EVOLUTION-MANAGER

Edit File: Triangle.h

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#ifndef GEOS_GEOM_TRIANGLE_H
#define GEOS_GEOM_TRIANGLE_H

#include <geos/export.h>
#include <geos/geom/Coordinate.h>

#include <geos/inline.h>

namespace geos {
namespace geom { // geos::geom

/**
 * \brief
 * Represents a planar triangle, and provides methods for calculating various
 * properties of triangles.
 */
class GEOS_DLL Triangle {
public:
	Coordinate p0, p1, p2;

Triangle(const Coordinate& nP0, const Coordinate& nP1, const Coordinate& nP2)
		:
		p0(nP0),
		p1(nP1),
		p2(nP2)
	{}

/**
	 * The inCentre of a triangle is the point which is equidistant
	 * from the sides of the triangle.  This is also the point at which the bisectors
	 * of the angles meet.
	 *
	 * @param resultPoint the point into which to write the inCentre of the triangle
	 */
	void inCentre(Coordinate& resultPoint);

/** 
	 * Computes the circumcentre of a triangle. The circumcentre is the centre of
	 * the circumcircle, the smallest circle which encloses the triangle. It is
	 * also the common intersection point of the perpendicular bisectors of the
	 * sides of the triangle, and is the only point which has equal distance to
	 * all three vertices of the triangle.
	 * <p>
	 * The circumcentre does not necessarily lie within the triangle. For example,
	 * the circumcentre of an obtuse isoceles triangle lies outside the triangle.
	 * <p>
	 * This method uses an algorithm due to J.R.Shewchuk which uses normalization
	 * to the origin to improve the accuracy of computation. (See <i>Lecture Notes
	 * on Geometric Robustness</i>, Jonathan Richard Shewchuk, 1999).
	 * 
	 * @param resultPoint the point into which to write the inCentre of the triangle
	 */
	void circumcentre(Coordinate& resultPoint);

private:

/** 
	 * Computes the determinant of a 2x2 matrix. Uses standard double-precision
	 * arithmetic, so is susceptible to round-off error.
	 * 
	 * @param m00
	 *          the [0,0] entry of the matrix
	 * @param m01
	 *          the [0,1] entry of the matrix
	 * @param m10
	 *          the [1,0] entry of the matrix
	 * @param m11
	 *          the [1,1] entry of the matrix
	 * @return the determinant
	 */
	double det(double m00 , double m01 , double m10 , double m11) const;

};

} // namespace geos::geom
} // namespace geos

//#ifdef GEOS_INLINE
//# include "geos/geom/Triangle.inl"
//#endif

#endif // ndef GEOS_GEOM_TRIANGLE_H