METHODS

Constructors

$obj->new( [OPTIONS], [POLYGONS], [OPTIONS] )
$class->new( [OPTIONS], [POLYGONS], [OPTIONS] )

You may add OPTIONS after and/or before the POLYGONS. You may also use the "outer" and "inner" options. POLYGONS are references to ARRAYs of points, each an ARRAY of X and Y, but better instantiated Math::Polygon objects.

Option Default

inner

[]

outer

undef

inner => ARRAY-OF-POLYGONS
The inner polygons, zero or more Math::Polygon objects.
outer => POLYGON
The outer polygon, a Math::Polygon.
» Error: surface requires outer polygon

Attributes

$obj->inner

Returns a list (often empty) of inner polygons.

$obj->outer

Returns the outer polygon.

Simple calculations

area

Returns the area enclosed by the outer polygon, minus the areas of the inner polygons. See method Math::Polygon::area().

$obj->bbox

Returns a list with four elements: (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax), which describe the bounding box of the surface, which is the bbox of the outer polygon. See method Math::Polygon::bbox().

$obj->perimeter

The length of the border: sums outer and inner perimeters. See method Math::Polygon::perimeter().

Clipping

$obj->fillClip1( BOX )

Clipping a polygon into rectangles can be done in various ways. With this algorithm, the parts of the polygon which are outside the BOX are mapped on the borders.

All polygons are treated separately.

$obj->lineClip( BOX )

Returned is a list of ARRAYS-OF-POINTS containing line pieces from the input surface. Lines from outer and inner polygons are undistinguishable. See method Math::Polygon::lineClip().