text: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  from matplotlib.patches import Circle
  
  from ....definitions import config_dict
  
  PATCH_EDGE = config_dict["PLOT"]["COLOR_DICT"]["PATCH_EDGE"]
  PATCH_COLOR = config_dict["PLOT"]["COLOR_DICT"]["PATCH_COLOR"]
  PATCH_COLOR_ALPHA = config_dict["PLOT"]["COLOR_DICT"]["PATCH_COLOR_ALPHA"]
  PATCH_EDGE_ALPHA = config_dict["PLOT"]["COLOR_DICT"]["PATCH_EDGE_ALPHA"]
  
  
  def get_patches(
      self, color=PATCH_COLOR, edgecolor=PATCH_EDGE, is_edge_only=False, linestyle=None
  ):
      """Returns the Circle Patch to be display in matplotlib
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      self : Circle
            a Circle object
      color :
          the color of the Patch (Default value = PATCH_COLOR)
      edgecolor :
          edgecolor of the Patch (Default value = PATCH_EDGE)
      is_edge_only: bool
          To set the transparancy of the face color to 0 and 1 for the edge color
      linestyle : str
          Line style of the edge {'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...}
  
      Returns
      -------
      patch_list : list of matplotlib.patches.Circle
          List of patches corresponding to the surface
      """
  
      # check if the Circle is correct
      self.check()
      # the coordinates of the center of the circle
      Zr = self.center.real
      Zi = self.center.imag
  
      if is_edge_only:
          color = PATCH_COLOR_ALPHA
          edgecolor = PATCH_EDGE_ALPHA
  
      return [
          Circle(
              xy=(Zr, Zi),
              radius=self.radius,
              facecolor=color,
              edgecolor=edgecolor,
              linestyle=linestyle,
          )
      ]
  