Package org.locationtech.jts.index.strtree

Interface ItemDistance

All Known Implementing Classes:
GeometryItemDistance, IndexedFacetDistance.FacetSequenceDistance, MinimumClearance.MinClearanceDistance
public interface ItemDistance
A function method which computes the distance between two ItemBoundables in an STRtree. Used for Nearest Neighbour searches.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    double
    distance(ItemBoundable item1, ItemBoundable item2)
    Computes the distance between two items.

  • Method Details

    • distance

      double distance(ItemBoundable item1, ItemBoundable item2)
      Computes the distance between two items.
      Parameters:
      item1 -
      item2 -
      Returns:
      the distance between the items
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the metric is not applicable to the arguments