org.apache.commons.geometry.euclidean

Class MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector<V extends MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector<V>>

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.geometry.euclidean.EuclideanVector<V>

org.apache.commons.geometry.euclidean.MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector<V>

Type Parameters:

V - Vector implementation type

All Implemented Interfaces:

Point<V>, Spatial, Vector<V>

Direct Known Subclasses:

Vector2D, Vector3D

public abstract class MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector<V extends MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector<V>>
extends EuclideanVector<V>

Abstract base class for Euclidean vectors with two or more dimensions.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract V	orthogonal() Get a unit vector orthogonal to the instance.
abstract V	orthogonal(V dir) Get a unit vector orthogonal to the current vector and pointing in the direction of dir.
abstract V	project(V base) Get the projection of the instance onto the given base vector.
abstract V	reject(V base) Get the rejection of the instance from the given base vector.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.geometry.euclidean.EuclideanVector

directionTo, eq, getCheckedNorm, isZero, lerp, vectorTo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.geometry.core.Vector

add, add, angle, distance, distanceSq, dot, getZero, multiply, negate, norm, normalize, normSq, subtract, subtract, withNorm

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.geometry.core.Point

distance

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.geometry.core.Spatial

getDimension, isFinite, isInfinite, isNaN

Constructor Detail

MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector

public MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector()

Method Detail

project

public abstract V project(V base)

Get the projection of the instance onto the given base vector. The returned vector is parallel to base. Vector projection and rejection onto a given base are related by the equation v = vprojection + vrejection

Parameters:

base - base vector

Returns:

the vector projection of the instance onto base

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the norm of the base vector is zero, NaN, or infinite

See Also:

reject(MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector)

reject

public abstract V reject(V base)

Get the rejection of the instance from the given base vector. The returned vector is orthogonal to base. This operation can be interpreted as returning the orthogonal projection of the instance onto the hyperplane orthogonal to base. Vector projection and rejection onto a given base are related by the equation v = vprojection + vrejection

Parameters:

base - base vector

Returns:

the vector rejection of the instance from base

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the norm of the base vector is zero, NaN, or infinite

See Also:

project(MultiDimensionalEuclideanVector)

orthogonal

public abstract V orthogonal()

Get a unit vector orthogonal to the instance.

Returns:

a unit vector orthogonal to the current instance

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the norm of the current instance is zero, NaN, or infinite

orthogonal

public abstract V orthogonal(V dir)

Get a unit vector orthogonal to the current vector and pointing in the direction of dir. This method is equivalent to calling dir.reject(vec).normalize() except that no intermediate vector object is produced.

Parameters:

dir - the direction to use for generating the orthogonal vector

Returns:

unit vector orthogonal to the current vector and pointing in the direction of dir that does not lie along the current vector

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if either vector norm is zero, NaN or infinite, or the given vector is collinear with this vector.