CGAL 5.5 - 2D Arrangements
CGAL::Arr_geodesic_arc_on_sphere_traits_2< Kernel, X, Y >::Construct_curve_2 Class Reference

#include <CGAL/Arr_geodesic_arc_on_sphere_traits_2.h>

## Definition

Construction functor of geodesic arcs.

Is Model Of:

Assignable

CopyConstructible

AdaptableUnaryFunction

AdaptableBinaryFunction

AdaptableTernaryFunction

## Types

typedef Arr_geodesic_arc_on_sphere_traits_2< Kernel, X, Y >::Point_2 Point_2

typedef Arr_geodesic_arc_on_sphere_traits_2< Kernel, X, Y >::Curve_2 result_type

typedef Kernel::Direction_3 Direction_3

typedef Direction_3 argument_type

## Operations

X_monotone_curve_2 operator() (const Direction_3 &normal)
Construct a full great circle from a normal to a plane. More...

Curve_2 operator() (const Point_2 &p, const Point_2 &q)
Construct the minor geodesic arc from two endpoints. More...

Curve_2 operator() (const Point_2 &p, const Point_2 &q, const Direction_3 &normal)
Construct a geodesic arc from two endpoints and a normal to the plane containing the arc. More...

## ◆ operator()() [1/3]

template<typename Kernel , typename X , typename Y >
 X_monotone_curve_2 CGAL::Arr_geodesic_arc_on_sphere_traits_2< Kernel, X, Y >::Construct_curve_2::operator() ( const Direction_3 & normal )

Construct a full great circle from a normal to a plane.

Parameters
 normal the normal to the plane containing the great circle.

## ◆ operator()() [2/3]

template<typename Kernel , typename X , typename Y >
 Curve_2 CGAL::Arr_geodesic_arc_on_sphere_traits_2< Kernel, X, Y >::Construct_curve_2::operator() ( const Point_2 & p, const Point_2 & q )

Construct the minor geodesic arc from two endpoints.

The minor arc is the one with the smaller angle among the two geodesic arcs with the given endpoints.

1. Find out whether the arc is x-monotone.
2. If it is x-monotone,
1. Find out whether it is vertical, and
2. whether the target is larger than the source (directed right).

An arc is vertical, iff

1. one of its endpoint direction pierces a pole, or
2. the projections of the endpoint directions onto the xy-plane coincide.
Parameters
 [in] p the first endpoint. [in] q the second endpoint.
Precondition
p and q must not coincide.
p and q cannot be antipodal.

## ◆ operator()() [3/3]

template<typename Kernel , typename X , typename Y >
 Curve_2 CGAL::Arr_geodesic_arc_on_sphere_traits_2< Kernel, X, Y >::Construct_curve_2::operator() ( const Point_2 & p, const Point_2 & q, const Direction_3 & normal )

Construct a geodesic arc from two endpoints and a normal to the plane containing the arc.

The two endpoints determine the plane. The normal determines the orientation of the plane and the final arc (whether its the minor arc or the major arc). The right-hand rule can be used to select the appropriate normal.

Parameters
 [in] p the first endpoint. [in] q the second endpoint. [in] normal the normal to the oriented plane containing the arc.
Precondition
Both endpoints lie on the given oriented plane.