polyLine.H

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Class
    Foam::polyLine

Description
    A series of straight line segments, which can also be interpreted as
    a series of control points for splines, etc.

    A future implementation could also handle a closed polyLine.

SourceFiles
    polyLine.C

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#ifndef polyLine_H
#define polyLine_H

#include "pointField.H"
#include "scalarList.H"

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namespace Foam
{

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                          Class polyLine Declaration
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class polyLine
{
    // Private Member Functions

        //- Disallow default bitwise copy construct
        polyLine(const polyLine&);

        //- Disallow default bitwise assignment
        void operator=(const polyLine&);


protected:

    // Protected data

        //- The control points or ends of each segments
        pointField points_;

        //- The real line length
        scalar lineLength_;

        //- The rational (0-1) cumulative parameter value for each point
        scalarList param_;


    // Protected Member Functions

        //- Precalculate the rational cumulative parameter value
        //  and the line-length
        void calcParam();

        //- Return the line segment and the local parameter [0..1]
        //  corresponding to the global lambda [0..1]
        label localParameter(scalar& lambda) const;


public:

    // Constructors

        //- Construct from components
        polyLine
        (
            const pointField&,
            const bool notImplementedClosed = false
        );


    // Member Functions

        //- Return const-access to the control-points
        const pointField& points() const;

        //- Return the number of line segments
        label nSegments() const;

        //- Return the point position corresponding to the curve parameter
        //  0 <= lambda <= 1
        point position(const scalar) const;

        //- Return the point position corresponding to the local parameter
        //  0 <= lambda <= 1 on the given segment
        point position(const label segment, const scalar) const;

        //- Return the length of the curve
        scalar length() const;
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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