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package java.awt.geom;

import java.awt.Shape;

The GeneralPath class represents a geometric path constructed from straight lines, and quadratic and cubic (Bézier) curves. It can contain multiple subpaths.

GeneralPath is a legacy final class which exactly implements the behavior of its superclass Float. Together with Double, the Path2D classes provide full implementations of a general geometric path that support all of the functionality of the Shape and PathIterator interfaces with the ability to explicitly select different levels of internal coordinate precision.

Use Path2D.Float (or this legacy GeneralPath subclass) when dealing with data that can be represented and used with floating point precision. Use Path2D.Double for data that requires the accuracy or range of double precision.

Author:Jim Graham
Since:1.2
/** * The {@code GeneralPath} class represents a geometric path * constructed from straight lines, and quadratic and cubic * (B&eacute;zier) curves. It can contain multiple subpaths. * <p> * {@code GeneralPath} is a legacy final class which exactly * implements the behavior of its superclass {@link Path2D.Float}. * Together with {@link Path2D.Double}, the {@link Path2D} classes * provide full implementations of a general geometric path that * support all of the functionality of the {@link Shape} and * {@link PathIterator} interfaces with the ability to explicitly * select different levels of internal coordinate precision. * <p> * Use {@code Path2D.Float} (or this legacy {@code GeneralPath} * subclass) when dealing with data that can be represented * and used with floating point precision. Use {@code Path2D.Double} * for data that requires the accuracy or range of double precision. * * @author Jim Graham * @since 1.2 */
public final class GeneralPath extends Path2D.Float {
Constructs a new empty single precision GeneralPath object with a default winding rule of Path2D.WIND_NON_ZERO.
Since:1.2
/** * Constructs a new empty single precision {@code GeneralPath} object * with a default winding rule of {@link #WIND_NON_ZERO}. * * @since 1.2 */
public GeneralPath() { super(WIND_NON_ZERO, INIT_SIZE); }
Constructs a new GeneralPath object with the specified winding rule to control operations that require the interior of the path to be defined.
Params:
  • rule – the winding rule
See Also:
Since:1.2
/** * Constructs a new {@code GeneralPath} object with the specified * winding rule to control operations that require the interior of the * path to be defined. * * @param rule the winding rule * @see #WIND_EVEN_ODD * @see #WIND_NON_ZERO * @since 1.2 */
public GeneralPath(int rule) { super(rule, INIT_SIZE); }
Constructs a new GeneralPath object with the specified winding rule and the specified initial capacity to store path coordinates. This number is an initial guess as to how many path segments will be added to the path, but the storage is expanded as needed to store whatever path segments are added.
Params:
  • rule – the winding rule
  • initialCapacity – the estimate for the number of path segments in the path
See Also:
Since:1.2
/** * Constructs a new {@code GeneralPath} object with the specified * winding rule and the specified initial capacity to store path * coordinates. * This number is an initial guess as to how many path segments * will be added to the path, but the storage is expanded as * needed to store whatever path segments are added. * * @param rule the winding rule * @param initialCapacity the estimate for the number of path segments * in the path * @see #WIND_EVEN_ODD * @see #WIND_NON_ZERO * @since 1.2 */
public GeneralPath(int rule, int initialCapacity) { super(rule, initialCapacity); }
Constructs a new GeneralPath object from an arbitrary Shape object. All of the initial geometry and the winding rule for this path are taken from the specified Shape object.
Params:
  • s – the specified Shape object
Since:1.2
/** * Constructs a new {@code GeneralPath} object from an arbitrary * {@link Shape} object. * All of the initial geometry and the winding rule for this path are * taken from the specified {@code Shape} object. * * @param s the specified {@code Shape} object * @since 1.2 */
public GeneralPath(Shape s) { super(s, null); } GeneralPath(int windingRule, byte[] pointTypes, int numTypes, float[] pointCoords, int numCoords) { // used to construct from native this.windingRule = windingRule; this.pointTypes = pointTypes; this.numTypes = numTypes; this.floatCoords = pointCoords; this.numCoords = numCoords; } /* * JDK 1.6 serialVersionUID */ private static final long serialVersionUID = -8327096662768731142L; }