EVOLUTION-MANAGER

Edit File: GeometryLocation.h

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 * GEOS - Geometry Engine Open Source
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 * Copyright (C) 2006 Refractions Research Inc.
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 *
 * Last port: operation/distance/GeometryLocation.java rev. 1.7 (JTS-1.10)
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#ifndef GEOS_OP_DISTANCE_GEOMETRYLOCATION_H
#define GEOS_OP_DISTANCE_GEOMETRYLOCATION_H

#include <geos/export.h>

#include <geos/geom/Coordinate.h> // for composition

// Forward declarations
namespace geos {
	namespace geom { 
		class Geometry;
	}
}

namespace geos {
namespace operation { // geos::operation
namespace distance { // geos::operation::distance

/** \brief
 * Represents the location of a point on a Geometry.
 *
 * Maintains both the actual point location
 * (which may not be exact, if the point is not a vertex)
 * as well as information about the component
 * and segment index where the point occurs.
 * Locations inside area Geometrys will not have an associated segment index,
 * so in this case the segment index will have the sentinel value of
 * INSIDE_AREA.
 */
class GEOS_DLL GeometryLocation {
private:
	const geom::Geometry *component;
	int segIndex;
	geom::Coordinate pt;
public:  
	/** \brief
	 * A Special value of segmentIndex used for locations
	 * inside area geometries.
	 *
	 * These locations are not located on a segment,
	 * and thus do not have an associated segment index.
	 */
	static const int INSIDE_AREA = -1;

/** \brief
	 * Constructs a GeometryLocation specifying a point on a geometry,
	 * as well as the segment that the point is on (or INSIDE_AREA if
	 * the point is not on a segment).
	 *
	 * @param component the component of the geometry containing the point
	 * @param segIndex the segment index of the location, or INSIDE_AREA
	 * @param pt the coordinate of the location
	 */
	GeometryLocation(const geom::Geometry *component,
			int segIndex, const geom::Coordinate &pt);

/** \brief
	 * Constructs a GeometryLocation specifying a point inside an
	 * area geometry.
	 *
	 * @param component the component of the geometry containing the point
	 * @param pt the coordinate of the location
	 */  
	GeometryLocation(const geom::Geometry *component,
	                      const geom::Coordinate &pt);

/**
	 * Returns the geometry component on (or in) which this location occurs.
	 */
	const geom::Geometry* getGeometryComponent();

/**
	 * Returns the segment index for this location.
	 * 
	 * If the location is inside an
	 * area, the index will have the value INSIDE_AREA;
	 *
	 * @return the segment index for the location, or INSIDE_AREA
	 */
	int getSegmentIndex();

/**
	 * Returns the geom::Coordinate of this location.
	 */
	geom::Coordinate& getCoordinate();

/** \brief
	 * Tests whether this location represents a point
	 * inside an area geometry.
	 */
	bool isInsideArea();
};

} // namespace geos::operation::distance
} // namespace geos::operation
} // namespace geos

#endif // GEOS_OP_DISTANCE_GEOMETRYLOCATION_H