ST_PointOnSurface.java

/**
 * H2GIS is a library that brings spatial support to the H2 Database Engine
 * <http://www.h2database.com>. H2GIS is developed by CNRS
 * <http://www.cnrs.fr/>.
 *
 * This code is part of the H2GIS project. H2GIS 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;
 * version 3.0 of the License.
 *
 * H2GIS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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 *
 *
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 */

package org.h2gis.functions.spatial.properties;

import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry;
import org.h2gis.api.DeterministicScalarFunction;

/**
 * Get a Point that lie on the surface of a Surface Geometry.
 * The returned point is always the same for the same geometry.
 * @author Nicolas Fortin
 */
public class ST_PointOnSurface extends DeterministicScalarFunction {

    /**
     * Default constructor
     */
    public ST_PointOnSurface() {
        addProperty(PROP_REMARKS, "Get a Point that lie on the surface of a Surface Geometry. The returned point" +
                " is always the same for the same geometry.");
    }

    @Override
    public String getJavaStaticMethod() {
        return "getInteriorPoint";
    }

    /**
     * @param geometry Valid Geometry instance
     * @return A Point that lie on the surface or null if input geometry is not a surface.
     */
    public static Geometry getInteriorPoint(Geometry geometry) {
        if(geometry==null) {
            return null;
        }
        return geometry.getInteriorPoint();
    }
}