org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.geometry
Interface ArcStringByBulge

All Superinterfaces:

CurveSegment, GenericCurve

All Known Subinterfaces:

ArcByBulge

public interface ArcStringByBulge

extends CurveSegment

A variant of the arc that stores the parameters of the second constructor of the component arcs and recalculates the other attributes of the standard arc. The control point sequence is similar to that in arc string, but the midPoint position is not needed since it is to be calculated. The control point sequence shall consist of the start and end points of each arc.

Version:

2.0

Author:

ISO/DIS 19107, OpenGIS® consortium

See Also:

GeometryFactory.createArcStringByBulge(java.util.List, double[], java.util.List)

UML identifier (abstract type): GM_ArcStringByBulge

Method Summary

ArcString	asArcString() Recast as a base arc string.
double[]	getBulges() Returns the offset of each arc's midpoint.
CurveInterpolation	getInterpolation() The interpolation for a ArcStringByBulge is "Circular arc by 2 points and bulge factor".
List<double[]>	getNormals() Returns a vector normal (perpendicular) to the chord of the arc, the line joining the first and last point of the arc.
int	getNumArc() Returns the number of circular arcs in the string.

Methods inherited from interface CurveSegment

getBoundary, getCurve, getNumDerivativeInterior, getNumDerivativesAtEnd, getNumDerivativesAtStart, getSamplePoints, reverse

Methods inherited from interface GenericCurve

asLineString, getConstructiveParam, getEndConstructiveParam, getEndParam, getEndPoint, getParam, getParamForPoint, getStartConstructiveParam, getStartParam, getStartPoint, getTangent, length, length

Method Detail

getBulges

double[] getBulges()

Returns the offset of each arc's midpoint. The attribute "bulge" is the real number multiplier for the normal that determines the offset direction of the midpoint of each arc. The length of the bulge sequence is exactly 1 less than the length of the control point array, since a bulge is needed for each pair of adjacent points in the control point array.

The bulge is not given by a distance, since it is simply a multiplier for the normal, the unit of the offset distance is determined by the length function for vectors in the coordinate reference system. In the examples in this specification, the normal is often given as a Euclidean unit vector, which may or may not fix its length to one depending of the distance formulae used for the coordinate reference system.

The midpoint of the resulting arc is given by:

midPoint = ((startPoint + endPoint)/2.0) + bulge×normal

Returns:

The offset of each arc's midpoint.

UML identifier (operation): bulge

getNumArc

int getNumArc()

Returns the number of circular arcs in the string. Since the interpolation method requires overlapping sets of 2 positions, the number of arcs determines the number of control points.

numArc = controlPoints.length - 1

Returns:

The number of circular arcs.

UML identifier (operation): numArc

getNormals

List<double[]> getNormals()

Returns a vector normal (perpendicular) to the chord of the arc, the line joining the first and last point of the arc. In a 2D coordinate system, there are only two possible directions for the normal, and it is often given as a signed real, indicating its length, with a positive sign indicating a left turn angle from the chord line, and a negative sign indicating a right turn from the chord. In 3D, the normal determines the plane of the arc, along with the start and end point of the arc.

The normal is usually a unit vector, but this is not absolutely necessary. If the normal is a zero vector, the geometric object becomes equivalent to the straight line between the two end points. The length of the normal sequence is exactly the same as for the bulge sequence, 1 less than the control point sequence length.

Returns:

The sequence of normal vectors.

UML identifier (operation): normal

getInterpolation

CurveInterpolation getInterpolation()

The interpolation for a ArcStringByBulge is "Circular arc by 2 points and bulge factor".

Specified by:

getInterpolation in interface CurveSegment

Returns:

Always CurveInterpolation.CIRCULAR_ARC_2_POINTS_WITH_BULGE.

UML identifier (operation): interpolation

asArcString

ArcString asArcString()

Recast as a base arc string.

Returns:

This arc string by bulge as a base arc string.

UML identifier (operation): asGM_ArcString