# geos::io Namespace Reference

Contains the interfaces for converting JTS objects to and from other formats. More...

## Namespaces

namespace | WKBConstants

| Constant values used by the WKB format.

## Classes

class | ParseException
| Notifies a parsing error. More...
class | WKBReader
| Reads a Geometry from Well-Known Binary format. More...
class | WKBWriter
| Writes a Geometry into Well-Known Binary format. More...
class | WKTReader
| WKT parser class; see also WKTWriter. More...
class | WKTWriter
| Outputs the textual representation of a Geometry. See also WKTReader. More...

## Detailed Description

Contains the interfaces for converting JTS objects to and from other formats.

The Java Topology Suite (JTS) is a Java API that implements a core set of spatial data operations usin g an explicit precision model and robust geometric algorithms. JTS is intended to be used in the devel opment of applications that support the validation, cleaning, integration and querying of spatial data sets.

JTS attempts to implement the OpenGIS Simple Features Specification (SFS) as accurately as possible. In some cases the SFS is unclear or omits a specification; in this case JTS attempts to choose a reaso nable and consistent alternative. Differences from and elaborations of the SFS are documented in this specification.

## Package Specification

- Java Topology Suite Technical Specifications
- OpenGIS Simple Features Specification for SQL