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package org.apache.lucene.spatial3d.geom;

/**
 * Shape that implements GeoArea. This type of shapes are able to resolve the
 * spatial relationship of other shapes with itself.
 *
 * @lucene.experimental
 */

public interface GeoAreaShape extends GeoMembershipShape, GeoArea{

  /**
   * Assess whether a shape intersects with any of the edges of this shape.
   * Note well that this method must return false if the shape contains or is disjoint
   * with the given shape.  It is permissible to return true if the shape is within the
   * specified shape, if it is difficult to compute intersection with edges.
   *
   * @param geoShape is the shape to assess for intersection with this shape's edges.
   *
   * @return true if there's such an intersection, false if not.
   */
  boolean intersects(GeoShape geoShape);
}