openlayers/lib/OpenLayers/Geometry.js

/* Copyright (c) 2006-2007 MetaCarta, Inc., published under a modified BSD license.
 * See http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/repository-license.txt 
 * for the full text of the license. */
 
/**
 * @requires OpenLayers/Format/WKT.js
 * @requires OpenLayers/Feature/Vector.js
 * 
 * Class: OpenLayers.Geometry
 * A Geometry is a description of a geographic object.  Create an instance of
 * this class with the <OpenLayers.Geometry> constructor.  This is a base class,
 * typical geometry types are described by subclasses of this class.
 */
OpenLayers.Geometry = OpenLayers.Class({

    /**
     * Property: id
     * {String} A unique identifier for this geometry.
     */
    id: null,

    /**
     * Property: parent
     * {<OpenLayers.Geometry>}This is set when a Geometry is added as component
     * of another geometry
     */
    parent: null,

    /**
     * Property: bounds 
     * {<OpenLayers.Bounds>} The bounds of this geometry
     */
    bounds: null,

    /**
     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Geometry
     * Creates a geometry object.  
     */
    initialize: function() {
        this.id = OpenLayers.Util.createUniqueID(this.CLASS_NAME+ "_");
    },
    
    /**
     * Method: destroy
     * Destroy this geometry.
     */
    destroy: function() {
        this.id = null;
        this.bounds = null;
    },
    
    /**
     * APIMethod: clone
     * Create a clone of this geometry.  Does not set any non-standard
     *     properties of the cloned geometry.
     * 
     * Return:
     * {<OpenLayers.Geometry>} An exact clone of this geometry.
     */
    clone: function() {
        return new OpenLayers.Geometry();
    },
    
    /**
     * Set the bounds for this Geometry.
     * 
     * Parameters:
     * object - {<OpenLayers.Bounds>} 
     */
    setBounds: function(bounds) {
        if (bounds) {
            this.bounds = bounds.clone();
        }
    },
    
    /**
     * Method: clearBounds
     * Nullify this components bounds and that of its parent as well.
     */
    clearBounds: function() {
        this.bounds = null;
        if (this.parent) {
            this.parent.clearBounds();
        }    
    },
    
    /**
     * Method: extendBounds
     * Extend the existing bounds to include the new bounds. 
     * If geometry's bounds is not yet set, then set a new Bounds.
     * 
     * Parameters:
     * newBounds - {<OpenLayers.Bounds>} 
     */
    extendBounds: function(newBounds){
        var bounds = this.getBounds();
        if (!bounds) {
            this.setBounds(newBounds);
        } else {
            this.bounds.extend(newBounds);
        }
    },
    
    /**
     * APIMethod: getBounds
     * Get the bounds for this Geometry. If bounds is not set, it 
     * is calculated again, this makes queries faster.
     * 
     * Return:
     * {<OpenLayers.Bounds>}
     */
    getBounds: function() {
        if (this.bounds == null) {
            this.calculateBounds();
        }
        return this.bounds;
    },
    
    /** 
     * APIMethod: calculateBounds
     * Recalculate the bounds for the geometry. 
     */
    calculateBounds: function() {
        //
        // This should be overridden by subclasses.
        //
    },
    
    /**
     * Method: atPoint
     * Note - This is only an approximation based on the bounds of the 
     * geometry.
     * 
     * Parameters:
     * lonlat - {<OpenLayers.LonLat>} 
     * toleranceLon - {float} Optional tolerance in Geometric Coords
     * toleranceLat - {float} Optional tolerance in Geographic Coords
     * 
     * Return:
     * {Boolean} Whether or not the geometry is at the specified location
     */
    atPoint: function(lonlat, toleranceLon, toleranceLat) {
        var atPoint = false;
        var bounds = this.getBounds();
        if ((bounds != null) && (lonlat != null)) {

            var dX = (toleranceLon != null) ? toleranceLon : 0;
            var dY = (toleranceLat != null) ? toleranceLat : 0;
    
            var toleranceBounds = 
                new OpenLayers.Bounds(this.bounds.left - dX,
                                      this.bounds.bottom - dY,
                                      this.bounds.right + dX,
                                      this.bounds.top + dY);

            atPoint = toleranceBounds.containsLonLat(lonlat);
        }
        return atPoint;
    },
    
    /**
     * Method: getLength
     * Calculate the length of this geometry. This method is defined in
     * subclasses.
     * 
     * Return:
     * {Float} The length of the collection by summing its parts
     */
    getLength: function() {
        //to be overridden by geometries that actually have a length
        //
        return 0.0;
    },

    /**
     * Method: getArea
     * Calculate the area of this geometry. This method is defined in subclasses.
     * 
     * Return:
     * {Float} The area of the collection by summing its parts
     */
    getArea: function() {
        //to be overridden by geometries that actually have an area
        //
        return 0.0;
    },

    /**
     * Method: toString
     * Returns the Well-Known Text representation of a geometry
     *
     * Return:
     * {String} Well-Known Text
     */
    toString: function() {
        return OpenLayers.Format.WKT.prototype.write(
            new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(this)
        );
    },

    CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Geometry"
});