/*
* The JTS Topology Suite is a collection of Java classes that
* implement the fundamental operations required to validate a given
* geo-spatial data set to a known topological specification.
*
* Copyright (C) 2001 Vivid Solutions
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
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* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
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*
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*
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*
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*/
package com.vividsolutions.jts.geom;
/**
* Constants representing the different topological locations
* which can occur in a {@link Geometry}.
* The constants are also used as the row and column indices
* of DE-9IM {@link IntersectionMatrix}es.
*
*@version 1.7
*/
public class Location {
/**
* The location value for the interior of a geometry.
* Also, DE-9IM row index of the interior of the first geometry and column index of
* the interior of the second geometry.
*/
public final static int INTERIOR = 0;
/**
* The location value for the boundary of a geometry.
* Also, DE-9IM row index of the boundary of the first geometry and column index of
* the boundary of the second geometry.
*/
public final static int BOUNDARY = 1;
/**
* The location value for the exterior of a geometry.
* Also, DE-9IM row index of the exterior of the first geometry and column index of
* the exterior of the second geometry.
*/
public final static int EXTERIOR = 2;
/**
* Used for uninitialized location values.
*/
public final static int NONE = -1;
/**
* Converts the location value to a location symbol, for example, <code>EXTERIOR => 'e'</code>
* .
*
*@param locationValue either EXTERIOR, BOUNDARY, INTERIOR or NONE
*@return either 'e', 'b', 'i' or '-'
*/
public static char toLocationSymbol(int locationValue) {
switch (locationValue) {
case EXTERIOR:
return 'e';
case BOUNDARY:
return 'b';
case INTERIOR:
return 'i';
case NONE:
return '-';
}
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown location value: " + locationValue);
}
}