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package edu.umd.cs.piccolox.util;

import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

/**
 * Interface for a sequence of points.
 */
public interface Points {
    /**
     * Returns the number of points in the sequence.
     * 
     * @return number of points in the sequence
     */
    int getPointCount();

    /**
     * Returns the x component of the point at the given index.
     * 
     * @param i index of desired point
     * 
     * @return x component of point
     */
    double getX(int i);

    /**
     * Returns the y component of the point at the given index.
     * 
     * @param i index of desired point
     * 
     * @return y component of point
     */
    double getY(int i);

    /**
     * Returns a point representation of the coordinates at the given index.
     * 
     * @param i index of desired point
     * @param dst output parameter into which the point's details will be
     *            populated, if null a new one will be created.
     * 
     * @return a point representation of the coordinates at the given index
     */
    Point2D getPoint(int i, Point2D dst);

    /**
     * Returns the bounds of all the points taken as a whole.
     * 
     * @param dst output parameter to store bounds into, if null a new rectangle
     *            will be created
     * @return rectangle containing the bounds
     */
    Rectangle2D getBounds(Rectangle2D dst);
}