/*
* Copyright (C) 2014 Alfons Wirtz
* website www.freerouting.net
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License at <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
* for more details.
*/
package geometry.planar;
/**
*
* Describing the functionality for the fixed directions of a RegularTileShape.
*
* @author Alfons Wirtz
*/
public interface ShapeBoundingDirections
{
/**
* Retuns the count of the fixed directions.
*/
int count();
/**
* Calculates for an abitrary ConvexShape a surrounding RegularTileShape
* with this fixed directions.
* Is used in the implementation of the seach trees.
*/
RegularTileShape bounds(ConvexShape p_shape);
/**
* Auxiliary function to implement the same function with parameter
* type ConvexShape.
*/
RegularTileShape bounds(IntBox p_box);
/**
* Auxiliary function to implement the same function with parameter
* type ConvexShape.
*/
RegularTileShape bounds(IntOctagon p_oct);
/**
* Auxiliary function to implement the same function with parameter
* type ConvexShape.
*/
RegularTileShape bounds(Simplex p_simplex);
/**
* Auxiliary function to implement the same function with parameter
* type ConvexShape.
*/
RegularTileShape bounds(Circle p_circle);
/**
* Auxiliary function to implement the same function with parameter
* type ConvexShape.
*/
RegularTileShape bounds(PolygonShape p_polygon);
}