org.deegree.io.rtree
Class HyperBoundingBox

java.lang.Object
  org.deegree.io.rtree.HyperBoundingBox

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class HyperBoundingBox
extends Object
implements Serializable

HyperBoundingBox implementing a bounding box object in the multidimensional space.

Author:

Wolfgang Baer - WBaer@gmx.de

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

HyperBoundingBox(HyperPoint pMin, HyperPoint pMax)
Constructor.

Method Summary

protected Object	clone() Deep copy.
boolean	contains(HyperBoundingBox box) Tests if this contains the given HyperBoundingBox overlaps.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Implements equals
double	getArea() Computes the area (over all dimension) of this.
int	getDimension() Returns the dimension of this HyperBoundingBox.
protected static HyperBoundingBox	getNullHyperBoundingBox(int dimension) Creates a null HyperBoundingBox with null HyperPoints.
HyperPoint	getPMax() Returns the maximum HyperPoint
HyperPoint	getPMin() Returns the minimum HyperPoint
double	minDist(HyperPoint point) Computes the minimal distance square of this to the given HyperPoint.
boolean	overlaps(HyperBoundingBox box) Tests if this and the given HyperBoundingBox overlaps.
String	toString() Builds a String representation of the HyperBoundingBox.
HyperBoundingBox	unionBoundingBox(HyperBoundingBox box) Computes the union of this with the given HyperBoundingBox.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HyperBoundingBox

public HyperBoundingBox(HyperPoint pMin,
                        HyperPoint pMax)

Constructor.
Creates a HyperBoundingBox for given HyperPoints.

Parameters:

pMin - - min point

pMax - - max point

Method Detail

getNullHyperBoundingBox

protected static HyperBoundingBox getNullHyperBoundingBox(int dimension)

Creates a null HyperBoundingBox with null HyperPoints. Mostly used internal.

Parameters:

dimension - - int for dimension of point

Returns:

HyperBoundingBox

getPMin

public HyperPoint getPMin()

Returns the minimum HyperPoint

Returns:

HyperPoint

getPMax

public HyperPoint getPMax()

Returns the maximum HyperPoint

Returns:

HyperPoint

getDimension

public int getDimension()

Returns the dimension of this HyperBoundingBox.

Returns:

int

overlaps

public boolean overlaps(HyperBoundingBox box)

Tests if this and the given HyperBoundingBox overlaps.

Parameters:

box - - HyperBoundingBox to test

Returns:

boolean

contains

public boolean contains(HyperBoundingBox box)

Tests if this contains the given HyperBoundingBox overlaps.

Parameters:

box - - HyperBoundingBox to test

Returns:

boolean

getArea

public double getArea()

Computes the area (over all dimension) of this.

Returns:

double

unionBoundingBox

public HyperBoundingBox unionBoundingBox(HyperBoundingBox box)

Computes the union of this with the given HyperBoundingBox.

Parameters:

box - - given HyperBoundingBox

Returns:

HyperBoundingBox

minDist

public double minDist(HyperPoint point)

Computes the minimal distance square of this to the given HyperPoint. After Roussopoulos Nick: Nearest Neighbor Queries - MINDIST

Parameters:

point - - HyperPoint

Returns:

double

clone

protected Object clone()

Deep copy.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

See Also:

Object.clone()

toString

public String toString()

Builds a String representation of the HyperBoundingBox.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Implements equals

Overrides:

equals in class Object

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)