de.gerdiproject.json.geo.utils

Class GeometryCleaner

java.lang.Object

de.gerdiproject.json.geo.utils.GeometryCleaner

public class GeometryCleaner
extends Object

This helper class fixes invalid Geometry objects by splitting up self-intersections. It is based on a solution offered in a StackOverflow thread.

Author:

https://stackoverflow.com/users/470062/tofarr, Robin Weiss

See Also:

StackOverflow

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry	validate(com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry geo) Creates a valid representation of a specified Geometry object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

validate

public static com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry validate(com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry geo)

Creates a valid representation of a specified Geometry object. If the Geometry is a Polygon or MultiPolygon, self intersections and other inconsistencies are fixed. Otherwise the Geometry is returned as is.

Parameters:

geo - a possibly invalid Geometry object

Returns:

a valid Geometry object, or null if the object became empty or was null in the beginning

See Also:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946#section-3.2