Package org.djutils.draw.point

Interface Point<P extends Point<P>>

Type Parameters:

P - The point type

All Superinterfaces:

Drawable<P>, Iterable<P>, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DirectedPoint2d, DirectedPoint3d, OrientedPoint3d, Point2d, Point3d, Ray2d, Ray3d

public interface Point<P extends Point<P>>
extends Drawable<P>, Serializable

Point is the interface for the Point2d and Point3d implementations, standardizing as many of the methods as possible.

Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600 AA, Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
BSD-style license. See DJUTILS License.

Author:

Alexander Verbraeck, Peter Knoppers, Wouter Schakel

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
P	abs()	Return a new Point with absolute coordinate values.
P	closestPointOnLine(P linePoint1, P linePoint2)	Project a point on a line.
P	closestPointOnSegment(P segmentPoint1, P segmentPoint2)	Project a point on a line segment.
double	distance(P otherPoint)	Return the distance to another point.
double	distanceSquared(P otherPoint)	Return the squared distance between this point and the provided point.
boolean	epsilonEquals(P otherPoint, double epsilon)	A comparison with another point that returnstrue of each of the coordinates is less than epsilon apart.
double	getX()	Return the x-coordinate.
double	getY()	Return the y-coordinate.
P	interpolate(P otherPoint, double fraction)	Interpolate towards another Point with a fraction.
P	neg()	Return a new Point with negated coordinate values.
P	normalize()	Return a new Point with a distance of 1 to the origin.
P	scale(double factor)	Return a new Point with the coordinates of this point scaled by the provided factor.

Methods inherited from interface org.djutils.draw.Drawable

getDimensions, getPointList, size, toString, toString, toString, toString

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

forEach, iterator, spliterator

Method Details

getX

double getX()

Return the x-coordinate.

Returns:

the x-coordinate

getY

double getY()

Return the y-coordinate.

Returns:

the y-coordinate

scale

P scale(double factor)

Return a new Point with the coordinates of this point scaled by the provided factor.

Parameters:

factor - the scale factor

Returns:

a new point with the coordinates of this point scaled by the provided factor

Throws:

ArithmeticException - when factor is NaN

neg

P neg()

Return a new Point with negated coordinate values. If this is a DirectedPoint, dirY (in case this is a DirectedPoint3d and dirZ are negated.

Returns:

a new point with negated coordinate values

abs

P abs()

Return a new Point with absolute coordinate values. If this is a DirectedPoint, dirY (in case this is a DirectedPoint3d and dirZ are copied unchanged.

Returns:

a new point with absolute coordinate values

normalize

P normalize()
     throws IllegalArgumentException

Return a new Point with a distance of 1 to the origin.

Returns:

the normalized point

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when point is the origin, and no length can be established for scaling

distance

double distance(P otherPoint)

Return the distance to another point.

Parameters:

otherPoint - P the other point

Returns:

the distance (2d or 3d as applicable) to the other point

distanceSquared

double distanceSquared(P otherPoint)

Return the squared distance between this point and the provided point.

Parameters:

otherPoint - the other point

Returns:

the squared distance between this point and the other point

Throws:

NullPointerException - when otherPoint is null

interpolate

P interpolate(P otherPoint,
 double fraction)

Interpolate towards another Point with a fraction. It is allowed for fraction to be less than zero or larger than 1. In that case the interpolation turns into an extrapolation.

Parameters:

otherPoint - the other point

fraction - the factor for interpolation towards the other point. When <code>fraction</code> is between 0 and 1, it is an interpolation, otherwise an extrapolation. If fraction is 0; this Point is returned; if fraction is 1, the other point is returned

Returns:

the point that is fraction away on the line between this point and the other point

Throws:

NullPointerException - when point is null

ArithmeticException - when fraction is NaN

closestPointOnSegment

P closestPointOnSegment(P segmentPoint1,
 P segmentPoint2)

Project a point on a line segment. If the the projected points lies outside the line segment, the nearest end point of the line segment is returned. Otherwise the returned point lies between the end points of the line segment.
Adapted from example code provided by Paul Bourke.

Parameters:

segmentPoint1 - start of line segment

segmentPoint2 - end of line segment

Returns:

either segmentPoint1, or segmentPoint2 or a new Point2d that lies somewhere in between those two.

Throws:

NullPointerException - when segmentPoint2, or segmentPoint2 is null

closestPointOnLine

P closestPointOnLine(P linePoint1,
 P linePoint2)

Project a point on a line.
Adapted from example code provided by Paul Bourke.

Parameters:

linePoint1 - point on the line

linePoint2 - another point on the line

Returns:

a point on the line that goes through linePoint1 and linePoint2

Throws:

NullPointerException - when linePoint1 is null, or linePoint2 is null

IllegalArgumentException - when linePoint1 is at the same location as linePoint2

epsilonEquals

boolean epsilonEquals(P otherPoint,
 double epsilon)

A comparison with another point that returnstrue of each of the coordinates is less than epsilon apart.

Parameters:

otherPoint - the point to compare with

epsilon - the upper bound of difference for one of the coordinates

Returns:

boolean;true if both x, y and z (if a Point3d) are less than epsilon apart, otherwise false

Throws:

NullPointerException - when otherPoint is null

ArithmeticException - when epsilon is NaN

IllegalArgumentException - when epsilon < 0.0