/* file : Shape3D.java
 * 
 * Project : geometry
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 * Created on 27 nov. 2005
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 */

package math.geom3d;

import math.geom3d.transform.*;

/**
 * @author dlegland
 */
public interface Shape3D {

    public final static double  ACCURACY  = 1e-12;

    public abstract boolean isEmpty();

    /**
     * Returns true if the shape is bounded, that is if we can draw a finite
     * rectangle enclosing the shape. For example, a straight line or a parabola
     * are not bounded.
     */
    public abstract boolean isBounded();

    public abstract Box3D boundingBox();

    public abstract Shape3D clip(Box3D box);

    public abstract Shape3D transform(AffineTransform3D trans);

    /**
     * Gets the distance of the shape to the given point, or the distance of
     * point to the frontier of the shape in the case of a plain shape.
     */
    public abstract double distance(Point3D p);

    public abstract boolean contains(Point3D point);
}