParser(String bb)

parse the given string as a bounding box and return a parser object with parsed coordinates in member variables

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the input is malformed in any way