org.mates.util
Class Position

java.lang.Object
  org.mates.util.Position

Direct Known Subclasses:

Position2D

public abstract class Position

extends java.lang.Object

Class for storing a position.

Author:

Evan Sultanik

Constructor Summary

Position()
Creates a new Position object.

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object	clone()
abstract double	distanceTo(Position position) Returns the distance from this position to position.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Position

public Position()

Creates a new Position object.

Method Detail

distanceTo

public abstract double distanceTo(Position position)

Returns the distance from this position to position. Note that this function need not be symmetric; a.distanceTo(b) does not necessarily return the same value as b.distanceTo(a). Most implementations of this class will simply use Euclidean distance as a metric, though, which will mean that this function will be symmetric. This function is used by many link models.

clone

public abstract java.lang.Object clone()