com.vividsolutions.jts.dissolve

Class LineDissolver

java.lang.Object

com.vividsolutions.jts.dissolve.LineDissolver

public class LineDissolver
extends Object

Dissolves the linear components from a collection of Geometrys into a set of maximal-length Linestrings in which every unique segment appears once only. The output linestrings run between node vertices of the input, which are vertices which have either degree 1, or degree 3 or greater.

Use cases for dissolving linear components include generalization (in particular, simplifying polygonal coverages), and visualization (in particular, avoiding symbology conflicts when depicting shared polygon boundaries).

This class does not node the input lines. If there are line segments crossing in the input, they will still cross in the output.

Author:

Martin Davis

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LineDissolver()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(Collection geometries) Adds a collection of Geometries to be processed.
void	add(Geometry geometry) Adds a Geometry to be dissolved.
static Geometry	dissolve(Geometry g) Dissolves the linear components in a geometry.
Geometry	getResult() Gets the dissolved result as a MultiLineString.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LineDissolver

public LineDissolver()

Method Detail

dissolve

public static Geometry dissolve(Geometry g)

Dissolves the linear components in a geometry.

Parameters:

g - the geometry to dissolve

Returns:

the dissolved lines

add

public void add(Geometry geometry)

Adds a Geometry to be dissolved. Any number of geometries may be adde by calling this method multiple times. Any type of Geometry may be added. The constituent linework will be extracted to be dissolved.

Parameters:

geometry - geometry to be line-merged

add

public void add(Collection geometries)

Adds a collection of Geometries to be processed. May be called multiple times. Any dimension of Geometry may be added; the constituent linework will be extracted.

Parameters:

geometries - the geometries to be line-merged

getResult

public Geometry getResult()

Gets the dissolved result as a MultiLineString.

Returns:

the dissolved lines