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NAME
Vertices - abstract base class for graphics defined by a set of coordinate pairs
SYNOPSIS
#include <Unidraw/Graphic/verts.h>
DESCRIPTION
Vertices is an abstract base class for graphics such as polygons and splines whose geometry is specified by a set of coordinate pairs. The
Vertices class supports vertex-related operations common to all such graphical objects and also supports extent caching.
PUBLIC OPERATIONS
virtual ~Vertices()
The destructor deallocates the list of coordinate pairs stored in the graphic.
virtual int GetOriginal(const Coord*& x, const Coord*& y)
Return pointers to the arrays of Coords stored internally that define the graphic's vertices. GetOriginal's return value reflects
the size of the arrays.
virtual boolean operator == (Vertices&)
virtual boolean operator != (Vertices&)
Compare this to the given Vertices instance and return whether they (do not) store identical sets of vertices.
PROTECTED OPERATIONS
Vertices(Graphic* = nil)
Vertices(Coord* x, Coord* y, int count, Graphic* = nil)
The constructors are protected to disallow instantiation of the abstract class. Subclasses can pass a set of vertices to copy into
internal storage and an optional graphic from which to obtain an initial set of graphics state. Vertices itself stores no addi-
tional graphics state over that in the Graphic base class.
void s_getExtent(
float&, float&, float&, float&, float&, Graphic*
)
void f_getExtent(
float&, float&, float&, float&, float&, Graphic*
)
Helper functions that return extent information based on the bounding box that the vertices define. s_getExtent returns an extent
that accounts for the width of a brush, as would be necessary if the vertices defined a stroked path, while f_getExtent assumes that
the vertices define the graphic's extremities, as would be the case if the vertices defined a filled path. These operations cache
the extent they compute initially.
SEE ALSO
Graphic(3U)
Unidraw 2 February 1991 Vertices(3U)