/*
 *    GeoTools - OpenSource mapping toolkit
 *    http://geotools.org
 *    (C) 2003-2006, GeoTools Project Managment Committee (PMC)
 *    (C) 2001, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
 *    (C) 1999, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 *   
 *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 *    License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *    version 2.1 of the License.
 *
 *    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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 */
package org.geotools.measure;


/**
 * A longitude angle. Positive longitudes are East, while negative longitudes are West.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 * @source $URL: http://svn.geotools.org/geotools/tags/2.4.1/modules/library/referencing/src/main/java/org/geotools/measure/Longitude.java $
 * @version $Id: Longitude.java 20874 2006-08-07 10:00:01Z jgarnett $
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux
 *
 * @see Latitude
 * @see AngleFormat
 */
public final class Longitude extends Angle {
    /**
     * Serial number for interoperability with different versions.
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8614900608052762636L;
    
    /**
     * Minimum legal value for longitude (-180°).
     */
    public static final double MIN_VALUE = -180;
    
    /**
     * Maximum legal value for longitude (+180°).
     */
    public static final double MAX_VALUE = +180;
    
    /**
     * Contruct a new longitude with the specified value.
     *
     * @param theta Angle in degrees.
     */
    public Longitude(final double theta) {
        super(theta);
    }
    
    /**
     * Constructs a newly allocated {@code Longitude} object that
     * represents the longitude value represented by the string.   The
     * string should represents an angle in either fractional degrees
     * (e.g. 45.5°) or degrees with minutes and seconds (e.g. 45°30').
     * The hemisphere (E or W) is optional (default to East).
     *
     * @param  theta A string to be converted to a {@code Longitude}.
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a parsable longitude.
     */
    public Longitude(final String theta) throws NumberFormatException {
        super(theta);
    }
}
