com.gisgraphy.helper

Class GisHelper

java.lang.Object

com.gisgraphy.helper.GisHelper

public class GisHelper
extends Object

Provides useful methods for geolocalisation

Author:

David Masclet

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static org.slf4j.Logger	logger The logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GisHelper()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getBoundingBox(String alias, double latInDegree, double longInDegree, double distance)
static Class<? extends GisFeature>	getClassEntityFromString(String classNameWithoutPackage) Return the class corresponding to the specified String or null if not found.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

protected static final org.slf4j.Logger logger

The logger

Constructor Detail

GisHelper

public GisHelper()

Method Detail

getClassEntityFromString

public static Class<? extends GisFeature> getClassEntityFromString(String classNameWithoutPackage)

Return the class corresponding to the specified String or null if not found. The Class will be searched in the 'entity' package. The search is not case sensitive. This method is mainly used to determine an entity Class from a web parameter

Parameters:

classNameWithoutPackage - the simple name of the Class we want to retrieve

Returns:

The class corresponding to the specified String or null if not found.

getBoundingBox

public static String getBoundingBox(String alias,
                    double latInDegree,
                    double longInDegree,
                    double distance)

Parameters:

alias - the sql alias

latInDegree - the latitude in degree

longInDegree - the longitude in degree

distance - the boundingbox distance

Returns:

a sql String that represents the bounding box