java.awt.geom

Class CubicCurve2D

public abstract class CubicCurve2D extends Object implements Shape, Cloneable

A two-dimensional curve that is parameterized with a cubic function.

A drawing of a CubicCurve2D

Since: 1.2

Nested Class Summary
static classCubicCurve2D.Double
A two-dimensional curve that is parameterized with a cubic function and stores coordinate values in double-precision floating-point format.
static classCubicCurve2D.Float
A two-dimensional curve that is parameterized with a cubic function and stores coordinate values in single-precision floating-point format.
Constructor Summary
protected CubicCurve2D()
Constructs a new CubicCurve2D.
Method Summary
Objectclone()
Create a new curve with the same contents as this one.
booleancontains(double x, double y)
Determines whether a position lies inside the area bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.
booleancontains(Point2D p)
Determines whether a point lies inside the area bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.
booleancontains(double x, double y, double w, double h)
Determine whether a rectangle is entirely inside the area that is bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.
booleancontains(Rectangle2D r)
Determine whether a Rectangle2D is entirely inside the area that is bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.
RectanglegetBounds()
Determines the smallest rectangle that encloses the curve’s start, end and control points.
abstract Point2DgetCtrlP1()
Returns the curve’s first control point.
abstract Point2DgetCtrlP2()
Returns the curve’s second control point.
abstract doublegetCtrlX1()
Returns the x coordinate of the curve’s first control point.
abstract doublegetCtrlX2()
Returns the x coordinate of the curve’s second control point.
abstract doublegetCtrlY1()
Returns the y coordinate of the curve’s first control point.
abstract doublegetCtrlY2()
Returns the y coordinate of the curve’s second control point.
static doublegetFlatness(double x1, double y1, double cx1, double cy1, double cx2, double cy2, double x2, double y2)
Calculates the flatness of a cubic curve, directly specifying each coordinate value.
static doublegetFlatness(double[] coords, int offset)
Calculates the flatness of a cubic curve, specifying the coordinate values in an array.
doublegetFlatness()
Calculates the flatness of this curve.
static doublegetFlatnessSq(double x1, double y1, double cx1, double cy1, double cx2, double cy2, double x2, double y2)
Calculates the squared flatness of a cubic curve, directly specifying each coordinate value.
static doublegetFlatnessSq(double[] coords, int offset)
Calculates the squared flatness of a cubic curve, specifying the coordinate values in an array.
doublegetFlatnessSq()
Calculates the squared flatness of this curve.
abstract Point2DgetP1()
Returns the curve’s start point.
abstract Point2DgetP2()
Returns the curve’s end point.
PathIteratorgetPathIterator(AffineTransform at)
PathIteratorgetPathIterator(AffineTransform at, double flatness)
abstract doublegetX1()
Returns the x coordinate of the curve’s start point.
abstract doublegetX2()
Returns the x coordinate of the curve’s end point.
abstract doublegetY1()
Returns the y coordinate of the curve’s start point.
abstract doublegetY2()
Returns the y coordinate of the curve’s end point.
booleanintersects(double x, double y, double w, double h)
Determines whether any part of a rectangle is inside the area bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.
booleanintersects(Rectangle2D r)
Determines whether any part of a Rectangle2D is inside the area bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.
abstract voidsetCurve(double x1, double y1, double cx1, double cy1, double cx2, double cy2, double x2, double y2)
Changes the curve geometry, separately specifying each coordinate value.
voidsetCurve(double[] coords, int offset)
Changes the curve geometry, specifying coordinate values in an array.
voidsetCurve(Point2D p1, Point2D c1, Point2D c2, Point2D p2)
Changes the curve geometry, specifying coordinate values in separate Point objects.
voidsetCurve(Point2D[] pts, int offset)
Changes the curve geometry, specifying coordinate values in an array of Point objects.
voidsetCurve(CubicCurve2D c)
Changes the curve geometry to that of another curve.
static intsolveCubic(double[] eqn)
Finds the non-complex roots of a cubic equation, placing the results into the same array as the equation coefficients.
static intsolveCubic(double[] eqn, double[] res)
Finds the non-complex roots of a cubic equation.
voidsubdivide(CubicCurve2D left, CubicCurve2D right)
Subdivides this curve into two halves.
static voidsubdivide(CubicCurve2D src, CubicCurve2D left, CubicCurve2D right)
Subdivides a cubic curve into two halves.
static voidsubdivide(double[] src, int srcOff, double[] left, int leftOff, double[] right, int rightOff)
Subdivides a cubic curve into two halves, passing all coordinates in an array.

Constructor Detail

CubicCurve2D

protected CubicCurve2D()
Constructs a new CubicCurve2D. Typical users will want to construct instances of a subclass, such as {@link CubicCurve2D.Float} or {@link CubicCurve2D.Double}.

Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()
Create a new curve with the same contents as this one.

Returns: the clone.

contains

public boolean contains(double x, double y)
Determines whether a position lies inside the area bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.

A drawing of the area spanned by the curve

The above drawing illustrates in which area points are considered “inside” a CubicCurve2D.

contains

public boolean contains(Point2D p)
Determines whether a point lies inside the area bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.

A drawing of the area spanned by the curve

The above drawing illustrates in which area points are considered “inside” a CubicCurve2D.

contains

public boolean contains(double x, double y, double w, double h)
Determine whether a rectangle is entirely inside the area that is bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.

A drawing of the area spanned by the curve

The above drawing illustrates in which area points are considered “inside” a CubicCurve2D.

See Also: CubicCurve2D

contains

public boolean contains(Rectangle2D r)
Determine whether a Rectangle2D is entirely inside the area that is bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.

A drawing of the area spanned by the curve

The above drawing illustrates in which area points are considered “inside” a CubicCurve2D.

See Also: CubicCurve2D

getBounds

public Rectangle getBounds()
Determines the smallest rectangle that encloses the curve’s start, end and control points.

getCtrlP1

public abstract Point2D getCtrlP1()
Returns the curve’s first control point.

getCtrlP2

public abstract Point2D getCtrlP2()
Returns the curve’s second control point.

getCtrlX1

public abstract double getCtrlX1()
Returns the x coordinate of the curve’s first control point.

getCtrlX2

public abstract double getCtrlX2()
Returns the x coordinate of the curve’s second control point.

getCtrlY1

public abstract double getCtrlY1()
Returns the y coordinate of the curve’s first control point.

getCtrlY2

public abstract double getCtrlY2()
Returns the y coordinate of the curve’s second control point.

getFlatness

public static double getFlatness(double x1, double y1, double cx1, double cy1, double cx2, double cy2, double x2, double y2)
Calculates the flatness of a cubic curve, directly specifying each coordinate value. The flatness is the maximal distance of a control point to the line between start and end point.

A drawing that illustrates the flatness

In the above drawing, the straight line connecting start point P1 and end point P2 is depicted in gray. In comparison to C1, control point C2 is father away from the gray line. Therefore, the result will be the distance between C2 and the gray line, i.e. the length of the red line.

Parameters: x1 the x coordinate of the start point P1. y1 the y coordinate of the start point P1. cx1 the x coordinate of the first control point C1. cy1 the y coordinate of the first control point C1. cx2 the x coordinate of the second control point C2. cy2 the y coordinate of the second control point C2. x2 the x coordinate of the end point P2. y2 the y coordinate of the end point P2.

getFlatness

public static double getFlatness(double[] coords, int offset)
Calculates the flatness of a cubic curve, specifying the coordinate values in an array. The flatness is the maximal distance of a control point to the line between start and end point.

A drawing that illustrates the flatness

In the above drawing, the straight line connecting start point P1 and end point P2 is depicted in gray. In comparison to C1, control point C2 is father away from the gray line. Therefore, the result will be the distance between C2 and the gray line, i.e. the length of the red line.

Parameters: coords an array containing the coordinate values. The x coordinate of the start point P1 is located at coords[offset], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 1]. The x coordinate of the first control point C1 is located at coords[offset + 2], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 3]. The x coordinate of the second control point C2 is located at coords[offset + 4], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 5]. The x coordinate of the end point P2 is located at coords[offset + 6], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 7]. offset the offset of the first coordinate value in coords.

getFlatness

public double getFlatness()
Calculates the flatness of this curve. The flatness is the maximal distance of a control point to the line between start and end point.

A drawing that illustrates the flatness

In the above drawing, the straight line connecting start point P1 and end point P2 is depicted in gray. In comparison to C1, control point C2 is father away from the gray line. Therefore, the result will be the distance between C2 and the gray line, i.e. the length of the red line.

getFlatnessSq

public static double getFlatnessSq(double x1, double y1, double cx1, double cy1, double cx2, double cy2, double x2, double y2)
Calculates the squared flatness of a cubic curve, directly specifying each coordinate value. The flatness is the maximal distance of a control point to the line between start and end point.

A drawing that illustrates the flatness

In the above drawing, the straight line connecting start point P1 and end point P2 is depicted in gray. In comparison to C1, control point C2 is father away from the gray line. Therefore, the result will be the square of the distance between C2 and the gray line, i.e. the squared length of the red line.

Parameters: x1 the x coordinate of the start point P1. y1 the y coordinate of the start point P1. cx1 the x coordinate of the first control point C1. cy1 the y coordinate of the first control point C1. cx2 the x coordinate of the second control point C2. cy2 the y coordinate of the second control point C2. x2 the x coordinate of the end point P2. y2 the y coordinate of the end point P2.

getFlatnessSq

public static double getFlatnessSq(double[] coords, int offset)
Calculates the squared flatness of a cubic curve, specifying the coordinate values in an array. The flatness is the maximal distance of a control point to the line between start and end point.

A drawing that illustrates the flatness

In the above drawing, the straight line connecting start point P1 and end point P2 is depicted in gray. In comparison to C1, control point C2 is father away from the gray line. Therefore, the result will be the square of the distance between C2 and the gray line, i.e. the squared length of the red line.

Parameters: coords an array containing the coordinate values. The x coordinate of the start point P1 is located at coords[offset], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 1]. The x coordinate of the first control point C1 is located at coords[offset + 2], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 3]. The x coordinate of the second control point C2 is located at coords[offset + 4], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 5]. The x coordinate of the end point P2 is located at coords[offset + 6], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 7]. offset the offset of the first coordinate value in coords.

getFlatnessSq

public double getFlatnessSq()
Calculates the squared flatness of this curve. The flatness is the maximal distance of a control point to the line between start and end point.

A drawing that illustrates the flatness

In the above drawing, the straight line connecting start point P1 and end point P2 is depicted in gray. In comparison to C1, control point C2 is father away from the gray line. Therefore, the result will be the square of the distance between C2 and the gray line, i.e. the squared length of the red line.

getP1

public abstract Point2D getP1()
Returns the curve’s start point.

getP2

public abstract Point2D getP2()
Returns the curve’s end point.

getPathIterator

public PathIterator getPathIterator(AffineTransform at)

getPathIterator

public PathIterator getPathIterator(AffineTransform at, double flatness)

getX1

public abstract double getX1()
Returns the x coordinate of the curve’s start point.

getX2

public abstract double getX2()
Returns the x coordinate of the curve’s end point.

getY1

public abstract double getY1()
Returns the y coordinate of the curve’s start point.

getY2

public abstract double getY2()
Returns the y coordinate of the curve’s end point.

intersects

public boolean intersects(double x, double y, double w, double h)
Determines whether any part of a rectangle is inside the area bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.

A drawing of the area spanned by the curve

The above drawing illustrates in which area points are considered “inside” in a CubicCurve2D.

See Also: CubicCurve2D

intersects

public boolean intersects(Rectangle2D r)
Determines whether any part of a Rectangle2D is inside the area bounded by the curve and the straight line connecting its end points.

See Also: CubicCurve2D

setCurve

public abstract void setCurve(double x1, double y1, double cx1, double cy1, double cx2, double cy2, double x2, double y2)
Changes the curve geometry, separately specifying each coordinate value.

A drawing of a CubicCurve2D

Parameters: x1 the x coordinate of the curve’s new start point. y1 the y coordinate of the curve’s new start point. cx1 the x coordinate of the curve’s new first control point. cy1 the y coordinate of the curve’s new first control point. cx2 the x coordinate of the curve’s new second control point. cy2 the y coordinate of the curve’s new second control point. x2 the x coordinate of the curve’s new end point. y2 the y coordinate of the curve’s new end point.

setCurve

public void setCurve(double[] coords, int offset)
Changes the curve geometry, specifying coordinate values in an array.

Parameters: coords an array containing the new coordinate values. The x coordinate of the new start point is located at coords[offset], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 1]. The x coordinate of the new first control point is located at coords[offset + 2], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 3]. The x coordinate of the new second control point is located at coords[offset + 4], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 5]. The x coordinate of the new end point is located at coords[offset + 6], its y coordinate at coords[offset + 7]. offset the offset of the first coordinate value in coords.

setCurve

public void setCurve(Point2D p1, Point2D c1, Point2D c2, Point2D p2)
Changes the curve geometry, specifying coordinate values in separate Point objects.

A drawing of a CubicCurve2D

The curve does not keep any reference to the passed point objects. Therefore, a later change to p1, c1, c2 or p2 will not affect the curve geometry.

Parameters: p1 the new start point. c1 the new first control point. c2 the new second control point. p2 the new end point.

setCurve

public void setCurve(Point2D[] pts, int offset)
Changes the curve geometry, specifying coordinate values in an array of Point objects.

A drawing of a CubicCurve2D

The curve does not keep references to the passed point objects. Therefore, a later change to the pts array or any of its elements will not affect the curve geometry.

Parameters: pts an array containing the points. The new start point is located at pts[offset], the new first control point at pts[offset + 1], the new second control point at pts[offset + 2], and the new end point at pts[offset + 3]. offset the offset of the start point in pts.

setCurve

public void setCurve(CubicCurve2D c)
Changes the curve geometry to that of another curve.

Parameters: c the curve whose coordinates will be copied.

solveCubic

public static int solveCubic(double[] eqn)
Finds the non-complex roots of a cubic equation, placing the results into the same array as the equation coefficients. The following equation is being solved:
eqn[3] · x3 + eqn[2] · x2 + eqn[1] · x + eqn[0] = 0

For some background about solving cubic equations, see the article “Cubic Formula” in PlanetMath. For an extensive library of numerical algorithms written in the C programming language, see the GNU Scientific Library, from which this implementation was adapted.

Parameters: eqn an array with the coefficients of the equation. When this procedure has returned, eqn will contain the non-complex solutions of the equation, in no particular order.

Returns: the number of non-complex solutions. A result of 0 indicates that the equation has no non-complex solutions. A result of -1 indicates that the equation is constant (i.e., always or never zero).

See Also: (double[], double[]) (double[],double[])

solveCubic

public static int solveCubic(double[] eqn, double[] res)
Finds the non-complex roots of a cubic equation. The following equation is being solved:
eqn[3] · x3 + eqn[2] · x2 + eqn[1] · x + eqn[0] = 0

For some background about solving cubic equations, see the article “Cubic Formula” in PlanetMath. For an extensive library of numerical algorithms written in the C programming language, see the GNU Scientific Library, from which this implementation was adapted.

Parameters: eqn an array with the coefficients of the equation. res an array into which the non-complex roots will be stored. The results may be in an arbitrary order. It is safe to pass the same array object reference for both eqn and res.

Returns: the number of non-complex solutions. A result of 0 indicates that the equation has no non-complex solutions. A result of -1 indicates that the equation is constant (i.e., always or never zero).

See Also: (double[],double[])

subdivide

public void subdivide(CubicCurve2D left, CubicCurve2D right)
Subdivides this curve into two halves.

A drawing that illustrates the effects of
 subdividing a CubicCurve2D

Parameters: left a curve whose geometry will be set to the left half of this curve, or null if the caller is not interested in the left half. right a curve whose geometry will be set to the right half of this curve, or null if the caller is not interested in the right half.

subdivide

public static void subdivide(CubicCurve2D src, CubicCurve2D left, CubicCurve2D right)
Subdivides a cubic curve into two halves.

A drawing that illustrates the effects of
 subdividing a CubicCurve2D

Parameters: src the curve to be subdivided. left a curve whose geometry will be set to the left half of src, or null if the caller is not interested in the left half. right a curve whose geometry will be set to the right half of src, or null if the caller is not interested in the right half.

subdivide

public static void subdivide(double[] src, int srcOff, double[] left, int leftOff, double[] right, int rightOff)
Subdivides a cubic curve into two halves, passing all coordinates in an array.

A drawing that illustrates the effects of
 subdividing a CubicCurve2D

The left end point and the right start point will always be identical. Memory-concious programmers thus may want to pass the same array for both left and right, and set rightOff to leftOff + 6.

Parameters: src an array containing the coordinates of the curve to be subdivided. The x coordinate of the start point P1 is located at src[srcOff], its y at src[srcOff + 1]. The x coordinate of the first control point C1 is located at src[srcOff + 2], its y at src[srcOff + 3]. The x coordinate of the second control point C2 is located at src[srcOff + 4], its y at src[srcOff + 5]. The x coordinate of the end point is located at src[srcOff + 6], its y at src[srcOff + 7]. srcOff an offset into src, specifying the index of the start point’s x coordinate. left an array that will receive the coordinates of the left half of src. It is acceptable to pass src. A caller who is not interested in the left half can pass null. leftOff an offset into left, specifying the index where the start point’s x coordinate will be stored. right an array that will receive the coordinates of the right half of src. It is acceptable to pass src or left. A caller who is not interested in the right half can pass null. rightOff an offset into right, specifying the index where the start point’s x coordinate will be stored.