[geotk] RE: Coordinate reference systems: identifiers and equality

[Martin Desruisseaux]

Le 21/04/10 16:40, Jonathan Blower a écrit :
> I think I can answer one of my questions.  I guess I can find out
> whether a CRS is logically equal to another one with:
>
> CRS.findMathTransform(crs1, crs2).isIdentity()
>
> Unless there are some hidden pitfalls?

No pitfals, it should work. It can even be slightly more accurate than 
CRS.equalsIgnoreMetadata(...), while more costly if the MathTransform is not in 
the cache.

I would said that 90% of cases, CRS.equalsIgnoreMetadata(...) is suffisient.

> (By the way, does CRS cache the
> MathTransform objects or will a new one be created every time for the
> same parameters)?

The MathTransforms are cached for any pair of CRS. The 'n' most recently 
requested transform are cached by strong references (I don't remember the value 
of 'n'; probably something like 10), and all other MathTransforms (if any) are 
cached by WeakReferences.

	Martin