cds.healpix

Interface HierarchyItem

All Known Subinterfaces:

FlatHashIterator, HashComputer, HashComputerWithAux, VerticesAndPathComputer

All Known Implementing Classes:

HealpixNested, HealpixNestedFast

public interface HierarchyItem

The interface defines an item which is part of a Hierarchy. By convention, the top layer (or root) of the hierarchy is at depth 0 and the lower the layer is, the higher the depth is.

Author:

F.-X. Pineau

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	depth() Returns the depth of the item in a Hierarchy.

Method Detail

depth

int depth()

Returns the depth of the item in a Hierarchy. By convention, the top layer of the hierarchy is at depth 0 and the lower the layer is, the higher the depth is.

Returns:

the depth of the item in a Hierarchy.