Class WKTReader

java.lang.Object
org.locationtech.jts.io.WKTReader
public class WKTReader extends Object
Converts a geometry in Well-Known Text format to a Geometry.

WKTReader supports extracting Geometry objects from either Readers or Strings. This allows it to function as a parser to read Geometry objects from text blocks embedded in other data formats (e.g. XML).

A WKTReader is parameterized by a GeometryFactory, to allow it to create Geometry objects of the appropriate implementation. In particular, the GeometryFactory determines the PrecisionModel and SRID that is used.

The WKTReader converts all input numbers to the precise internal representation.

Notes:

  • Keywords are case-insensitive.
  • The reader supports non-standard "LINEARRING" tags.
  • The reader uses Double.parseDouble to perform the conversion of ASCII numbers to floating point. This means it supports the Java syntax for floating point literals (including scientific notation).

Syntax

The following syntax specification describes the version of Well-Known Text supported by JTS. (The specification uses a syntax language similar to that used in the C and Java language specifications.)

As of version 1.15, JTS can read (but not write) WKT Strings including Z, M or ZM in the name of the geometry type (ex. POINT Z, LINESTRINGZM). Note that it only makes the reader more flexible, but JTS could already read 3D coordinates from WKT String and still can't read 4D coordinates. 

 WKTGeometry: one of

       WKTPoint  WKTLineString  WKTLinearRing  WKTPolygon
       WKTMultiPoint  WKTMultiLineString  WKTMultiPolygon
       WKTGeometryCollection

 WKTPoint: POINT[Dimension] ( Coordinate )

 WKTLineString: LINESTRING[Dimension] CoordinateSequence

 WKTLinearRing: LINEARRING[Dimension] CoordinateSequence

 WKTPolygon: POLYGON[Dimension] CoordinateSequenceList

 WKTMultiPoint: MULTIPOINT[Dimension] CoordinateSingletonList

 WKTMultiLineString: MULTILINESTRING[Dimension] CoordinateSequenceList

 WKTMultiPolygon:
         MULTIPOLYGON[Dimension] ( CoordinateSequenceList { , CoordinateSequenceList } )

 WKTGeometryCollection: 
         GEOMETRYCOLLECTION[Dimension]  ( WKTGeometry { , WKTGeometry } )

 CoordinateSingletonList:
         ( CoordinateSingleton { , CoordinateSingleton } )
         | EMPTY
         
 CoordinateSingleton:
         ( Coordinate )
         | EMPTY

 CoordinateSequenceList:
         ( CoordinateSequence { , CoordinateSequence } )
         | EMPTY

 CoordinateSequence:
         ( Coordinate { , Coordinate } )
         | EMPTY

 Coordinate:
         Number Number Numberopt

 Number: A Java-style floating-point number (including NaN, with arbitrary case)

 Dimension:
         Z| Z|M| M|ZM| ZM
Version:
1.7
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • WKTReader

      public WKTReader()
      Creates a reader that creates objects using the default GeometryFactory.

    • WKTReader

      public WKTReader(GeometryFactory geometryFactory)
      Creates a reader that creates objects using the given GeometryFactory.
      Parameters:
      geometryFactory - the factory used to create Geometrys.

  • Method Details

    • setIsOldJtsCoordinateSyntaxAllowed

      public void setIsOldJtsCoordinateSyntaxAllowed(boolean value)
      Sets a flag indicating, that coordinates may have 3 ordinate values even though no Z or M ordinate indicator is present. The default value is ALLOW_OLD_JTS_COORDINATE_SYNTAX.
      Parameters:
      value - a boolean value

    • setIsOldJtsMultiPointSyntaxAllowed

      public void setIsOldJtsMultiPointSyntaxAllowed(boolean value)
      Sets a flag indicating, that point coordinates in a MultiPoint geometry must not be enclosed in paren. The default value is ALLOW_OLD_JTS_MULTIPOINT_SYNTAX
      Parameters:
      value - a boolean value

    • read

      public Geometry read(String wellKnownText) throws ParseException
      Reads a Well-Known Text representation of a Geometry from a String.
      Parameters:
      wellKnownText - one or more <Geometry Tagged Text> strings (see the OpenGIS Simple Features Specification) separated by whitespace
      Returns:
      a Geometry specified by wellKnownText
      Throws:
      ParseException - if a parsing problem occurs

    • read

      public Geometry read(Reader reader) throws ParseException
      Reads a Well-Known Text representation of a Geometry from a Reader.
      Parameters:
      reader - a Reader which will return a <Geometry Tagged Text> string (see the OpenGIS Simple Features Specification)
      Returns:
      a Geometry read from reader
      Throws:
      ParseException - if a parsing problem occurs